Company Performance - H World Group reported quarterly earnings of $0.46 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share, but showing an increase from $0.43 per share a year ago, resulting in an earnings surprise of -11.54% [1] - The company posted revenues of $846 million for the quarter ended June 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.73% and increasing from $762 million year-over-year [1] - Over the last four quarters, H World Group has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times and topped consensus revenue estimates three times [1] Market Performance - H World Group shares have declined approximately 13.2% since the beginning of the year, contrasting with the S&P 500's gain of 17.6% [2] - The current Zacks Rank for H World Group is 3 (Hold), indicating that the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future [4] Future Outlook - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $0.61 on revenues of $922.48 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is $1.81 on revenues of $3.31 billion [4] - The estimate revisions trend for H World Group is mixed, and changes in estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year are anticipated following the recent earnings report [4] Industry Context - The Hotels and Motels industry, to which H World Group belongs, is currently ranked in the bottom 44% of over 250 Zacks industries, suggesting potential challenges ahead [5] - The performance of H World Group's stock may be influenced by the overall outlook for the industry [5]

Revenue Growth, Enhanced Profitability, and Milestone Reached in Hotel NetworkHONG KONG, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- H World Group Limited ("H World" or "the Group", NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179.HK) announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ("Q2 2024") and interim period ended June 30, 2024.In the first half of the year, revenue increased by 14.1% year-over-year, with second quarter revenue growth slightly exceeding the upper limit of guidance.H World continues to prioritize customer ...

A total of 10,286 hotels or 1,001,865 hotel rooms in operation as of June 30, 2024.Hotel turnover1 increased 15.5% year-over-year to RMB23.4 billion in the second quarter of 2024. Excluding Steigenberger Hotels GmbH and its subsidiaries (“DH”, or “Legacy-DH”), hotel turnover from the Legacy-Huazhu segment increased 16.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2024; and hotel turnover from the Legacy-DH segment increased 7.8% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2024. Revenue increased 11.2% year-over-ye ...

The market expects H World Group (HTHT) to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2024. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company's earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The earnings report, which is expected to be released on August 20, 2024, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are ...

SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, Aug. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) ("H World", "we" or "our") a key player in the global hotel industry, today announced that it will schedule to release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and interim of 2024 on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (Hong Kong time), after the trading hours of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and before the opening of the U.S. market. H World's management will host a conference call at ...

SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, Aug. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) (“H World”, “we” or “our”) a key player in the global hotel industry, today announced that it will schedule to release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and interim of 2024 on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (Hong Kong time), after the trading hours of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and before the opening of the U.S. market. H World’s management will host a conference call at ...

SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, China, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) ("H World" or the "Company"), a leading and fast-growing hotel group, today announced that, in order to enhance shareholder value, its board of directors (the "Board") has approved a three-year shareholder return plan with an aggregate amount of distributions that may be made to the Company's shareholders of up to US$2,000,000,000, effective from July 23, 2024 (the "Shareholder Return Plan"). ...

SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, China, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) (“H World” or the “Company”), a leading and fast-growing hotel group, today announced that, in order to enhance shareholder value, its board of directors (the “Board”) has approved a three-year shareholder return plan with an aggregate amount of distributions that may be made to the Company’s shareholders of up to US$2,000,000,000, effective from July 23, 2024 (the “Shareholder Return Plan”). ...

SHANGHAI, July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ:HTHT) ("H World" or the "Company"), a key player in the global hotel industry, today announced that (i) Mr. Shangzhi Zhang will step down as a director of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") and serve as an observer of the Board, effective from July 2, 2024, and (ii) Ms. Jie Zheng, a senior advisor of the Company and a supervisory board member of Steigenberger Hotels GmbH, a subsidiary of the Company, will serve as an ...

SHANGHAI, July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) (“H World” or the “Company”), a key player in the global hotel industry, today announced that (i) Mr. Shangzhi Zhang will step down as a director of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and serve as an observer of the Board, effective from July 2, 2024, and (ii) Ms. Jie Zheng, a senior advisor of the Company and a supervisory board member of Steigenberger Hotels GmbH, a subsidiary of the Company, w ...