All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-10-20.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-10-20) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 54% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 4.9% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 132%: owes 132¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 132 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 30% of 27 in its family; net margin 12.1%.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 12.1% ranks in the top 35%; revenue growth of 11.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 37% of 20 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nassetta, Christopher J (President and Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-12-12, 12.9 years (top 15% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.2 years (bottom 48%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 46% of 26 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $918 million against debt of $12 billion leaves -68.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.8% of revenue (top 29%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 20% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 11.1% a year over the last three filed years against 7% over all 10, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 7.7% (top 20%); capital spending grew 37.3% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: Reimbursement Revenue at $7.1 billion (59%), Franchiseandlicensingfees at $2.8 billion (23%), Ownership at $1.2 billion (10%), and 3 more; 5 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 45% of 27 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.5% below the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $1.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.3 billion (top 43%); a net margin of 12.1% against 13.1% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made