HLTHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.Stock — Consumer Discretionary
Yield
0.17%
$0.60 indicated at $349.63
Dividend
$0.15/qtr
Paid Sep 30, 2026; flat since 2022 reinstatement
Payout ratio
8.8%
Trailing, per StockAnalysis
Pays
Quarterly
Buyback yield 4.71%; suspended 2020, reinstated 2022
House verdict
Covered many times over — but a token dividend. A $0.15 quarterly dividend at an 8.8% trailing payout, with a 4.71% buyback yield doing the real returning. Hilton returns capital through buybacks; the dividend was suspended in the 2020 pandemic, reinstated in 2022, and has been flat since — and 0.17% is not income.
Key risk: Travel cycles — the 2020 suspension is the reminder that this dividend goes first in a travel shock.
Changes if: The buyback pauses or travel demand rolls over.
- ✓Covered by earnings 8.8% trailing payout, per StockAnalysis.
- !Token yield 0.17% at the Oct 23 close — a buyback story, not income.
- !Suspension history Suspended in 2020, reinstated 2022, flat at $0.15 since.
What this grade doesn't say: It screens the dividend only — covered, real, compounding. It says nothing about valuation or price: a well-covered payer can still be overpriced, and its price can still fall.