Host Hotels (HST) reported $1.59 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.2%. EPS of $0.58 for the same period compares to $0.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.64% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.5 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51, the EPS surprise was +13.73%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Host Hotels performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average Occupancy Percentage: 73.8% versus 73.9% estimated by three analysts on average.
- RevPAR: $239.64 compared to the $232.12 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average Room Rate: $324.87 compared to the $314.09 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Number of Rooms: 42,526 versus 42,982 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Number of Properties: 78 versus 79 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Rooms: $949 million compared to the $901.69 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Other: $159 million compared to the $147.71 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +18.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Food and beverage: $478 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $457.38 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.9%.
- Earnings (loss) per Share- (Diluted): $0.32 versus the six-analyst average estimate of $0.22.
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Shares of Host Hotels have returned +2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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