Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) will pay a $0.05 per share special dividend. This special dividend will be paid together with the regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share. The REIT also paid 5 cent per share special dividends in 2018, 2017 and 2016.

The dividend is payable on January 15, 2020, to stockholders of record on December 31, 2019. The regular dividend of 80 cents annually yields 4.4% at a stock price of $18.34.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The company owns properties in the United States and internationally. Also Host holds non-controlling interests in domestic and international joint ventures. The company partners with premium brands such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, Sheraton, W, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Hyatt, Fairmont, Hilton, Swissôtel, ibis and Novotel, as well as independent brands. The company's most important city's based on net income are San Diego, San Francisco/San Jose, New York, Maui/Oahu (Hawaii), Washington, D.C., Boston and the Florida Gulf Coast. Host Hotels & Resorts restarted a quarterly dividend in 1999.