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. Since then, HLT shares have increased by 7.3% and is now trading at $87.02.
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18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hilton Hotels in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Hilton Hotels is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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Hilton Hotels Co. (NYSE:HLT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported ($0.61) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.31) by $0.30. The business earned $564 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $854.11 million. Hilton Hotels had a negative return on equity of 86.95% and a net margin of 0.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 77.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.06 EPS.
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Hilton Hotels declared 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 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th.
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Hilton Hotels's stock reverse split before market open 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 has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 7.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Hilton Hotels' stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Hilton Hotels' stock price to reach $88.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about HLT stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Hotels earned a coverage optimism score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Hilton Hotels saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,100,000 shares, a decline of 15.5% from the April 30th total of 13,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Hilton Hotels include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Marriott International (MAR), Huazhu Group (HTHT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Eldorado Resorts (ERI), Boyd Gaming (BYD) and Wyndham Destinations (WYND).
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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 Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.54%), Viking Global Investors LP (2.62%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%), Pelham Capital Ltd. (0.82%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.61%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%). Company insiders that own Hilton Hotels stock include Ian Russell Carter, Jonathan W Witter and Kevin J Jacobs.
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HLT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Bessemer Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A..
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HLT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, Cibc World Markets Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., Pelham Capital Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd., and Beck Mack & Oliver LLC.
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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 $87.02.

Hilton Hotels has a market capitalization of $24.13 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]