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IHG vs. HLT, QSR, YUMC, BROS, HTHT, ARMK, WING, CAVA, WH, and RRR

Should you be buying Intercontinental Hotels Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercontinental Hotels Group include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum China (YUMC), Dutch Bros (BROS), H World Group (HTHT), Aramark (ARMK), Wingstop (WING), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Intercontinental Hotels Group vs. Its Competitors

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Intercontinental Hotels Group. Intercontinental Hotels Group 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
Hilton Worldwide$11.17B5.79$1.54B$6.5142.26
Intercontinental Hotels Group$4.92B3.78$628M$5.6421.49

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 25 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 3 mentions for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Intercontinental Hotels Group's score of 1.33 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hilton Worldwide
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intercontinental Hotels Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Intercontinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercontinental Hotels Group pays out 20.0% 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.

95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Intercontinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Intercontinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Intercontinental Hotels Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hilton Worldwide13.84% -46.13% 11.38%
Intercontinental Hotels Group N/A N/A N/A

Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $264.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.89%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than Intercontinental Hotels Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hilton Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Intercontinental Hotels Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IHG vs. The Competition

MetricIntercontinental Hotels GroupHOTELS & MOTELS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.97B$14.74B$8.46B$21.69B
Dividend Yield0.92%2.10%2.99%3.47%
P/E Ratio21.4921.4618.5029.69
Price / Sales3.784.005.2651.97
Price / Cash23.2332.2117.0525.00
Price / Book-8.325.225.104.58
Net Income$628M$462.47M$256.31M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.57%-4.59%2.02%0.66%
1 Month Performance0.41%0.06%19.82%4.64%
1 Year Performance18.37%15.35%55.02%15.96%

Intercontinental Hotels Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
1.8706 of 5 stars
$121.19
-1.8%
N/A+22.0%$18.97B$4.92B21.4912,587Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2466 of 5 stars
$275.88
-0.2%
$264.40
-4.2%
+31.6%$64.93B$11.17B42.38181,000Positive News
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.754 of 5 stars
$63.37
+0.5%
$75.04
+18.4%
-8.0%$20.76B$8.41B24.0137,600Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
YUMC
Yum China
4.8642 of 5 stars
$44.75
+0.4%
$60.00
+34.1%
+32.4%$16.49B$11.30B18.49351,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.2682 of 5 stars
$71.97
-3.1%
$80.06
+11.2%
+102.2%$11.82B$1.28B153.1326,000
HTHT
H World Group
2.8314 of 5 stars
$36.85
-0.6%
$40.80
+10.7%
+25.9%$11.31B$3.27B22.2028,502Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ARMK
Aramark
4.6801 of 5 stars
$39.08
-0.4%
$45.44
+16.3%
+2.3%$10.28B$17.40B28.95266,680Positive News
Short Interest ↓
WING
Wingstop
4.1469 of 5 stars
$328.12
-3.1%
$379.52
+15.7%
-29.8%$9.16B$625.81M54.691,335Analyst Forecast
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.9844 of 5 stars
$67.64
-0.8%
$99.47
+47.1%
-46.9%$7.83B$963.71M56.848,100Positive News
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.5508 of 5 stars
$86.65
-1.1%
$106.98
+23.5%
+14.3%$6.61B$1.41B20.242,200Positive News
Short Interest ↑
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.7965 of 5 stars
$61.87
-1.7%
$60.73
-1.8%
+15.2%$6.53B$1.94B21.049,300Positive News

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