VAC vs. CHH, MCS, ABNB, MAR, RCL, CCL, H, JLL, NMRK, and EXPI
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Newmark Group (NMRK), and eXp World (EXPI).
Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 190 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.62% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 41.04% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 4.50%. Choice Hotels International's return on equity of 748.46% beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity.
Choice Hotels International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $112.44, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus price target of $129.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.43%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marriott Vacations Worldwide and Marriott Vacations Worldwide both had 10 articles in the media. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of 0.79 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 56.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Choice Hotels International pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Choice Hotels International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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