Loading the player... The yield is the income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received from holding a particular security. The yield is usually expressed as an annual percentage rate based on the investment's cost, current market value or face value.
Hilton does not own the majority of its hotels, but it makes half of its profit from those that it does own, like the Waldorf-Astoria, the New York Hilton and the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
For his son, see Conrad Hilton Jr. For the former Conrad Hilton hotel, see Hilton Chicago. Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 â January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.