Booking, Hilton Worldwide, Ecolab, Expedia Group, and Carnival are the five Hotel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Hotel stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that own, operate, or manage lodging properties such as hotels, resorts, and motels. By buying these equities, investors gain exposure to the hospitality sector’s performance, which is driven by factors like travel demand, occupancy rates, and economic conditions. These stocks are listed on major exchanges and may provide returns through both share-price appreciation and dividend payments. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Hotel stocks within the last several days.
Booking (BKNG)
Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc., is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.
Shares of NASDAQ BKNG traded down $30.48 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $5,454.29. The company's stock had a trading volume of 157,977 shares, compared to its average volume of 205,158. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $5,558.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $5,120.89. Booking has a one year low of $3,592.28 and a one year high of $5,839.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $176.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.41.
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Hilton Worldwide (HLT)
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a hospitality company, engages in managing, franchising, owning, and leasing hotels and resorts. It operates through two segments, Management and Franchise, and Ownership. The company engages in the hotel management and licensing of its brands. It operates luxury hotels under the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts, and Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand; lifestyle hotels under the Canopy by Hilton, Curio Collection by Hilton, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Tempo by Hilton, and Motto by Hilton brand; full service hotels under the Signia by Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and DoubleTree by Hilton brand; service hotels under the Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, and Tru by Hilton brand; all-suite hotels under the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and Home2 Suites by Hilton brand; and economy hotel under the Spark by Hilton brand, as well as Hilton Grand Vacations.
Shares of NYSE HLT traded down $2.54 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $267.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,699,130 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,869,087. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $264.39 and a 200 day moving average price of $248.90. Hilton Worldwide has a one year low of $196.04 and a one year high of $279.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.14, a P/E/G ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 1.26.
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Ecolab (ECL)
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries.
Ecolab stock traded up $0.87 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $280.85. 1,250,289 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,181,101. The company's fifty day moving average is $268.43 and its 200-day moving average is $258.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.44. The firm has a market cap of $79.65 billion, a PE ratio of 37.50, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.06. Ecolab has a 52 week low of $221.62 and a 52 week high of $281.96.
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Expedia Group (EXPE)
Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.
Expedia Group stock traded up $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $207.44. 1,602,848 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,086,303. The company's fifty day moving average is $179.94 and its 200-day moving average is $173.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.75. The firm has a market cap of $25.66 billion, a PE ratio of 25.42, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.61. Expedia Group has a 52 week low of $126.46 and a 52 week high of $213.00.
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Carnival (CCL)
Carnival Corp. engages in the operation of cruise ships. It operates through the following business segments: North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise, Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Others. The North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise segment includes the Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn.
Carnival stock traded down $0.51 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $29.74. 10,992,674 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 17,604,698. The company's fifty day moving average is $27.91 and its 200-day moving average is $23.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 0.30 and a current ratio of 0.34. The firm has a market cap of $34.72 billion, a PE ratio of 16.08, a PEG ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 2.70. Carnival has a 52 week low of $15.07 and a 52 week high of $31.01.
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