Yahoo Finance Here's Why Host Hotels (HST) is a Strong Value Stock
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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.
Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
Host Hotels (HST)
Bethesda, MD-based Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., one of the leading lodging real estate investment trusts (REITs), engages in the ownership, acquisition, and redevelopment of luxury and upper-upscale hotels in the United States and abroad. It is an S&P 500 Index company.
HST is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of A. Shares are currently trading at a forward P/E of 9.2X for the current fiscal year compared to the REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry's P/E of 11.1X. Additionally, HST has a PEG Ratio of 1.6 and a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 8.9X. Value investors should also note HST's Price/Sales ratio of 2.4X.
A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2024, eight analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for HST, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.06 to $1.98 per share. HST also holds an average earnings surprise of 5.7%.
Investors should take the time to consider HST for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.
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