Buyback yield (TTM)
4.49%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.69%
5Y share count change
-14.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$3.13B
Cumulative buybacks
$14.57B
Key takeaways
- Hilton (HLT) repurchased about $3.13B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 14.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 17.47× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +61.5% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 155% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Hilton (HLT)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Hilton (HLT)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Hilton (HLT)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Hilton (HLT)
Latest: $3.25B
Overview
In 2025, Hilton (HLT) buyback spend totalled $3.25B – grew 12.5% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Hilton buyback spend compounded at +61.5% per year, sustaining 4 straight years of year-over-year growth.
2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $3.25B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2010.
Hilton Buyback Spend 2025: $3.25B
2025's buyback spend for Hilton came in at $3.25B, grew 12.5% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Hilton Buyback Spend 2024: $2.89B
Hilton posted buyback spend of $2.89B in 2024, grew 23.7% from 2023.
Hilton Buyback Spend 2023: $2.34B
In 2023, Hilton reported buyback spend of $2.34B, surged 47.0% from 2022.
Hilton Buyback Spend 2022: $1.59B
Hilton buyback spend in 2022 was $1.59B.
Hilton Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Hilton buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Hilton (HLT).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $3.25B | $170.00M | $3.08B | 4.80% | 0.24B | -3.8% | |
| 2024 | $2.89B | $176.00M | $2.72B | 4.82% | 0.25B | -6.3% | |
| 2023 | $2.34B | $169.00M | $2.17B | 5.02% | 0.26B | -4.7% | |
| 2022 | $1.59B | $162.00M | $1.43B | 4.66% | 0.28B | -1.4% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $193.00M | −$193.00M | — | 0.28B | +0.7% | |
| 2020 | $296.00M | $97.00M | $199.00M | 0.96% | 0.28B | -3.8% | |
| 2019 | $1.54B | $154.00M | $1.38B | 4.93% | 0.29B | -4.9% | |
| 2018 | $1.72B | $127.00M | $1.59B | 8.10% | 0.30B | -6.7% | |
| 2017 | $891.00M | $74.00M | $817.00M | 3.53% | 0.33B | -0.9% | |
| 2016 | $15.00M | $65.00M | −$50.00M | 0.08% | 0.33B | +0.1% | |
| 2015 | $31.00M | $124.00M | −$93.00M | 0.21% | 0.33B | +0.3% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $78.00M | −$78.00M | — | 0.33B | +6.9% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $262.00M | −$262.00M | — | 0.31B | +0.1% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $50.00M | −$50.00M | — | 0.31B | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $19.00M | −$19.00M | — | 0.31B | -6.5% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $56.00M | −$56.00M | — | 0.33B | — |
- 2025$3.25B
- 2024$2.89B
- 2023$2.34B
- 2022$1.59B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$296.00M
- 2019$1.54B
- 2018$1.72B
- 2017$891.00M
- 2016$15.00M
- 2015$31.00M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Hilton (HLT)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 17.47×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Hilton (HLT)
How Hilton splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Hilton, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $6.44B | |
| $2.52B | |
| $2.06B | |
| $1.10B | |
| $211.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $6.44B
- $2.52B
- $2.06B
- $1.10B
- $211.00M
- $0.00
- $0.00
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $2.02B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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