Hilton Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. ("Hilton," "the Company," "we," "us" or "our") (NYSE:HLT) today reported its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. Highlights include:

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• Diluted EPS was $1.27 for the fourth quarter and $6.12 for the full year
• Diluted EPS, adjusted for special items, was $2.08 for the fourth quarter and $8.11 for the full year
• Net income was $298 million for the fourth quarter and $1,461 million for the full year
• Adjusted EBITDA was $946 million for the fourth quarter and $3,725 million for the full year
• System-wide comparable RevPAR increased 0.5 percent and 0.4 percent, on a currency neutral basis, for the fourth quarter and full year, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2024
• Approved 37,400 new rooms for development during the fourth quarter, bringing our development pipeline to a record 520,500 rooms as of December 31, 2025, representing growth of 4 percent from December 31, 2024
• Added 26,000 rooms to our system in the fourth quarter, resulting in 97,000 room openings for the full year, contributing to net unit growth of 6.7 percent from December 31, 2024
• Issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2034 in December 2025
• Announced the launch of a new brand, Apartment Collection by Hilton, in January 2026
• Expanded Hilton Honors Adventures in December 2025, welcoming Explora Journeys as the second partner, following AutoCamp in 2024, and expanding into luxury ocean travel
• Repurchased 2.8 million shares of Hilton common stock during the fourth quarter, bringing total capital return, including dividends, to $792 million for the quarter and $3.3 billion for the full year
• Full year 2026 system-wide RevPAR is projected to increase between 1.0 percent and 2.0 percent on a comparable and currency neutral basis compared to 2025; full year net income is projected to be between $1,982 million and $2,011 million; full year Adjusted EBITDA is projected to be between $4,000 million and $4,040 million
• Full year 2026 capital return is projected to be approximately $3.5 billion
• Net unit growth for 2026 is expected to be between 6.0% and 7.0%

Overview

Christopher J. Nassetta, President & Chief Executive Officer of Hilton, said, "We delivered another quarter of strong bottom-line results, demonstrating the continued strength of our business model. As we look ahead to 2026, we are increasingly optimistic about the tailwinds building, including improving demand patterns, driven by broader macroeconomic growth and major global and domestic events, which, when paired with limited supply growth, should result in stronger RevPAR performance. The quality of our development pipeline, the introduction of our exciting new brands and partnerships, as well as the continued growth in the presence of our existing brands globally, give us confidence in delivering net unit growth between 6.0 percent and 7.0 percent in 2026 and beyond."

For the three months ended December 31, 2025, system-wide comparable RevPAR increased 0.5 percent compared to the same period in 2024 due to an increase in ADR, partially offset by modest occupancy declines. Management and franchise fee revenues increased 7.4 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, system-wide comparable RevPAR increased 0.4 percent compared to the same period in 2024 due to an increase in ADR. Management and franchise fee revenues increased 6.4 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

For the three months ended December 31, 2025, diluted EPS was $1.27 and diluted EPS, adjusted for special items, was $2.08, compared to $2.06 and $1.76, respectively, for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Net income and Adjusted EBITDA were $298 million and $946 million, respectively, for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to $505 million and $858 million, respectively, for the three months ended December 31, 2024.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, diluted EPS was $6.12 and diluted EPS, adjusted for special items, was $8.11, compared to $6.14 and $7.12, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Net income and Adjusted EBITDA were $1,461 million and $3,725 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1,539 million and $3,429 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Development

In the fourth quarter of 2025, we opened 190 hotels, totaling 26,000 rooms, resulting in 21,300 net room additions. Notable openings included the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai Qiantan in China and over 10 Tapestry Collection hotels, including the Anise Aluma Athens, Tapestry Collection by Hilton in Greece and the Diyar Ajwa, Tapestry Collection by Hilton in Saudi Arabia, continuing the expansion of the lifestyle brand across the globe. We expect to continue to see our Tapestry brand grow, with nearly 20 signings in the fourth quarter. Other notable lifestyle openings include the Canopy by Hilton Istanbul Taksim and the Canopy by Hilton Izmir Bomonti, representing the brand's first hotels in Türkiye. We also introduced our first Outset Collection by Hilton hotels with the openings of the Slackline Moab and ACME Hotel Chicago. In January 2026, we announced the launch of our new brand, Apartment Collection by Hilton, which will initially add as many as 3,000 incremental units to our already established base of apartment-style units in our system, with bookings starting in the first half of 2026.

We added 37,400 rooms to the development pipeline during the fourth quarter, and, as of December 31, 2025, our development pipeline totaled 3,703 hotels representing 520,500 rooms throughout 129 countries and territories, including 26 countries and territories where we had no existing hotels. Additionally, of the rooms in the development pipeline, almost half were under construction and more than half were located outside of the U.S.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

As of December 31, 2025, we had $12.5 billion of debt outstanding, excluding the deduction for unamortized deferred financing costs and discount, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.76 percent. Excluding all finance lease liabilities, we had $12.1 billion of debt outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 4.76 percent and no material indebtedness that matures prior to April 2027. We believe that we have sufficient sources of liquidity and access to debt markets to address the repayment of all indebtedness that becomes due at or prior to the respective maturity dates.

In December 2025, we issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2034 and used a portion of the net proceeds to redeem all $500 million in aggregate principal amount of the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2028, plus accrued and unpaid interest. No borrowings were outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2025, which had an available borrowing capacity of $1,894 million after considering $106 million of letters of credit outstanding. Total cash and cash equivalents were $970 million as of December 31, 2025, including $52 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents.

In December 2025, we paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock, for a total payment of $35 million, bringing total dividend payments for the year to $143 million. In February 2026, our board of directors authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock to be paid on March 31, 2026 to holders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on February 27, 2026.

During the three months ended December 31, 2025, we repurchased 2.8 million shares of Hilton common stock at an average price per share of $272.40, for a total of $757 million. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we repurchased 12.5 million shares of Hilton common stock at an average price per share of $253.71, returning $3.3 billion of capital to shareholders, including dividends. The amount authorized remaining under our stock repurchase program as of December 31, 2025 was approximately $1.3 billion. In January 2026, our board of directors authorized an additional $3.5 billion for share repurchases under our stock repurchase program.

The number of shares outstanding as of February 6, 2026 was 229.3 million.

Outlook

Share-based metrics in Hilton's outlook include actual share repurchases through the fourth quarter but do not include the effects of potential share repurchases thereafter.

Full Year 2026

• System-wide comparable RevPAR, on a currency neutral basis, is projected to increase between 1.0 percent and 2.0 percent compared to 2025.
• Diluted EPS is projected to be between $8.49 and $8.61.
• Diluted EPS, adjusted for special items, is projected to be between $8.65 and $8.77.
• Net income is projected to be between $1,982 million and $2,011 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA is projected to be between $4,000 million and $4,040 million.
• Contract acquisition costs and capital expenditures, excluding amounts reimbursed by third parties, are projected to be approximately $300 million.
• Capital return is projected to be approximately $3.5 billion.
• General and administrative expenses are projected to be approximately $400 million.
• Net unit growth is projected to be between 6.0 percent and 7.0 percent.

First Quarter 2026

• System-wide comparable RevPAR, on a currency neutral basis, is projected to increase between 1.0 percent and 2.0 percent compared to the first quarter of 2025.
• Diluted EPS is projected to be between $1.87 and $1.93.
• Diluted EPS, adjusted for special items, is projected to be between $1.91 and $1.97.
• Net income is projected to be between $436 million and $450 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA is projected to be between $875 million and $895 million.

Conference Call

Hilton will host a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2025 results on February 11, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants may listen to the live webcast by logging on to the Hilton Investor Relations website at https://ir.hilton.com/events-and-presentations. A replay and transcript of the webcast will be available within 24 hours after the live event at https://ir.hilton.com/financial-reporting.

Alternatively, participants may listen to the live call by dialing 1-888-317-6003 in the United States ("U.S.") or 1-412-317-6061 internationally using the conference ID 0675957. Participants are encouraged to dial into the call or link to the webcast at least fifteen minutes prior to the scheduled start time. A telephone replay will be available for seven days following the call. To access the telephone replay, dial 1-855-669-9658 in the U.S. or 1-412-317-0088 internationally using the conference ID 1157393.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, future financial results, liquidity and capital resources and other non-historical statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "forecasts," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seeks," "projects," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates" or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties including, among others, risks inherent to the hospitality industry; macroeconomic factors beyond our control, such as inflation, changes in interest rates, challenges due to labor shortages or disputes and supply chain disruptions; the loss of key senior management personnel; competition for hotel guests and management and franchise contracts; risks related to doing business with third-party hotel owners; performance of our information technology systems; growth of reservation channels outside of our system; risks of doing business outside of the U.S.; risks associated with geopolitical conflicts; uncertainty resulting from U.S. and global political trends, tariffs and other policies, including potential barriers to travel, trade and immigration and other geopolitical events; and our indebtedness. Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found under the section entitled "Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and is accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which is expected to be filed with the SEC on or about the date of this press release. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this press release and in our filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

Definitions

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We refer to certain financial measures that are not recognized under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in this press release, including: net income, adjusted for special items; diluted EPS, adjusted for special items; Adjusted EBITDA; Adjusted EBITDA margin; net debt; and net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio. See the schedules to this press release, including the "Definitions" section, for additional information and reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures, as well as the most comparable GAAP financial measures.

About Hilton

Hilton (NYSE:HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 26 world-class brands comprising more than 9,100 properties and over 1.3 million rooms, in 143 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed over 4 billion guests in its more than 100-year history. Named as the No. 1 World's Best Workplace by Great Place to Work and Fortune, Hilton aims to create the best culture for its 500,000 team members around the world. Hilton has introduced industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the more than 243 million Hilton Honors members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone. Visit stories.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on facebook.com/hiltonnewsroom, x.com/hiltonnewsroom, linkedin.com/company/hilton, instagram.com/hiltonnewsroom and youtube.com/@hilton.