Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. · HLT · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Hilton: Group demand and conversions support maintained outlook

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view of Hilton's operating trajectory: group demand, fee-per-room growth, conversions, and international brand expansion are supporting growth, while softer China and leisure demand remain important offsets. The maintained outlook provides evidence of resilience, but the case depends on demand holding up and development costs remaining contained.

Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Cyclical $73.72B market cap
70quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.61
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $2.72B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +2.2% Event window
SPY move +0.6% Same window
Abnormal move +1.5% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +10.8% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The supplied analysis emphasized 2.5% year-over-year RevPAR growth, adjusted EBITDA above the top of guidance, a development pipeline exceeding 503,000 rooms, and continued conversion and luxury expansion. It also highlighted softer China and leisure trends, while management maintained its full-year outlook.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year RevPAR guidance of flat to +2% and a net unit growth target of 6–7%.

Key takeaways

  • Q1 system-wide RevPAR increased 2.5% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA exceeded the top of guidance.
  • The development pipeline exceeded 503,000 rooms, with conversions representing about 40% of new openings.
  • Group bookings and fee-per-room growth were strengths; leisure and China demand were softer.
  • Management continued to emphasize an asset-light model, conversions, and luxury and lifestyle expansion.

Management priorities

  • Expand through conversions and international development.
  • Advance luxury, lifestyle, and focused-service brands.
  • Pursue group booking growth and fee-per-room growth.
  • Open planned properties and build the development pipeline.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
HLT EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $1.41 Q1 '24 actual $1.53, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1.86 Q2 '24 actual $1.91, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.84 Q3 '24 actual $1.92, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2.05 Q2 '25 actual $2.20, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2.06 Q3 '25 actual $2.11, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.02 Q4 '25 actual $2.08, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.98 Q1 '26 actual $2.01, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.27 Q2 '26 actual $2.29, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.35 Q4 '26 estimate $2.28 Q1 '27 estimate $2.17
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy49 ratings
Bullish2857.1%
Neutral2142.9%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$329.59Current
$135Low
$277.4Average
$379High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 12, 2026
Truist Securities Hold HoldMaintainSep 10, 2026
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 11, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 30, 2026
Macquarie Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $329.59. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$336$326.56 +1.9%Oct 12, 2026
Truist FinancialPatrick Scholes$316$308.66 -4.1%Sep 10, 2026
UBSRobin Farley$363$324.99 +10.1%Aug 14, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$365$314.66 +10.7%Aug 12, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$368$322.43 +11.7%Jul 29, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a hospitality company, engages in managing, franchising, and leasing hotels and resorts. It operates in two segments, Management and Franchise, and Ownership. The company engages in the hotel management and licensing of its brand names, trademarks, and service marks. It operates a brand portfolio of luxury, lifestyle, full service, focused service, all-suites hotel, and timeshare under the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Signia by Hilton, NoMad, Canopy by Hilton, Graduate by Hilton, Tempo by Hilton, Motto by Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree…

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