Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) · Nov 4, 2026 · Earnings

Host Hotels earnings beat as RevPAR lifts 2026 guidance

Guidance raised — FY26 RevPAR growth raised to 6.75% from 5.0% midpoint

Host Hotels earnings showed broad lodging demand strength, lifted 2026 guidance, added two acquisitions, and extended credit maturities.

Host Hotels is in the middle of a portfolio-upgrade cycle: it owns luxury and upper-upscale hotels, is reinvesting heavily in renovations, and is using its balance sheet to add properties in attractive markets. The prior story already included improving lodging demand and a raised 2026 outlook; this filing materially strengthens that trajectory.

Core hotel demand was clearly better than the company’s prior bar. Comparable RevPAR rose 8.8%, driven by both a 5.7% rate increase and higher occupancy, while Total RevPAR climbed 7.3% across a broad set of markets. The filing says comparable hotel RevPAR was $219.50, an increase of 8.8% compared to the same period in 2025. 〔0〕

MetricQ3 2026Q3 2025FY26 currentPrior FY26 midpoint
Comparable hotel RevPAR (Financial Highlights)$219.50 (+8.8%)$201.716.75% growth5.0% growth
Comparable hotel Total RevPAR (Financial Highlights)$348.19 (+7.3%)$324.476.0% growth5.0% growth
Adjusted EBITDAre (Financial Highlights)$347M (+8.8%)$319M$1,865M$1,830M
Adjusted FFO/share (Financial Highlights)$0.39 (+11.4%)$0.35$2.21$2.16
Comparable hotel EBITDA margin (Financial Highlights)25.2%24.3%30.0%—
GAAP net income (Income Statement)$71M (-56.4%)$163M——

The important signal is the guidance raise, not the headline GAAP earnings decline. Host lifted full-year RevPAR growth to approximately 6.75% from a 5.0% prior midpoint and Total RevPAR growth to approximately 6.0% from 5.0%; it also raised Adjusted EBITDAre guidance by $35 million and Adjusted FFO per share by $0.05. The weaker GAAP net income was largely a comparison issue caused by lower asset-sale gains, while operating profit and comparable hotel margins improved.

Execution improved despite wage pressure. Comparable hotel EBITDA rose 11.4%, outpacing comparable revenue growth, and the margin expanded 90 basis points to 25.2%. That indicates rate growth is currently more than offsetting labor-cost inflation rather than merely producing top-line growth.

The portfolio is getting broader, but the acquisitions are still small relative to Host. Host bought the 195-room 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge for $202 million and the 308-room Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West for $172 million. Together they add 503 rooms and are expected to contribute $6 million of 2026 EBITDA, with comparable results beginning in the fourth quarter.

Financing flexibility improved rather than becoming a constraint. The amended $2.5 billion credit facility pushes maturities to 2031 and 2032, lowers borrowing costs, expands the accordion feature to $1.25 billion, and leaves the company with approximately $3.1 billion of liquidity. That gives Host room to keep pursuing acquisitions and renovations, although adjusted cash fell to $991 million after the acquisitions and dividend.

Bottom line: This is more than a routine earnings release: stronger hotel demand translated into a meaningful guidance raise, better margins, new assets, and a more flexible balance sheet. The business story is advancing clearly, even though GAAP net income was distorted lower by fewer asset-sale gains.

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Fourth-quarter results including the two October acquisitions

Original filing on SEC EDGAR

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