Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) Price Target Cut to $80.00 by Analysts at Susquehanna

Key Points

• Susquehanna cut Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ price target from $90 to $80 and maintained a “neutral” rating, implying about 12.17% upside from the prior close.
• Analyst sentiment remains generally positive, with eight Buy ratings and five Holds, producing a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of $96.09.
• Wyndham beat quarterly EPS expectations, reporting $1.48 versus the $1.41 consensus, though revenue fell 5.5% year over year to $375 million. Shares opened at $71.32, near the company’s 52-week low.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) had its price target cut by stock analysts at Susquehanna from $90.00 to $80.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. Susquehanna's price objective points to a potential upside of 12.17% from the stock's previous close.

WH has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $96.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $97.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $80.00 price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $98.00 price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $96.09.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:WH opened at $71.32 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $80.06. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 52 week low of $69.21 and a 52 week high of $91.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.22, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.63.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $375.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $400.75 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 14.67% and a return on equity of 74.22%. The business's revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.33 EPS. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.710-4.830 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

In other Wyndham Hotels & Resorts news, CEO Geoffrey A. Ballotti sold 18,516 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.79, for a total transaction of $1,495,907.64. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 548,308 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $44,297,803.32. This represents a 3.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 2.33% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 73.5% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 314 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 49.2% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 376 shares of the company's stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp acquired a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the 2nd quarter worth about $43,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the 2nd quarter worth about $52,000. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc NYSE: WH is a leading global hospitality company specializing in hotel franchising and management. Established in 2018 through the spin-off of Wyndham Hotel Group from Wyndham Worldwide, the company focuses on the development, marketing and distribution of hotel brands designed to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers. Its core business model centers on franchising agreements, enabling third-party hotel owners to operate under the Wyndham portfolio while accessing the company's centralized services and support.

The company's brand portfolio spans economy, midscale and upper-midscale segments, featuring well-known names such as Wyndham, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, Microtel Inn & Suites, and La Quinta by Wyndham.

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