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Jim Risoleo became the CEO of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST) in 2017. This report will, first, examine the CEO compensation levels in comparison to CEO compensation at other big companies. Then we'll look at a snap shot of the business growth. And finally we will reflect on how common stockholders have fared in the last few years, as a secondary measure of performance. The aim of all this is to consider the appropriateness of CEO pay levels.

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How Does Jim Risoleo's Compensation Compare With Similar Sized Companies?

Our data indicates that Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is worth US$14b, and total annual CEO compensation is US$8.0m. (This is based on the year to December 2018). While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at US$900k. We looked at a group of companies with market capitalizations over US$8.0b and the median CEO total compensation was US$11m. There aren't very many mega-cap companies, so we had to take a wide range to get a meaningful comparison figure.

So Jim Risoleo receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. Although this fact alone doesn't tell us a great deal, it becomes more relevant when considered against the business performance.

The graphic below shows how CEO compensation at Host Hotels & Resorts has changed from year to year.

Is Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Growing?

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has increased its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 11% a year, over the last three years (using a line of best fit). It achieved revenue growth of 3.2% over the last year.

Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. It's also good to see modest revenue growth, suggesting the underlying business is healthy. Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts.

Has Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Been A Good Investment?

With a total shareholder return of 23% over three years, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. shareholders would, in general, be reasonably content. But they would probably prefer not to see CEO compensation far in excess of the median.

In Summary...

Jim Risoleo is paid around the same as most CEOs of large companies.

The company is growing EPS but shareholder returns have been sound but not amazing. As a result of these considerations, I would suggest the CEO pay is reasonable. Whatever your view on compensation, you might want to check if insiders are buying or selling Host Hotels & Resorts shares (free trial).

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