H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.16 EPS

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by ($0.16), Zacks reports. H World Group had a net margin of 15.97% and a return on equity of 30.41%. H World Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

H World Group Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of HTHT stock opened at $38.25 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.64, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.70. H World Group has a twelve month low of $27.03 and a twelve month high of $42.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $34.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.54.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on HTHT. Benchmark decreased their price target on H World Group from $53.00 to $48.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. HSBC lowered H World Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $32.40 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res lowered H World Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $44.68.

About H World Group

H World Group Limited develops leased and owned, manachised, and franchised hotels in the People's Republic of China. The company operates hotels under its own brands, such as HanTing Hotel, Ni Hao Hotel, Hi Inn, Elan Hotel, Zleep Hotels, Ibis Hotel, JI Hotel, Orange Hotel, Starway Hotel, Ibis Styles Hotel, CitiGO Hotel, Crystal Orange Hotel, IntercityHotel, Manxin Hotel, Mercure Hotel, Madison Hotel, Novotel Hotel, Joya Hotel, Blossom House, Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX by Steigenberger, Jaz in the City, Grand Mercure, Steigenberger Icon, and Song Hotels.