Park Hotels & Resorts has a quality score of 2.1 out of 10, 27% short interest, and the stock is priced 16.2% above the analyst consensus target with negative asymmetry — concentrated geographic and brand exposure to Hilton amplifies the already-weak fundamental profile.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Below Floor→Stable
- High Short Interest Negative Asymmetry↑Improving
- Geographic Brand Concentration↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) Stock Analysis
Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 25%; Below-average business quality.
Park Hotels & Resorts owns 34 premium hotels and resorts with approximately 23,000 rooms entirely in U.S. markets, operating as one of the largest publicly-traded lodging REITs. Revenue flows through TRS lessees that engage third-party managers; the 21-hotel Core portfolio... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 25%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
About Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Park Hotels & Resorts held 34 hotels and resorts with 22,561 rooms as of February 20, 2026, concentrated in six markets — Florida, Hawaii, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, and Boston — that together represented over 69% of the company's room count. Florida and Hawaii alone generated over 39% of total revenue in 2025. All rooms are in the U.S. and its territories; over 96% of Core portfolio rooms are luxury or upper upscale.
Park Hotels & Resorts operates as a pure-play lodging REIT: the company leases substantially all hotels to taxable REIT subsidiary lessees, which engage third-party managers under agreements carrying base management fees of approximately 1% to 4% of gross hotel revenues plus performance-based incentive fees. A majority of properties carry Hilton-family brands and participate in the Hilton Honors loyalty program, a brand dependency the company does not directly control. Five properties operate under franchise agreements requiring royalty fees of 5% to 6% of gross rooms revenue. Since the January 2017 spin-off from Hilton, the company has divested 51 hotels for $3 billion in proceeds. Active capital projects include over $250 million in guestroom renovations at Hawaii and New Orleans properties spanning 2024-2026, and a $100 million full renovation at Royal Palm South Beach Miami expected to reopen in June 2026. In September 2025, the company amended its credit agreement to add an $800 million senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility.
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Park Hotels faces a material 2026 debt maturity: two mortgage loans totaling approximately $1.4 billion are due in 2026, which the company intends to retire using draws on the $800 million delayed draw term loan — available through September 17, 2026 — and Non-Core hotel sale proceeds. Geographic concentration in coastal markets subjects the portfolio to climate-related risk: the 10-K identifies hurricane damage, rising sea levels, and increasing storm intensity as factors that could raise insurance costs, limit property insurability, and require capital spending at coastal hotels in Florida and Hawaii.
See also: Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
From Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-27Recent Developments — Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS JP Morgan Maintains Underweight on Park Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $13 — benzinga Jul 21, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Park Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $11 — benzinga Jul 17, 2026 positive
- NEWS Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In On 3 Real Estate Stocks With Over 6% Dividend Yields — benzinga Jul 6, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Park Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $15 — benzinga Jun 18, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Ladenburg Thalmann Maintains Buy on Park Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga Jun 16, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-07-27T18:52:51Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicFlorida and Hawaii39%10-K Item 1A: 'our hotels in Florida and Hawaii alone representing approximately 36% of our room count and over 39% of our total revenue in 2025'
- HIGHGeographicFlorida, Hawaii, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, Boston10-K Item 1A: 'hotels in Florida, Hawaii, Chicago, New York City, ... New Orleans and Boston represented over 69% of our room count'
- HIGHcounterpartyHilton brands10-K Item 1A: 'A majority of our properties currently utilize brands owned by Hilton and participate in the Hilton Honors guest loyalty and rewards program'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -8.5%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 25%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $14.28. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.97 (-12.9% upside). Prior stop was $14.28. Stop-loss: $14.28.
Concentration risk — Geographic: Florida, Hawaii, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, Boston; Concentration risk — Counterparty: Hilton brands; Target reached (-12.9% upside).
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 27.7). TrendMatrix value score: 4.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover PK with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $15.
What does Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. do?Park Hotels & Resorts owns 34 premium hotels and resorts with approximately 23,000 rooms entirely in U.S. markets,...
Park Hotels & Resorts owns 34 premium hotels and resorts with approximately 23,000 rooms entirely in U.S. markets, operating as one of the largest publicly-traded lodging REITs. Revenue flows through TRS lessees that engage third-party managers; the 21-hotel Core portfolio contributes roughly 90% of Hotel Adjusted EBITDA. Florida and Hawaii together generated over 39% of 2025 total revenue, with most properties under Hilton-family brand flags.