Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (NYSE: HLT) is -5.75% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $193.86 and a high of $275.22 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HLT stock was last observed hovering at around $227.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.9%.
Currently trading at $232.95, the stock is -5.95% and -7.61% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.45 million and changing 2.60% at the moment leaves the stock -0.46% off its SMA200. HLT registered 13.82% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.81%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $252.136 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $234.0348.
The stock witnessed a -13.36% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.84%, and is 1.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.08% over the week and 2.78% over the month.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT) has around 181000 employees, a market worth around $56.05B and $11.17B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 37.91 and Fwd P/E is 25.09. Profit margin for the company is 13.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.16% and -15.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.53%).
with sales reaching $2.73B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 12.72% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.15% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.06% in year-over-year returns.
1432.0 institutions hold shares in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT), with institutional investors hold 100.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 241.81M, and float is at 235.13M with Short Float at 1.68%. Institutions hold 98.25% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 25.3 million shares valued at $$5.52 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.0383 of the HLT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 18.59 million shares valued at $$4.06 billion to account for 7.3778 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 10.99 million shares representing 4.3608 and valued at over $$2.4 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.7995 of the shares totaling 9.57 million with a market value of $$2.09 billion.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Silcock Christopher W. SEC filings show that Silcock Christopher W sold 2,914 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $269.54 per share for a total of $0.79 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 70453.0 shares.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 07 ’25 that NASSETTA CHRISTOPHER J sold a total of 40,653 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 07 ’25 and was made at $268.83 per share for $10.93 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 77383.0 shares of the HLT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 07 ’25, Silcock Christopher W (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,914 shares at an average price of $269.54 for $0.79 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT).
