Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. $HLT Shares Acquired by OFI Invest Asset Management

OFI Invest Asset Management increased its stake in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HLT) by 55.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 452 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 162 shares during the quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management’s holdings in Hilton Worldwide were worth $120,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of HLT. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilton Worldwide by 58.2% in the first quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $452,000 after buying an additional 731 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilton Worldwide by 3.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,054,000 after buying an additional 174 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Hilton Worldwide in the first quarter valued at about $213,000. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilton Worldwide by 2.1% in the first quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,471 shares of the company’s stock valued at $790,000 after buying an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilton Worldwide by 12.6% in the first quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $180,000 after buying an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HLT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Raymond James Financial increased their target price on Hilton Worldwide from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Hilton Worldwide in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Macquarie raised their price objective on Hilton Worldwide from $240.00 to $258.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America raised their price objective on Hilton Worldwide from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on Hilton Worldwide from $223.00 to $246.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $265.69.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Hilton Worldwide news, insider Christopher W. Silcock sold 11,905 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $269.40, for a total transaction of $3,207,207.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 79,451 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,404,099.40. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.60% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hilton Worldwide Stock Down 0.3%

NYSE:HLT opened at $259.32 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $267.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $253.58. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has a 52 week low of $196.04 and a 52 week high of $279.80. The company has a market cap of $60.99 billion, a PE ratio of 39.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 1.19.

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $2.20 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.16. Hilton Worldwide had a negative return on equity of 46.13% and a net margin of 13.84%.The company had revenue of $3.14 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.91 EPS. Hilton Worldwide’s quarterly revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Hilton Worldwide has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.980-2.040 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.830-8.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. will post 7.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hilton Worldwide Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 29th were issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 29th. Hilton Worldwide’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.22%.

Hilton Worldwide Company Profile

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.