On March 20, 2024, James Risoleo, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST), sold 150,000 shares of the company. The transaction was reported in a SEC Filing. Following this sale, over the past year, the insider has sold a total of 189,804 shares and has not made any purchases of the company's stock.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns properties and conducts operations through Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., its operating partnership. The company's portfolio includes luxury and upper-upscale hotels located in the United States and abroad, with a focus on iconic and market-leading properties.

The insider transaction history for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc shows a pattern of insider selling, with 9 insider sells and no insider buys over the past year.

On the valuation front, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc's shares were trading at $20.78 on the day of the insider's recent sale, giving the company a market cap of $14.67 billion. The price-earnings ratio stands at 20.05, which is above the industry median of 16.97 and also higher than the company's historical median price-earnings ratio.

According to the GF Value, with a price of $20.78 and a GuruFocus Value of $23.74, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc has a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 0.88, indicating that the stock is Modestly Undervalued.

The GF Value is calculated based on historical trading multiples, a GuruFocus adjustment factor related to past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates provided by Morningstar analysts.

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