Back on 7/30/2015 the company’s estimated EPS value was $0.74 and it reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter ended on 6/2015. The Company owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands.
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The hotel chain is in the midst of being absorbed by Marriott International Inc. This was up from $1.24 billion past year. The stock had a trading volume of 11,382,104 shares. HST stock trades between $17.29 and $17.95 before the earnings release. The stock is now holding above its 50 day moving average of $13.16 and above its 200 day moving average of $16.38. Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC now owns 9,924,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,236,000 after buying an additional 3,685,941 shares during the last quarter. Excluding special items, EPS from the current operations came in at $0.71 for the quarter under review, compared to $0.69 in the prior-year period. The company has a market cap of $13.07 billion. The stock price is going above to its 52 week low with 51.45% and lagging behind from its 52 week high with -9.26%. (HOT) is projected as $1.34 Billion where Low Revenue estimate and High Revenue Estimates are $1.23 Billion and $1.4 Billion respectively by 8 analysts.
Earnings Roundup: In the last fiscal quarter alone, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. generated around $1.34B in revenue.
-Revenue (Q2): $1.25 Bln vs. $1.24 Bln a year ago.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 15th.
JP Morgan has been a brokerage house following shares of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Raymond James analysts lifted the stock to Mkt Perform from Underperform.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT) soared 0.18% or +0.14 points during previous trade after opening at the price of $77.42, a total of 2.06M shares exchanged hands compared with its average trading volume of 1.30M shares. Jefferies Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a report on Tuesday, April 26th.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.is a hotel and leisure company. The 16 equity analysts who rate the stock have an average target price at $17.09, with individual targets ranging between $13 and $19. The Company operates through hotel ownership segment. The Companys hotel business is focused on the global operation of hotels and resorts primarily in the luxury and upper upscale segments of the lodging industry.
