NYSE:HLTHilton Hotels Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hilton Hotels' stock was trading at $81.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HLT stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $86.00.
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19 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 7 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported ($0.61) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the 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 net margin of 0.70% and a negative return on equity of 86.95%. The company's revenue was down 77.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. 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 declared that its board has authorized a share buyback 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 repurchase up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

19 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Hilton Hotels' stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Hilton Hotels' share price to reach $88.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about HLT stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Hotels earned a news impact score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Hilton Hotels saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,330,000 shares, a decrease of 20.9% from the May 31st total of 11,790,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company's shares 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), Eldorado Resorts (ERI), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.70%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.54%), Viking Global Investors LP (2.62%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.38%), FMR LLC (1.30%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%). 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 Vanguard Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Bessemer Group Inc., Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, and UBS Group AG.
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HLT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, FMR LLC, King Street Capital Management L.P., Cibc World Markets Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., Pelham Capital Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, and APG Asset Management US Inc..
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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 $86.00.

Hilton Hotels has a market capitalization of $23.85 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]