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Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

5/25/2013, 10:21 PM ET

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Thursday, May 23, 10:56 AM Color from today's Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT +1.5%) upgrades (I, II): BofA/ Merrill Lynch moves its price target to $84 from $70, noting the company's "solid fundamental positioning and accelerating capital returns," while Morgan Stanley sets a price target of $79 and says HOT's "asset ownership/ property mix position it well given current trends [and] its selling mandate allows it to capitalize on near peak real estate values." Like BofA, MS also highlights capital returns. Comment!
Thursday, May 23, 7:26 AM BofA/ Merrill Lynch upgrades Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) to Buy from Neutral. That's two upgrades (previous) for the stock this morning. Shares are up slightly premarket. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, May 23, 7:18 AM Morgan Stanley upgrades Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) to an Overweight rating from Equalweight. Comment! [Consumer]
Monday, May 6, 11:23 AM Starwood Hotels (HOT +0.4%) announces that it invested more than $400M to update its New York City portfolio of hotels. About a year ago, the hotel operator forecast $375M for annual capex spending and $200M for maintenance and renovation costs. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, April 30, 6:04 AM Starwood Hotels (HOT): Q1 EPS of $0.76 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $1.54B beats by $0.07B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, April 30, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ABFS, AET, AGCO, AMED, ARCO, AVP, BEN, BP, CIE, CMI, CNH, COCO, CRIS, CYNO, DBD, DDD, DPZ, ECL, EPD, ESV, EXAS, FCH, FIS, FLWS, GAS, GOV, HCLP, HCP, HEP, HNR, HOT, HRS, HUN, HW, IVZ, KLIC, LM, MCGC, MHP, MLM, MNTA, MPC, MPLX, MSO, MTG, MTOR, MWV, NEE, NI, NYX, ODP, OSK, PBI, PEG, PES, PFE, ROC, SAVE, SIRI, TFX, THC, TRI, TRW, UBS, UDR, VLO, VSH, WEC, X, XYL, ZTS Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ABFS, AET, AGCO, AMED, ARCO, AVP, BEN, BP, CIE, CMI, CNH, COCO, CRIS, CYNO, DBD, DDD, DPZ, ECL, EPD, ESV, EXAS, FCH, FIS, FLWS, GAS, GOV, HCLP, HCP, HEP, HNR, HOT, HRS, HUN, HW, IVZ, KLIC, LM, MCGC, MHP, MLM, MNTA, MPC, MPLX, MSO, MTG, MTOR, MWV, NEE, NI, NYX, ODP, OSK, PBI, PEG, PES, PFE, ROC, SAVE, SIRI, TFX, THC, TRI, TRW, UBS, UDR, VLO, VSH, WEC, X, XYL, ZTS 1 Comment [Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 6:59 AM President Obama is expected to sign a bill sometime today to give the FAA ability to end its furlough of 13K air traffic controllers. Typos delayed delivery of the bill to the White House. Airline stocks (FAA) and hotel stocks (CHH, CTRP, H, HOT, IHG, MAR, WYN) are viewed by analysts as getting a boost from the return to normalcy in the travel industry. Comment! [Consumer, U.S. Economy]
Thursday, April 25, 9:49 AM Hotel company lobbyists are in Washington to protest the impact of the furlough of FAA employees on the industry and voice its opinion on immigration bills. The sector is particularly concerned with keeping up its momentum with business travel as the industry has seen RevPAR (revenue per available room) start to move in the right direction. Lodging stocks: CHH, CTRP, H, HOT, IHG, MAR, WYN. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Tuesday, April 9, 7:01 AM The amount of construction of five-star hotels is on the decline in the U.S. as lower margins concern operators. Only six hotels are slated to be opened in 2013, down from 23 just three years ago. Sector watch: L, MAR, BEE, HOT, HST, IHG, WYN Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, March 21, 9:50 AM Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT -0.7%) says it will double the presence of W Hotel locations in Asia over the next five years. Mainland China will be a focus along with plans to open hotels in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, March 5, 6:49 AM Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) plans to open 50 new hotels across Europe over the next five years. Execs maintain the company is seeing strong demand both in established and rapidly growing markets on the continent. Comment! [Consumer]
Monday, March 4, 7:55 AM Starwood Hotel & Resorts (HOT) says it will start a one-month relocation to Dubai to spark business plans for the region. More than 200 global execs will travel to Dubai as part of the process of exploring the long-term potential for the company in the Middle East. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, February 7, 6:54 AM More on Starwood Hotels' (HOT) Q4: Systemwide REVPAR for same-store hotels in North America rose 5.2% with occupancies strong. The company sees Q1 EPS of $0.51-$0.54 vs. $0.49 consensus and 2013 of $2.59-$2.68 vs. $2.64 consensus. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
Thursday, February 7, 6:05 AM Starwood Hotels (HOT): Q4 EPS of $0.7 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $1.53B (+0.1% Y/Y) beats by $0.05B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, February 7, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AAP, ALU, BG, CCE, CI, CS, CTSH, EXC, FLIR, FLO, GPK, HLSS, HOT, INGR, KKR, MFC, MPW, MWW, NBL, NNN, NYT, ONNN, OZM, PM, PMT, PTEN, S, SBH, SIAL, SNE, SNI, SPH, SQNS, TDC, TEVA, XYL Comment! [Earnings]