Chagee (CHA) Competitors

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Chagee (NASDAQ:CHA) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HTHT or CHA?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chagee.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H World Group	$24.29B	0.47	$418M	$1.66	22.54
Chagee	$13.60B	0.22	$344.71M	N/A	N/A

Is HTHT or CHA more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.54% compared to Chagee's net margin of 0.00%. H World Group's return on equity of 28.97% beat Chagee's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	15.54%	28.97%	5.47%
Chagee	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor HTHT or CHA?

In the previous week, Chagee had 7 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chagee and 4 mentions for H World Group. H World Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Chagee's score of 0.65 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chagee	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HTHT or CHA?

H World Group presently has a consensus target price of $40.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Chagee has a consensus target price of $36.44, indicating a potential upside of 124.11%. Given Chagee's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chagee is more favorable than H World Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Chagee	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HTHT or CHA?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HTHT or CHA a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Chagee pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. H World Group pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

H World Group beats Chagee on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.