NYSE:HLT - Hilton Hotels Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hilton Hotels' stock was trading at $81.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HLT stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $69.15. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hilton Hotels in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Hilton Hotels.

Hilton Hotels is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hilton Hotels.

Hilton Hotels Co. (NYSE:HLT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.37 billion. Hilton Hotels had a negative return on equity of 770.65% and a net margin of 9.32%. Hilton Hotels's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.79 EPS. View Hilton Hotels' earnings history.

Hilton Hotels announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Hilton Hotels' dividend history.

Hilton Hotels shares reverse split on the morning of Tuesday, January 3rd 2017. The 1-3 reverse split was announced on Monday, December 5th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Friday, December 30th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Hilton Hotels stock prior to the reverse split would have 33 shares after the split.

Hilton Hotels announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Hilton Hotels updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.08-4.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.27.

15 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hilton Hotels' stock. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Hilton Hotels' stock price to reach $99.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hilton Hotels.

News articles about HLT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Hotels earned a daily sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutHilton Hotels.

Hilton Hotels saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 6,030,000 shares, an increase of 22.8% from the February 13th total of 4,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Hilton Hotels' Current Options Chain.

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Hilton Hotels trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HLT."

Hilton Hotels' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.10%), Capital International Investors (4.07%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.16%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.62%), D1 Capital Partners L.P. (2.20%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.87%). Company insiders that own Hilton Hotels stock include Ian Russell Carter, Jonathan W Witter, Kevin J Jacobs and Tourism Group Co Ltd Hna. View institutional ownership trends for Hilton Hotels.

HLT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Soroban Capital Partners LP, Maverick Capital Ltd., Prudential Financial Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., and Iridian Asset Management LLC CT. Company insiders that have sold Hilton Hotels company stock in the last year include Ian Russell Carter, and Jonathan W Witter. View insider buying and selling activity for Hilton Hotels.

HLT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Cohen & Steers Inc., Capital Research Global Investors, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., D1 Capital Partners L.P., and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity for Hilton Hotels.

Shares of HLT 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 HLT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.15.

Hilton Hotels has a market capitalization of $19.19 billion and generates $9.45 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $881 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.90 on an earnings per share basis. Hilton Hotels employs 173,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Hilton Hotels.

The official website for Hilton Hotels is http://www.hilton.com/.

Hilton Hotels' mailing address is 7930 JONES BRANCH DRIVE SUITE 1100, MCLEAN VA, 22102. The company can be reached via phone at 703-883-1000 or via email at [email protected]