H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.16 EPS

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) announced its quarterly earnings results 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%. H World Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

H World Group Stock Up 1.0 %

HTHT stock traded up $0.37 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $38.42. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,011,273 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,739,002. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.87. H World Group has a twelve month low of $27.03 and a twelve month high of $42.98. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $34.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $34.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.28, a PEG ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.70.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on HTHT. HSBC cut shares of H World Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $32.40 price target on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of H World Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Benchmark dropped their price objective on shares of H World Group from $53.00 to $48.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, H World Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.68.

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.