Host Hotels & Resorts cash flow, quarter by quarter
Latest: Q3 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC
Free cash flow$274M in Q3 2026 · $1.5B over twelve months
Operating cash flow$345M
Capital spending−$71.0M
Free cash flow+$274M
Cash / net income4.9×
Analysis
In Q3 2026, Host Hotels & Resorts generated $345M of operating cash flow and spent $71.0M on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $274M. That is $131M more than in Q3 2025 ($143M).
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $1.7B; the largest uses were dividends ($1.1B), other investing ($363M), capital spending ($272M); besides operations, cash came from asset & business sales ($1.1B); the cash balance rose by $905M.
Operating cash flow was $345M against net income of $71.0M — 4.9× profit, cash ran ahead of reported earnings. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$187M, other liabilities +$18.0M, stock-based pay +$7.0M.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow less capital spending.Latest (Q3 2026): Operating cash flow $345M, Capital spending $71.0M.
Capital allocation, year by year
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $6.2B; the largest uses were dividends ($2.1B) and net borrowing ($1.4B). Cash-flow statements as filed.
Cash runway and the debt wall
Cash & investments$1.5B
Debt$1.3B
Net cash$218M
Due within a year$2.0M
Host Hotels & Resorts funds itself: free cash flow was $1.5B over the last twelve months, and $1.5B of cash and investments stands against $1.3B of debt ($2.0M due within a year, 746.0× covered by cash).
Principal due in each year as disclosed in the annual report, against $1.5B of cash and investments now.
Where the cash came from and went
From profit to cash
Non-cash charges are added back; money tied up in receivables or inventory is subtracted.
Every quarter
Quarter
Operating cash flow
Capital spending
Buybacks
Dividends
Net borrowing (+) / repaid (−)
Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)
Free cash flow
Q3 2026
$345M
−$71.0M
—
−$630M
—
$460M
$274M
Q2 2026
$503M
−$52.0M
—
−$136M
—
−$255M
$451M
Q1 2026
$342M
−$51.0M
−$75.0M
−$241M
−$1.0M
−$919M
$291M
Q4 2025
$543M
−$98.0M
—
−$137M
−$2.0M
−$191M
$445M
Q3 2025
$218M
−$75.0M
—
−$138M
—
$25.0M
$143M
Q2 2025
$444M
−$63.0M
−$105M
−$138M
—
−$77.0M
$381M
Q1 2025
$305M
−$46.0M
−$100M
−$210M
−$1.0M
$104M
$259M
Q4 2024
$331M
−$96.0M
—
−$139M
—
$8.0M
$235M
Host Hotels & Resorts: income statement and cash flow
Host Hotels & Resorts, Q3 2026: revenue $1.3B (+1% year over year), operating margin 9.0%. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Read automatically from the company’s XBRL cash-flow statements; quarterly figures for the fourth quarter are the year less the first three. Errors are possible. Not investment advice.