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Data last updated: Oct 21, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 21, 2026): Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT) pays a $0.60 annual dividend ($0.15 quarterly), yielding 0.17% at $359.29/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-21. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.17%
Annual Dividend: $0.60 per share
Payout Ratio: 8.8%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-21
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Years of Dividend History: 11
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. dividend sits at $0.60 per share annually, a figure that reflects a company built on managing and franchising hotels across a global portfolio of brands including Waldorf Astoria, Hampton by Hilton, and DoubleTree. The current yield is 0.18%, paid quarterly at $0.15 per share. The next ex-dividend date is August 21, 2026. HLT stock carries a beta of 1.105, meaning it moves with the broader market, and the income it delivers is minimal — this is not a stock income-focused investors turn to for yield.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. pays out 8.8% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That figure leaves an enormous buffer between earnings and the dividend obligation, which means the current payment level is not under pressure from the payout ratio alone. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. dividend safety benefits from this low retention demand, though the company operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, where lodging demand can contract sharply during economic downturns, creating earnings risk that the payout ratio alone cannot fully insulate against.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 0.5% per year from 2016 to 2025. The per-share annual dividend moved from $0.5744 to $0.6000 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 4.5% in 2017, and growth has been flat since then. That is not a growth story — it is a dividend that has barely kept pace with inflation over nearly a decade.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.1% | $0.45 (2022) | $0.60 (2025) |
| 5-Year | 0.0% | $0.60 (2019) | $0.60 (2025) |
HLT stock fits investors who want exposure to Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s global hospitality franchise business and are not relying on the dividend for income. The yield is low (below 2%) — at 0.18%, it sits below the 5-year average of 0.24%, meaning the current yield is even thinner than its own recent history. The payout ratio of 8.8% means the dividend is not at risk from an earnings coverage standpoint, but growth has been essentially flat since 2017. What an investor gets here is a token dividend from a large hospitality operator, not a meaningful income stream.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.1500 |
| 2026-05-22 | $0.1500 |
| 2026-02-27 | $0.1500 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.1500 |
| 2025-08-29 | $0.1500 |
| 2025-05-23 | $0.1500 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.1500 |
| 2024-11-15 | $0.1500 |
| 2024-08-23 | $0.1500 |
| 2024-05-16 | $0.1500 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.4500 |
| 2025 | $0.6000 |
| 2024 | $0.6000 |
| 2023 | $0.6000 |
| 2022 | $0.4500 |
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