NYSE:HLTHilton Hotels Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hilton Hotels' stock was trading at $81.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HLT shares have decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $74.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hilton Hotels in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 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, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hilton Hotels.

Hilton Hotels Co. (NYSE:HLT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.88 billion. Hilton Hotels had a net margin of 8.08% and a negative return on equity of 276.10%. The business's revenue was down 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.80 earnings per share. View Hilton Hotels' earnings history.

Hilton Hotels announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Hilton Hotels' dividend history.

Hilton Hotels shares reverse split on 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 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback 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 purchase up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hilton Hotels' shares. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Hilton Hotels' stock price to reach $86.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hilton Hotels.

News articles about HLT stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Hotels earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Hilton Hotels.

Hilton Hotels saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,330,000 shares, a decline of 20.9% from the June 15th total of 11,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Hilton Hotels stock include Ian Russell Carter, Jonathan W Witter and Kevin J Jacobs. View institutional ownership trends for Hilton Hotels.

HLT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC. 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 $74.52.

Hilton Hotels has a market capitalization of $20.66 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.

The official website for Hilton Hotels is 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]