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$277.38 +8.19 (+3.04%)
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HLT vs. ABNB, HST, MAR, OSW, CHH, H, TNL, WH, QSR, and IHG

Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include Airbnb (ABNB), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Marriott International (MAR), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Hyatt Hotels (H), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), and Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG).

Hilton Worldwide vs. Its Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Hilton Worldwide's net margin of 13.84%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.19% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb22.67% 32.19% 11.03%
Hilton Worldwide 13.84%-46.13%11.38%

Airbnb has higher revenue and earnings than Hilton Worldwide. Airbnb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$11.58B6.97$2.65B$4.1331.46
Hilton Worldwide$11.17B5.84$1.54B$6.5142.61

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Airbnb currently has a consensus target price of $142.72, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $264.40, suggesting a potential downside of 4.68%. Given Airbnb's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Hilton Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

In the previous week, Airbnb had 21 more articles in the media than Hilton Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Airbnb and 25 mentions for Hilton Worldwide. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Airbnb's score of 1.19 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
34 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hilton Worldwide
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Airbnb beats Hilton Worldwide on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HLT vs. The Competition

MetricHilton WorldwideHOTELS & MOTELS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.31B$13.97B$8.29B$20.92B
Dividend Yield0.22%2.21%3.11%3.58%
P/E Ratio42.6121.8618.0229.13
Price / Sales5.844.765.5253.00
Price / Cash32.9331.8016.6323.54
Price / Book-14.295.354.725.45
Net Income$1.54B$462.47M$226.48M$992.10M
7 Day Performance3.58%4.44%15.33%2.61%
1 Month Performance4.02%5.08%11.88%1.46%
1 Year Performance27.78%12.54%46.40%10.72%

Hilton Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.416 of 5 stars
$277.38
+3.0%
$264.40
-4.7%
+28.4%$63.31B$11.17B42.61181,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ABNB
Airbnb
3.5336 of 5 stars
$125.49
+0.3%
$142.72
+13.7%
+12.5%$77.98B$11.10B30.387,300Positive News
Insider Trade
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
3.9251 of 5 stars
$15.85
+0.8%
$17.50
+10.4%
-1.1%$10.90B$5.68B16.86160News Coverage
Positive News
MAR
Marriott International
3.6181 of 5 stars
$266.26
+0.4%
$280.89
+5.5%
+22.2%$72.28B$25.10B30.02418,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.0445 of 5 stars
$21.92
+0.4%
$22.67
+3.4%
+51.3%$2.25B$895.02M32.245,191News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.8584 of 5 stars
$121.98
0.0%
$134.08
+9.9%
-3.0%$5.64B$1.58B18.771,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.4282 of 5 stars
$140.56
-0.4%
$152.26
+8.3%
-0.8%$13.42B$6.65B33.39227,000Positive News
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.894 of 5 stars
$60.00
-0.2%
$62.30
+3.8%
+46.2%$3.90B$3.86B10.3419,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.5863 of 5 stars
$87.61
-0.3%
$106.98
+22.1%
+15.3%$6.69B$1.41B20.472,200News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.7922 of 5 stars
$65.86
+0.9%
$75.04
+13.9%
-11.3%$21.59B$8.41B24.9537,600Positive News
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2.5254 of 5 stars
$121.39
+0.3%
N/A+25.4%$18.71B$4.92B21.5212,587News Coverage
Positive News
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