secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT)
CIK:        0001585689
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001585689-24-000099
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hilton Q1 adj EPS $1.53 beats; RevPAR +2%; pipeline record 472k rooms; acquires Graduate Hotels and NoMad brand
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- GAAP diluted EPS $1.04, adjusted $1.53 (vs $0.77/$1.24); net income $268M, Adj EBITDA $750M.
- System-wide comparable RevPAR +2.0% YoY; management and franchise fees +14.4%.
- Development pipeline record 472,300 rooms (+10% YoY); net unit growth 5.6% in Q1; FY guide 6.0-6.5% ex-Graduate.
- Announced acquisition of Graduate Hotels (~35 franchised) and controlling interest in Sydell Group/NoMad (luxury lifestyle).
- Issued $1.0B senior notes; repurchased 3.4M shares for $662M; Q1 capital return $701M; FY capital return ~$3.0B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000099/0001585689-24-000099-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000099/hlt-20240424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-24-000099

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