H World (HTHT) Approved a $2.5 Billion Return Plan. Is Growth Being Sacrificed?
H World Group (HTHT) shares rose 11.3% after Q2 results showed 13.2% hotel turnover growth and 10.8% revenue increase. The company raised 2026 revenue growth forecast to 4%-8% and approved a $2.5B return plan. It operates 13,539 hotels with 1.34M rooms and has 3,089 hotels in pipeline. Cash reserves were RMB14.2B against RMB4.2B debt. The board declared a $275M dividend.






