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Host Hotels & Resorts (Host Hotels & Resorts) Interest Coverage

: 3.08 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Host Hotels & Resorts's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $151 Mil. Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-49 Mil. Host Hotels & Resorts's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.08. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HST' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.97   Med: 3.82   Max: 4.89
Current: 4.03


HST's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
62.48% of 677 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 3.01 vs HST: 4.03

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Host Hotels & Resorts Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Host Hotels & Resorts Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.58 - - 4.89 4.05

Host Hotels & Resorts Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.26 5.46 5.56 2.21 3.08

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Hotel & Motel subindustry, Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Host Hotels & Resorts Interest Coverage Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage falls into.



Host Hotels & Resorts Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Expense was $-187 Mil. Its Operating Income was $758 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,783 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*758/-187
=4.05

Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Host Hotels & Resorts's Interest Expense was $-49 Mil. Its Operating Income was $151 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,783 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*151/-49
=3.08

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Host Hotels & Resorts  (NAS:HST) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Host Hotels & Resorts (Host Hotels & Resorts) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4747 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Host Hotels & Resorts owns 77 predominantly urban and resort upper-upscale and luxury hotel properties representing nearly 42,000 rooms, mainly in the United States. Host recently sold off the company's interests in a joint venture owning a portfolio of hotels throughout Europe and also sold other joint ventures that owned properties in Asia and the United States. The majority of Host's portfolio operates under the Marriott and Starwood brands.
Executives
Sourav Ghosh officer: SVP, Business Intelligence, other: SVP, Business Intelligence 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, 15TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20817
Nathan S Tyrrell officer: VP, Corp Finance & Asst Treas. 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20817
James F Risoleo officer: Executive Vice President
Mary Baglivo director C/O SAATCHI & SAATCHI, 17 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK NY 10014
Walter C Rakowich director 14100 E 35TH PL, AURORA CO 80011
Mari Sifo officer: Executive Vice President and 4747 BETHESDA AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Diana Laing director THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Herman E Bulls director JONES LANG LASALLE, 1801 K STREET NW SUITE 1000, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Joanne G. Hamilton officer: Executive Vice President 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20817
Joseph Ottinger officer: See Remarks 4747 BETHESDA AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
Brian G Macnamara officer: Sr. Vice President, Controller 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, 15TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20817
Bair Sheila Colleen director 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20817
Richard E Marriott director, officer: Chairman of the Board 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20817
Julie P Aslaksen officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec. 4747 BETHESDA AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Michael E Lentz officer: Mng. Dir. - Global Development, other: Mng. Dir. - Global Development 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20817

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