Hilton Worldwide (HLT)

Consumer Cyclical · Lodging · S&P 500
$322.61 +2.05% on the day Market cap $74.4B 52-week range $253.54 to $358.00 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
13% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $74.4B, Hilton Worldwide's free cash flow of $2.0B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 13% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Hilton Worldwide's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price12.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years8.3% a year
Revenue, same period7.0% a year
Price to free cash flow36.7x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from HLT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability7
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)49.8x
P/E (forward)36.6x
Price / free cash flow36.7x
EV / EBITDA28.2x
Price / sales5.96x
Price / book287.4x
Revenue growth+6.5%
Operating margin23.4%
Net margin12.7%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield0.18%
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Hilton Worldwide's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.8B$8.8B$10.2B$11.2B$12.0B
Net income$410M$1.3B$1.1B$1.5B$1.5B
Free cash flow$74M$1.6B$1.8B$1.9B$2.0B
EPS (diluted)$1.46$4.53$4.33$6.14$6.12
Operating margin17.4%23.9%21.7%21.2%22.4%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Cost reimbursement revenues$7.1B59%
Franchise and licensing fees$2.8B23%
Ownership$1.2B10%
Base and other management fees$376M3%
Incentive management fees$313M3%
Other revenues$252M2%

Superinvestors who own HLT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $531M0.18%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $323M0.27%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $96M0.14%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $51M0.12%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Trimmed $28M0.04%Q2 2026
Boykin Curry
Eagle Capital Management
Trimmed $8M0.02%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
New position $6M0.06%Q2 2026
Mark Massey
AltaRock Partners LP
Trimmed $5M0.12%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Hilton Worldwide's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 30, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$295.86—
Mar 30, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$295.86—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$299.23—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$299.23—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$298.02—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$298.02—
Dec 29, 2025 Markwayne Mullin
0$292.20—
Dec 29, 2025 Markwayne Mullin
0$292.20—

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Questions

What growth does Hilton Worldwide's stock price imply?

At a market value of $74.4B, Hilton Worldwide would need its free cash flow to grow about 13% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 8% a year.

Are Hilton Worldwide insiders buying the stock?

8 open-market insider purchases of HLT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Hilton Worldwide?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold HLT in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Hersh Cohen, Ron Baron.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.