NASDAQ:HTHTHuazhu Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Huazhu Group's stock was trading at $30.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HTHT shares have increased by 13.4% and is now trading at $34.42. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huazhu Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Huazhu Group.

Huazhu Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Huazhu Group.

Huazhu Group Ltd (NASDAQ:HTHT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company reported ($3.85) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($1.63) by $2.22. The business had revenue of $2.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.96 billion. Huazhu Group had a negative return on equity of 6.45% and a negative net margin of 4.07%. Huazhu Group's revenue for the quarter was down 15.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share. View Huazhu Group's earnings history.

Huazhu Group announced a -- dividend on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Wednesday, February 5th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 9th. View Huazhu Group's dividend history.

Huazhu Group shares split on Friday, May 25th 2018. The 4-1 split was announced on Friday, April 20th 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, May 21st 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Huazhu Group stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Huazhu Group issued an update on its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $275.22-283.56 million.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Huazhu Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $39.10. On average, they expect Huazhu Group's stock price to reach $34.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Huazhu Group.

Media coverage about HTHT stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huazhu Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Huazhu Group.

Huazhu Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 13,160,000 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the June 15th total of 14,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Approximately 4.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Huazhu Group's Current Options Chain.

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Huazhu Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTHT."

Huazhu Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Newport Asia LLC (0.42%), E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. (0.01%) and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.01%).

HTHT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd..

HTHT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Newport Asia LLC, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd.

Shares of HTHT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HTHT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.42.

Huazhu Group has a market capitalization of $10.10 billion and generates $1.61 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $254 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.85 on an earnings per share basis. Huazhu Group employs 18,352 workers across the globe.

The official website for Huazhu Group is www.huazhu.com.

Huazhu Group's mailing address is NO 2266 HONGQIAO ROAD CHANGNING DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4, 200336. The company can be reached via phone at 86-21-6195-2011 or via email at [email protected]