Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $131.95 Million Stock Position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH - Free Report) by 2.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,309,177 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 29,220 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned 1.68% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts worth $131,952,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of WH. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 3rd quarter valued at about $214,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 17.8% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 3,414 shares of the company's stock worth $267,000 after acquiring an additional 516 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 59.0% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,134 shares of the company's stock worth $114,000 after acquiring an additional 421 shares in the last quarter. Everence Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 4th quarter worth approximately $229,000. Finally, Trust Co. of Vermont raised its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 434.8% in the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 246 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $121.00 to $100.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $124.00 to $108.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 14th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $113.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $102.00 to $94.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $111.33.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock traded up $0.21 during trading on Thursday, reaching $85.51. The company's stock had a trading volume of 666,394 shares, compared to its average volume of 829,362. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.00. The business's fifty day moving average price is $90.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $96.14. The firm has a market cap of $6.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.11. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a one year low of $67.67 and a one year high of $113.07.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 20.51% and a return on equity of 54.86%. The company had revenue of $316.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $320.10 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS. The business's revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 17th were issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.92%. This is an increase from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 17th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 45.18%.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management segments. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company's lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others.