HLT vs. IHG, H, MGM, LULU, CHTR, DKNG, EA, RCL, TCOM, and TTWO
Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Electronic Arts (EA), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 15 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 13 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.21 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Hilton Worldwide's net margin of 0.00%. Hilton Worldwide's return on equity of 0.00% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.
Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than InterContinental Hotels Group.
InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
5.9% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hilton Worldwide received 394 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.90% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 51.42% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
Hilton Worldwide has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.93%. Given InterContinental Hotels Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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