Hilton Worldwide Holdings

HLT

Travel Lodging · Consumer Cyclical

Also trades as: 0J5I.L

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Weak

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Hilton Worldwide Holdings owns and operates one of the largest hotel networks in the world. It runs more than 7,000 properties across 22 brands — including Hilton Hotels, Hampton Inn, DoubleTree, and Waldorf Astoria — serving business travelers, tourists, and event planners. The company operates across the full price spectrum, from budget-friendly stays to luxury resorts.

Hilton makes most of its money through a "asset-light" model, collecting fees from hotel owners who license the Hilton brand and use its reservation systems, rather than owning most properties itself. It operates in over 120 countries, with the United States as its largest market, and its Hilton Honors loyalty program — with over 180 million members — creates a strong reason for travelers to keep coming back. The main growth driver is continued expansion in Asia and other emerging markets, while the biggest risk is that hotel demand drops sharply during economic downturns or travel disruptions like pandemics.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+14.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

1.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$-1.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Hilton Worldwide Holdings is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

40.7%

Healthy — 40.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

25.7%

Excellent — 25.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

N/A

Data not available

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+8.7%

Steady sales growth (+8.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+4.6%

Modest earnings growth (+4.6% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

145%

Turns 145% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

17.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

9.62x

Comfortably covers interest (9.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

47.5x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 47.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+20.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (47.5 → 27.0)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

0.19%

no trend

Small dividend — 0.19% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

no trend

Dividend flat

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