Hotel company Hilton (NYSE:HLT) will be reporting results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what to look for.
Hilton missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.87 billion, up 7.3% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Hilton’s revenue to grow 6.4% year on year to $2.78 billion, in line with the 6.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.68 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hilton has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.9% on average.
Looking at Hilton’s peers in the travel and vacation providers segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. United Airlines delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.1%, and Royal Caribbean reported revenues up 12.9%, in line with consensus estimates. United Airlines traded down 2.3% following the results while Royal Caribbean was up 13.6%.
Read our full analysis of United Airlines’s results here and Royal Caribbean’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the travel and vacation providers segment, with share prices up 2.5% on average over the last month. Hilton is up 7.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $246.65 (compared to the current share price of $258.74).
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