Atour Lifestyle (ATAT) Competitors

Atour Lifestyle (NASDAQ:ATAT) and Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ATAT or IHG?

17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Intercontinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATAT or IHG a better dividend stock?

Atour Lifestyle pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Intercontinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atour Lifestyle pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercontinental Hotels Group pays out 20.0% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ATAT or IHG?

Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATAT or IHG more profitable?

Atour Lifestyle has a net margin of 16.52% compared to Intercontinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Atour Lifestyle's return on equity of 45.66% beat Intercontinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atour Lifestyle	16.52%	45.66%	17.62%
Intercontinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer ATAT or IHG?

In the previous week, Atour Lifestyle had 4 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Atour Lifestyle and 4 mentions for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Intercontinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Atour Lifestyle's score of 0.92 indicating that Intercontinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atour Lifestyle	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intercontinental Hotels Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ATAT or IHG?

Intercontinental Hotels Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Atour Lifestyle. Intercontinental Hotels Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atour Lifestyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atour Lifestyle	$8.36B	0.59	$174.72M	$1.38	25.71
Intercontinental Hotels Group	$4.92B	3.82	$628M	$5.64	21.83

Do analysts rate ATAT or IHG?

Atour Lifestyle currently has a consensus target price of $38.90, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. Given Atour Lifestyle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atour Lifestyle is more favorable than Intercontinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atour Lifestyle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Intercontinental Hotels Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

Atour Lifestyle beats Intercontinental Hotels Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.