Barclays Upgrades Hilton Worldwide (HLT) to Overweight

Barclays analyst Brandt Montour upgraded Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) from Equalweight to Overweight with a price target of $168.00 (from $151.00).

The analyst comments "Upgrading HLT to OW from EW: 1) we consider HLT to be a best-in-class Lodging C-corp. with the highest and most resilient net unit growth among the asset-light peer set; as Global RevPAR decelerates in these later stages of post-COVID recovery, we think HLT’s outstanding net unit growth (NUG) will become more dear to investors, 2) NUG should reaccelerate faster than peers, based on pipeline chain-scale positioning and a material boost from layering in early success with its recently launched Spark conversion brand, and 3) relative valuation, which we see as a <0.5x EV/EBITDA premium to MAR, under-appreciates sustainable higher unit growth, in our view. To be clear, HLT’s absolute valuation appears full as well, so for us this is more of a relative long preference."

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Shares of Hilton Worldwide closed at $147.44 yesterday.

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