---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-036816"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "H"
cik: "0001468174"
company_name: "Hyatt Hotels Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:05:58.032162+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyatt delays Q4/FY2023 earnings on ALG accounting; posts record cash flow, RevPAR up 9.1% in Q4

## Summary
- Earnings release delayed from Feb 15 due to finalizing deferred cost accounting in Apple Leisure Group; no cash impact.
- Comparable system-wide RevPAR rose 9.1% in Q4 and 17.0% for FY2023, exceeding full-year outlook.
- Free cash flow hit $602M for FY2023, a company record; cash from operations was $800M.
- Board declared $0.15/share Q1 dividend, payable March 12 to holders of record Feb 28.
- FY2023 share repurchases totaled ~4.1M Class A shares for $453M; capital returns of $500M in line with outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-036816
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: H
- cik: 0001468174
- company_name: Hyatt Hotels Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312524036816/0001193125-24-036816-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312524036816/d764214d8k.htm

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