Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.570-1.630 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.650. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Hilton Worldwide also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.710-7.820 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HLT has been the subject of several analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Hilton Worldwide from $232.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Hilton Worldwide from $235.00 to $236.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Hilton Worldwide from $230.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 21st. Melius cut Hilton Worldwide from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Finally, Melius Research reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Hilton Worldwide in a report on Monday, October 21st. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Hilton Worldwide has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $239.88.

Hilton Worldwide Stock Performance

Shares of HLT traded down $0.79 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $269.60. 940,693 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,460,759. The stock has a market cap of $65.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.29. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $250.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $235.50. Hilton Worldwide has a 1 year low of $186.83 and a 1 year high of $274.18.

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $1.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.09. Hilton Worldwide had a negative return on equity of 60.85% and a net margin of 10.70%. On average, analysts forecast that Hilton Worldwide will post 7 EPS for the current year.

Hilton Worldwide declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, November 14th that allows the company to repurchase $3.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Michael W. Duffy sold 23,366 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $251.66, for a total value of $5,880,287.56. Following the sale, the insider now owns 22,833 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,746,152.78. The trade was a 50.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Hilton Worldwide

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, a hospitality company, engages in managing, franchising, owning, and leasing hotels and resorts. It operates through two segments, Management and Franchise, and Ownership. The company engages in the hotel management and licensing of its brands. It operates luxury hotels under the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts, and Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand; lifestyle hotels under the Canopy by Hilton, Curio Collection by Hilton, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Tempo by Hilton, and Motto by Hilton brand; full service hotels under the Signia by Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and DoubleTree by Hilton brand; service hotels under the Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, and Tru by Hilton brand; all-suite hotels under the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and Home2 Suites by Hilton brand; and economy hotel under the Spark by Hilton brand, as well as Hilton Grand Vacations.