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Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. is the largest hotel REIT by market capitalization and revenue. HST's portfolio consists of mostly upscale properties. At the beginning of 2025, Host owned 76 properties in the U.S. and five international properties (in Brazil and Canada) with about 43,400 rooms and had an interest in eight other properties. Premier brands include Marriott and Hyatt, and almost 90% of hotels are brand managed. The domestic portfolio is in 20 top U.S. markets, including Orlando, Florida and high-performing Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Hawaii. About one-third of domestic properties are in Florida and about 8% of last year's revenues were from Orlando resorts. Twelve hotels are large-scale, convention properties, and locations in Hawaii and Florida have golf courses. The company also has several condominium properties and offers commercial ground-level leases. In 2024, room sales accounted for about 60% of total revenue, with food and beverage accounting for about 30%. Of total room revenue last year, about two-thirds was from transient, short-stay customers. HST shares are a component of the S&P 500. The company's market cap is about $12 billion.

The major indices are mixed at midday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index slightly up, while the Nasdaq Composite is down. The market is digesting the ADP jobs report which showed that U.S. private employers lost 32,000 positions in November resulting in flat job creation in the second half of this year. The yield on the 10-year bond is at 4.08%. Crude oil is at $59 per barrel. Bitcoin is now above $92,000.

The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.