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 decreased by 15.0% and is now trading at $68.89. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

16 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 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 results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. View Hilton Hotels' earnings history.

Hilton Hotels declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 0.87%. 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 approved a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 7.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Hilton Hotels issued an update on 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 earnings per share estimate of $4.27.

16 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hilton Hotels' stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $108.00. On average, they anticipate Hilton Hotels' share price to reach $88.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hilton Hotels.

News stories about HLT stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 during 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 trading volume of 2,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including IBM Retirement Fund, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $68.89.

Hilton Hotels has a market capitalization of $19.11 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]