Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT) reported $3.14 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.3%. EPS of $2.20 for the same period compares to $1.91 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.99% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.08 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.04, the EPS surprise was +7.84%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Hilton Worldwide performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Property Summary - Total Systemwide Rooms: 1,304,879 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,291,507.
- Property Summary - Total Owned / Leased Rooms: 15,287 versus 15,939 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue per available room - System-Wide: $121.79 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $122.70.
- RevPAR Growth - System-wide: -0.5% compared to the 0.2% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Property Summary - Total Managed Rooms: 258,183 compared to the 259,394 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Property Summary - Total Franchised Rooms: 1,012,979 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,020,124.
- Revenues- Owned and leased hotels: $332 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $308.35 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.5%.
- Revenues- Other revenues: $77 million versus $76.1 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.5% change.
- Revenues- Incentive management fees: $75 million compared to the $68.38 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.3% year over year.
- Revenues- Franchise and licensing fees: $745 million versus $751.95 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.1% change.
- Revenues- Base and other management fees: $97 million versus $90.84 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.3% change.
- Revenues- Cost reimbursement: $1.81 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.78 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7%.
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Shares of Hilton Worldwide have returned +7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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