Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a global hotel franchising company that operates an asset-light lodging business. Rather than owning and managing most of its hotels, the company licenses its brands and provides franchisees with support in areas such as marketing, reservations, technology, training and operational standards.

Its portfolio includes a range of economy, midscale and upscale hotel brands, including Super 8, Days Inn, Ramada, La Quinta, Microtel, Baymont, Wingate, AmericInn, Wyndham, Wyndham Garden, Registry Collection Hotels and ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham. The company serves travelers through hotels in numerous countries and territories across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and other international markets.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts was formed as an independent public company in 2018 following the separation of Wyndham Worldwide’s hotel business from its vacation ownership operations. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey A. Ballotti.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $77.16 to $78.88
• 50-Day Range: $67.09 to $78.06
• 52-Week Range: $66.87 to $90.35
• Volume: 1.77 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.16 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.79 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.70
• Dividend Yield: 2.20%
• Price Target: $95.08
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 77th out of 484 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $95.08, representing about 21.8% upside from its current price of $78.06.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts are expected to grow by 12.68% in the coming year, from $4.81 to $5.42 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is 28.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is 28.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 40.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a PEG Ratio of 2.00. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a P/B Ratio of 12.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.52% of the float of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.94.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has recently increased by 10.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays a meaningful dividend of 2.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is 63.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.73% next year. This indicates that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

34 people have searched for WH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 48% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,833,440.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.33% of the stock of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.46% of the stock of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/21/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WH
• CIK: 1722684
• Web: www.wyndhamhotels.com
• Phone: (973) 753-7791
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,000
• Year Founded: 2018

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: $95.08
• High Price Target: $108.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.23
• P/E Growth: 2
• Net Income: $193 million
• Net Margins: 14.67%
• Pretax Margin: 20.17%
• Return on Equity: 74.22%
• Return on Assets: 8.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 5.53
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.43 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.05
• Cash Flow: $5.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.08
• Book Value: $6.19 per share
• Price / Book: 12.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 74,210,000
• Free Float: 72,482,000
• Market Cap: $5.79 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.67