A few of the key hospitality stocks recently reported their earnings and 24/7 Wall St. is taking a quick review of what has happened in the past week. The three companies we included in this review are Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT), HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY), and Hyatt Hotels Corp. (NYSE: H).
Along with these earnings summaries, we have included recent analyst calls for each of the companies.
Hilton reported its second quarter earnings last week. The hotel chain giant had $0.25 in EPS on $2.92 billion in revenue compared to consensus estimates of $0.22 in EPS on $2.90 billion in revenue. The second quarter from last year had $0.16 in EPS on $2.67 billion in revenue.
HomeAway released its second quarter financial results Tuesday after the markets closed. This company had $0.12 in EPS on $125.8 million in revenue versus consensus estimates of $0.13 in EPS on $123.4 million in revenue. The same quarter from the previous year had $0.15 in EPS on $114.3 million in revenue.
Hyatt reported its second quarter earnings Tuesday before the markets opened. The company had $0.28 in EPS on $1.1 billion in revenue compared to the consensus estimate of $0.45 in EPS. The same period from the previous year had $0.47 in EPS on $1.2 billion in revenue.
Analysts had this to say about Hilton:
- Goldman Sachs cut the rating to Neutral and removed it from the buy list with a price target to $28.
- Evercore ISI raised to a Buy rating from Hold and increased the price target to $31 from $30.
A few analysts weighed in on HomeAway:
- Cowen raised the price target to $34 from $30 with a Market Perform.
- Deutsche Bank has a Buy rating and cut the price target to $37 from $38.
- Macquarie has an Outperform rating and raised the price target to $35 from $34.
Hyatt had analysts make a few calls on it after earnings:
- Baird has an Outperform rating but cut the price target to $63 from $65.
- Brean Capital has a Buy rating and cut the price target to $67 from $68.
- Credit Suisse maintained an Underperform rating and cut the price target to $52 from $55.
- Evercore ISI lowered its rating to Hold from Buy and cut its price target to $60 from $63.
- SunTrust Robinson has a Buy rating and cut the price target to $70 from $71.
Shares of Hilton were down 1% at $25.89 on Wednesday afternoon. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $33.45 and a 52-week trading range of $20.72 to $31.60.
Shares of HomeAway were up 7.5% at $30.62 on its 52-week trading range of $25.13 to $36.19. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $33.50.
Hyatt shares were down 3.5% at $52.20 on its 52-week trading range of $51.26 to $64.52. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $69.00.
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