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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
Market Information and Dividends
Our common stock is listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol "HLT." As of December 31, 2019, there were approximately 13 holders of record of our common stock, which does not include a substantially greater number of beneficial holders whose shares are held of record by banks, brokers and other financial institutions.
We currently pay regular quarterly cash dividends and expect to continue paying regular cash dividends on a quarterly basis. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the sole discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Because we are a holding company and have no direct operations, we will only be able to pay dividends from funds we receive from our subsidiaries.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares Hilton's cumulative total stockholder return since December 31, 2014 with the S&P 500 Index ("S&P 500") and the S&P Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines Index ("S&P Hotel"). The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2014 and that all dividends and other distributions, including the effect of the spin-offs, were reinvested. The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not indicative of, or intended to forecast, future performance of our common stock.
| 12/31/2014 | 12/31/2015 | 12/31/2016 | 12/31/2017 | 12/31/2018 | 12/31/2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hilton | $ | 100.00 | $ | 82.02 | $ | 107.10 | $ | 154.58 | $ | 140.02 | $ | 218.82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | 100.00 | 99.27 | 108.74 | 129.86 | 121.76 | 156.92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P Hotel | 100.00 | 101.98 | 107.23 | 157.01 | 126.59 | 170.50 |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information regarding our purchases of shares of our common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2019:
| Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share(1) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program(2) | Maximum Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program(2) (in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1, 2019 to October 31, 2019 | 1,547,663 | $ | 93.57 | 1,547,663 | $ | 814 | |||||||||||||||||
| November 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019 | 1,157,621 | 99.76 | 1,157,621 | 698 | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 | 1,684,131 | 108.72 | 1,684,131 | 515 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 4,389,415 | 101.01 | 4,389,415 |
(1)This price includes per share commissions paid.
(2)Our stock repurchase program, which was initially announced in February 2017 and subsequently increased in November 2017 and February 2019, allows for the repurchase of up to a total of $3.5 billion of our common stock. Under this publicly announced program, we are authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and under Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act. The repurchase program does not have an expiration date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
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