Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
HST Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & MotelNot yet scored
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What the filing actually says.
Filing.fyi holds no forensic scores for Host Hotels & Resorts, so this synthesis gives no Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index result. Readers should understand that the screens that flag manipulation risk, financial distress, or readability were not run on the data provided, so their absence says nothing in either direction. The MD&A, risk-factor text, and FACT-classified news are also not on file, which leaves the reported financial facts as the only evidence here. Those facts show a long recovery: revenue fell from $5.47 billion in 2019 to $1.62 billion in 2020, then rose to $2.89 billion in 2021, $4.91 billion in 2022, $5.31 billion in 2023, $5.68 billion in 2024, and $6.11 billion in 2025. The 2025 figure is about 11.7% above 2019. Operating income in 2025 was $855 million, compared with $799 million in 2019, but it was lower than the 2024 level of $875 million. Net income data is available only from 2022 to 2025, where it moved from $633 million to $740 million, then $697 million, then $765 million. Because net income rose in 2025 while operating income fell, the reason is a question the filing text would need to answer. Readers may want to look at the company's most recent Form 10-K, particularly the MD&A and Item 1A risk factors, to see management's explanation of the operating income decline, the hotel and resort exposures it names, and any debt or lease obligations that affect how revenue turns into net income.
Catalyst.The filing data on hand shows revenue of $6.11 billion for 2025, up from $5.68 billion in 2024, a rise of about 7.6%. Revenue has climbed each year since the 2020 low of $1.62 billion, with $4.91 billion in 2022 and $5.31 billion in 2023 along the way. Net income rose to $765 million in 2025 from $697 million in 2024, an increase of about 9.8%. Management's MD&A is not on file, so this section cannot say which drivers management credits for the top-line growth or whether those drivers are expected to continue.
Hidden risk.The easiest number to miss is operating income. It fell to $855 million in 2025 from $875 million in 2024, a decline of about 2.3%, even though revenue grew about 7.6%. Operating margin, calculated as operating income divided by revenue, narrowed from about 15.4% to about 14.0%. No text on file explains this gap between revenue growth and operating income. The 2020 operating loss of $953 million and the 2021 operating loss of $250 million also show how far earnings can swing in a downturn. Risk-factor text is not on file, so the specific exposures behind these swings cannot be named here.
What traders are betting.
The metric
Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.
- Shares sold short
- 39.3M
- Change since Aug 31
- +0.1%
- Days to cover
- 4.8
What it tells us
A noticeable minority of traders is betting that HST shares will fall.
Little changed since the Aug 31 report (+0.1%).
At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 4.8 days to buy back every borrowed share.
How investors use it
- Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
- Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
- Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
- Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.
Quarterly report
The quarterly report (10-Q) and current report (8-K) Host Hotels & Resorts filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.
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