Hyatt Hotels (H) Competitors

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) and Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CROX or H?

Hyatt Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Crocs. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, 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
Crocs	$4.10B	1.16	$950.07M	$3.73	23.27
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	2.06	$1.30B	$4.21	34.04

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CROX or H?

93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CROX or H?

Crocs has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CROX or H?

In the previous week, Crocs had 8 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Crocs and 13 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Crocs' score of 0.88 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crocs	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hyatt Hotels	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CROX or H?

Crocs presently has a consensus price target of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.38%. Hyatt Hotels has a consensus price target of $151.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Given Crocs' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crocs	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Hyatt Hotels	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is CROX or H more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Crocs' return on equity of 44.15% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crocs	5.72%	44.15%	16.12%
Hyatt Hotels	6.39%	6.54%	1.80%

Summary

Hyatt Hotels beats Crocs on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.