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Hilton Worldwide
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Hilton Worldwide is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $12.5 billion, up 8.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $2.03 billion, down 9.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.08 billion, down 27% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $3.18 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $2.88 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 28, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 2 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 11, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $2.4 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,297 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+104 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 15 (11 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Hilton Worldwide is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending14th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex4th pct
- Hiring filings30th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications59th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment76th pct
- Call confidence78th pct
- Guidance changes50th pct
- Risk factors added73rd pct
- Insider open-market trades34th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- + Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver2nd pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Hilton Worldwide's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$13.3B
- Due within a year $0.6B
- Longer term $12.7B
- Default point $7.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 20268-KDelisting notice or listing transferItem 3.01
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HILTON WORLDWIDE)third_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HILTON WORLDWIDE)second_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ANCHOR SOLUTIONS LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- May 18, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 18, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 11, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Mar 18, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 11, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 11, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Dec 11, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Oct 7, 2025PatentPatent granted: HEADBOARD CONFIGURATIONUS 12435529
- Jul 7, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 16, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 4, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 6, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 3 removed
- Dec 13, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 7, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings NCLH | $10.2B | −$1.2B | Jun 30, 2026 |
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| Royal Caribbean Group RCL | $18.7B | −$0.4B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Carnival Corporation CCL | $27.6B | $3.2B | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Travel + Leisure Co. TNL | $4.1B | $0.4B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Choice Hotels CHH | $1.6B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts WH | $1.4B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Viking Holdings VIK | — | — | — |