Brown Advisory Inc. Increases Position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

Brown Advisory Inc. lifted its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH - Free Report) by 10.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 138,363 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 12,714 shares during the quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. owned about 0.17% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts worth $11,126,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in WH. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 10.5% during the fourth quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. now owns 133,760 shares of the company's stock valued at $10,756,000 after buying an additional 12,714 shares during the last quarter. Janney Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Janney Capital Management LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company's stock valued at $393,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 49.9% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 7,276 shares of the company's stock worth $585,000 after purchasing an additional 2,422 shares during the last quarter. Lmcg Investments LLC grew its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 15.1% in the 4th quarter. Lmcg Investments LLC now owns 33,184 shares of the company's stock worth $2,668,000 after purchasing an additional 4,346 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 9.3% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 999,921 shares of the company's stock valued at $80,406,000 after buying an additional 84,888 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

In other Wyndham Hotels & Resorts news, CAO Nicola Rossi sold 3,200 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.00, for a total transaction of $252,800.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 11,404 shares of the company's stock, valued at $900,916. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. In other news, CEO Geoffrey A. Ballotti sold 196,279 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.36, for a total value of $14,399,027.44. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 377,712 shares of the company's stock, valued at $27,708,952.32. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Nicola Rossi sold 3,200 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.00, for a total transaction of $252,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 11,404 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $900,916. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.79% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on WH shares. Barclays raised their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $87.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, April 26th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Tuesday. They set a "hold" rating for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $86.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, April 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $88.17.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE WH traded up $0.01 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $70.85. The company had a trading volume of 730,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 700,569. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a 12 month low of $63.69 and a 12 month high of $81.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.27, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $76.85.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 24th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $305.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $308.24 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 17.19% and a return on equity of 41.83%. The company's revenue was down 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 28th. Investors of record on Friday, June 14th will be given a $0.38 dividend. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 14th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout ratio is presently 53.90%.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc operates as a hotel franchisor in the United States and internationally. It operates through Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management segments. The Hotel Franchising segment licenses its lodging brands and provides related services to third-party hotel owners and others.