Meliá Hotels International stock slips 1.3 percent below yearly high

Meliá Hotels International stock was trading at EUR 9.84 on BME on September 24, 2026 at 11:26 a.m. CEST, down 1.30 percent from EUR 9.96. The shares stood 21.5 percent below their 52-week high of EUR 12.53, putting the latest market move alongside a mixed first-half earnings picture.

H1 sales edge above forecast

Meliá reported EUR 1.05 billion in first-half 2026 sales, compared with a EUR 1.048 billion forecast, a 0.2 percent difference. MarketScreener lists the results under July 31, 2026, and shows full-year 2026 sales estimated at EUR 2.191 billion.

The operating momentum was clearer in EBITDA. The H1 2026 earnings call transcript puts EBITDA excluding capital gains at EUR 244.8 million, up 2.5 percent from the prior-year period, according to Yahoo Finance. That combination of higher sales and measured EBITDA growth gives the stock a fundamental counterweight to its daily decline.

Cuba weighs on net profit

Net profit reached EUR 4.1 million in H1 2026, while profit from continuing operations stood at EUR 83.5 million, down 2 percent year over year. The difference reflects EUR 79.4 million from discontinued Cuba operations, including impairment effects, as described in the Yahoo Finance transcript.

For investors, the key contrast is numerical: operating earnings remained positive while the discontinued business reduced the group result. The 21.5 percent gap to the yearly high also shows that the market has not fully valued the recent operating progress at the September 24, 2026 price.

Stock remains below yearly high

Meliá Hotels International stock was trading at EUR 9.84 on BME on September 24, 2026 at 11:26 a.m. CEST. Its 52-week range was EUR 6.74 to EUR 12.53, while market capitalization stood at EUR 2,165,575,053 on the same date.