Hilton Q3 Net Income Hits $536 Million: Adjusted EPS $2.45, RevPAR Up 5.8%, Pipeline Reaches 543,100 Rooms
McLean, Virginia — Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) on October 27 reported third-quarter 2026 results: net income of $536 million, diluted EPS of $2.37 and adjusted diluted EPS of $2.45, adjusted EBITDA of $1,058 million, and total revenue of about $3.33 billion, up 6.6% year over year. System-wide comparable RevPAR rose 5.8% on a currency-neutral basis.
Operating income was $909 million, up from $777 million a year earlier, when net income was $421 million, adjusted EPS was $2.11 and adjusted EBITDA was $976 million. Higher management and franchise fees drove the gains, with both occupancy and average daily rate up in the quarter; comparable RevPAR rose 4.7% in the first nine months of 2026.
Hilton approved 30,500 new rooms for development in the quarter, taking its pipeline to 543,100 rooms across 3,869 hotels in 135 countries and territories as of September 30, up 5% year over year, with nearly half under construction. It opened 182 hotels totaling 27,000 rooms, for 23,000 net additional rooms, up 6.5% sequentially, contributing to net unit growth of 6.0%.
The company repurchased 2.6 million shares in the quarter, bringing total capital return, including dividends, to $879 million for the quarter and $2,902 million year to date through October. Hilton also appointed Jeff Moore as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, and on October 20 announced it will transfer its stock listing to Nasdaq under the ticker HLT effective November 5, 2026, with no action required by shareholders.
For full-year 2026, Hilton projects system-wide RevPAR growth of 4.0% to 4.5%, net income of $1,909 million to $1,923 million, adjusted EBITDA of $4,060 million to $4,080 million, and capital return of approximately $3.5 billion.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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