HST Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own HST shares is 934, representing 108.11% of the company's common stock.

CI INVESTMENTS INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in HST by -5.03% restricting it's holding to 3.81 million shares of worth nearly $78.76M. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also lessened -7.33% of the HST shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 3.78 million shares of worth $78.15M. CBRE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LISTED REAL ASSETS LLC also shunned HST shares holding by -20.78% last quarter which brought its holding to 2.71 million shares worth $56.03M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC. increased its stake in HST by 0.34% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.68 million shares having worth more than $158.85M. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC also added 7.88% more shares of HST to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.84 million shares of worth $79.29M. SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP also increased its HST shares holding by 12.45% which brought its holding to 3.73 million shares worth $77.05M.

The insider with the most stakes in HST is RISOLEO JAMES F , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, HST stock is highly held by Exec. VP, Investments TYRRELL NATHAN S and EVP and CFO HARVEY LARRY K among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.26% percent of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which HST insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include RAKOWICH WALTER C, RISOLEO JAMES F, and OTTINGER JOSEPH.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.26% of HST stock.

HST President and CEO, RISOLEO JAMES F holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. HST shares owned by RISOLEO total nearly 2.23 million.

DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC. is the largest institutional owner in HST which holds 7.68 million shares worth $158.85M or 1.09% of the total HST shares outstanding followed by HSBC HOLDINGS PLC with ownership of 3.84 million shares representing 0.54% of the HST ownership. CI INVESTMENTS INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 3.81 million shares or 0.54% of the ownership worth more than $78.76M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the HST is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of HST shares short is 38.69M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 699.03M shares of HST are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, HST has 689.50M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for HST is 5.54.