H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) Posts Earnings Results

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by ($0.16), Zacks reports. H World Group had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 15.97%. The business had revenue of $824.91 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.69 billion. H World Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

H World Group Stock Performance

HTHT stock traded up $0.15 on Monday, hitting $37.75. The company had a trading volume of 1,360,125 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,746,621. The stock has a market cap of $11.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $34.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.74. H World Group has a 12-month low of $27.03 and a 12-month high of $42.98.

H World Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a -- dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.95 per share. This is an increase from H World Group's previous -- dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 9th. This represents a yield of 4.1%. H World Group's dividend payout ratio is 141.79%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on HTHT. Hsbc Global Res downgraded H World Group from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. HSBC cut H World Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $32.40 target price on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Benchmark reduced their price objective on shares of H World Group from $53.00 to $48.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, H World Group currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $44.68.

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About H World Group

H World Group Limited develops leased and owned, manachised, and franchised hotels in the People's Republic of China. The company operates hotels under its own brands, such as HanTing Hotel, Ni Hao Hotel, Hi Inn, Elan Hotel, Zleep Hotels, Ibis Hotel, JI Hotel, Orange Hotel, Starway Hotel, Ibis Styles Hotel, CitiGO Hotel, Crystal Orange Hotel, IntercityHotel, Manxin Hotel, Mercure Hotel, Madison Hotel, Novotel Hotel, Joya Hotel, Blossom House, Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX by Steigenberger, Jaz in the City, Grand Mercure, Steigenberger Icon, and Song Hotels.