HLT Hilton Worldwidedata gap · 91% coverage
Consumer Discretionary · Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines · close $345.12 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Hilton Worldwide (HLT) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 54/100 (grade C), ranking #15 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are profitability (89) and analyst sentiment (83); its weakest is valuation (7). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 8.7% and operating margin 23.3%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 83| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 57 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 100 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 47| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 8.7% | 61 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 4.8% | 41 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -2.5% | 32 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 89| Operating margin (18.5%) | 23.3% | 89 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 50| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | -0.32× | 76 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.65 | 11 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 4.70× | 34 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 57| FCF margin (6.2%) | 16.8% | 89 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 2.6% | 25 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 7| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 50.68× | 10 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 6.14× | 4 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 72.9 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 331.49 / 324.28 |
| 200-day SMA | 317.95 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.12× |
| 20-day return | 14.1% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is HLT's House Rating?
- HLT scores 54 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #15 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about HLT?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for HLT scores 83/100 against its sector peers, which we read as positive. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does HLT report earnings next?
- HLT's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-21 (window 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is HLT a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology