H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:HTHT) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Consensus "Buy": Six analysts cover H World Group (five Buy, one Strong Buy) with an average one‑year target of $54.80 and recent upgrades from UBS ($62.40) and Benchmark ($60.00).
• Dividend announced: The company declared a $1.30 dividend payable May 20 (ex‑dividend May 4), which the report cites as implying a very high 542% yield and a 113.78% payout ratio.
• Financials & ownership: HTHT has a market cap of ~$15.0B, a PE of 21.69 and ROE of 37.8%; insiders own 49.4% (a director recently sold 31,640 shares) and institutional holders own about 46.4%.

Shares of H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:HTHT - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Buy" from the six brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $54.80.

Several research analysts have issued reports on HTHT shares. UBS Group upgraded H World Group from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $62.40 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of H World Group in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Zacks Research upgraded H World Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Benchmark increased their price objective on H World Group from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded H World Group from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, March 23rd.

H World Group Price Performance

H World Group stock opened at $48.81 on Thursday. H World Group has a 12 month low of $30.41 and a 12 month high of $56.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $48.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.01 billion, a PE ratio of 21.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.15.

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Saturday, February 14th. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $932.62 million during the quarter. H World Group had a return on equity of 37.79% and a net margin of 20.05%. Equities analysts predict that H World Group will post 2.47 earnings per share for the current year.

H World Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 4th will be given a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 4th. This represents a yield of 542.0%. H World Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 113.78%.

Insider Transactions at H World Group

In other H World Group news, Director Theng Fong Hee sold 31,640 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.96, for a total value of $1,612,374.40. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 49.40% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of H World Group

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in H World Group in the third quarter valued at $12,207,000. APG Asset Management N.V. grew its holdings in H World Group by 146.8% in the third quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. now owns 108,093 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,228,000 after purchasing an additional 64,300 shares during the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC acquired a new stake in H World Group in the third quarter valued at $415,000. AI Squared Management Ltd acquired a new stake in H World Group in the third quarter valued at $1,158,000. Finally, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its holdings in H World Group by 10.3% in the third quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 281,104 shares of the company's stock valued at $10,994,000 after purchasing an additional 26,301 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.41% of the company's stock.

H World Group Company Profile

H World Group, formerly known as Huazhu Group, is a leading hotel management and franchising company primarily serving the China market. The company operates a broad portfolio of midscale to luxury hotel brands, including Hi Inn, Blossom, Manxin, Madison International, Joya, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure and ibis. Through a network of both directly managed and franchised properties, H World Group caters to business and leisure travelers by offering consistent service standards and loyalty benefits across its brands.

In addition to its core hotel operations, H World Group provides technology-driven hospitality solutions such as centralized reservation systems, revenue management platforms and customer relationship management tools.

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