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 stock has 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported ($0.61) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.31) by $0.30. The company earned $564 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 was down 77.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.06 EPS.
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Hilton Hotels announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th.
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Shares of Hilton Hotels 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 closing bell 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 buyback plan 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hilton Hotels' stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $121.00. On average, they anticipate Hilton Hotels' stock price to reach $88.12 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about HLT stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Hotels earned a daily sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 near future.
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Hilton Hotels saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,100,000 shares, a drop 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 4.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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 retail and institutional 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 purchased 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., Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, and Athanor Capital LP.
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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]