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Director | President & CEO
4 companies
W Edward Walter is President & CEO at HST, with reported holdings spanning 4 companies. W Edward Walter's net worth is not public. Form 4 filings only show shares in the companies where this person is an insider; those holdings are worth an estimated $3.7M at current prices.
Our model assigns W Edward Walter a below-average insider score of 40/100, based on 4 past trades. Over a 12-month horizon, 33.3% of those trades were profitable, with an average 12-month return of -34.2%.
W Edward Walter's largest disclosed position is in AVB as Director, worth about $2.2M. The AVB filings lean toward selling, a net 1 shares.
W Edward Walter has 33 Form 4 filings on record from January 2015 to June 2026, across 4 companies: Director at Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), 2021–2026; Director at Ameriprise Financial (AMP), 2019–2025; Director at Avalonbay Communities (AVB), 2015–2023, and 1 more.
The 53 reported transactions were 14 option or other derivative awards, 11 stock awards, 10 open-market sales and 6 other transactions, plus smaller numbers of other types.
Counted by filing, the open-market trades come to 4 purchases worth about $841K and 4 sales worth about $12.0M.
The largest open-market purchase was 26,975 shares of CMTG at an average $18.54 on August 17, 2022, about $500K. Twelve months later CMTG was down 42%.
The largest open-market sale was 405,943 shares of HST at an average $18.93 on December 16, 2016, about $7.7M.
| Date | Ticker | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Chg% | 3M | 12M | SEC |
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| Feb 24, 2026 | CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | Director | Buy | 25,000 | $2.28 | $56,895.00 | +357.1% | -0.9% | - | |
| May 28, 2024 | CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | Director | Buy | 7,000 | $7.21 | $50,470.00 | +103.6% | +16.4% | -64.1% | |
| Aug 17, 2022 | CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | Director | Buy | 26,975 | $18.54 | $500,206.34 | -133.4% | -0.4% | -41.7% | |
| Nov 5, 2021 | CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | Director | Buy | 12,500 | $18.65 | $233,125.00 | New | +6.6% | +3.0% | |
| Nov 16, 2020 | AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc | Director | Sell | 1 | $173.35 | $167.89 | - | - | - | |
| Dec 19, 2016 | HST Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | President & CEO | Sale+OE | 134,854 | $19.02 | $2,565,273.70 | -71.2% | - | - | |
| Dec 16, 2016 | HST Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | President & CEO | Sell | 405,943 | $18.93 | $7,686,205.95 | -100% | - | - | |
| Aug 5, 2016 | HST Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | President & CEO | Sell | 100,000 | $17.83 | $1,782,530.00 | -76.9% | - | - |