HTHT vs. WYNN, MGM, CZR, H, IHG, WH, CHH, BYD, RRR, and MLCO
Should you be buying H World Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H World Group include Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Hyatt Hotels (H), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 17 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 7 mentions for H World Group. Wynn Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat H World Group's score of 0.49 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.9% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wynn Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wynn Resorts pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H World Group pays out 43.8% 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. H World Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. H World Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
H World Group has a net margin of 15.86% compared to H World Group's net margin of 11.18%. Wynn Resorts' return on equity of 26.27% beat H World Group's return on equity.
Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wynn Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $119.62, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. H World Group has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.64%. Given Wynn Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe H World Group is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.
Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than H World Group. Wynn Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wynn Resorts received 879 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote.
Summary
H World Group beats Wynn Resorts on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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