Investor's Guide – Understanding Hilton Worldwide (HLT) Stock

By Scott Lee • Sunday, February 11 15:44 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Hilton Worldwide over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Lodging stock at a price of $192.16? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Hilton Worldwide has moved 29.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.5%
HLT has an average analyst rating of buy and is -2.95% away from its mean target price of $198.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.32
Hilton Worldwide has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 44.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $8.22 and its forward P/E ratio is 23.4
Hilton Worldwide is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
HLT has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -52.5% and gross profit margins of 0.7%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.45 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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. The company operates in North America, South America, and Central America, including various Caribbean nations; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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