IHG vs. HLT, QSR, YUMC, BROS, ARMK, HTHT, CAVA, WING, 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), Aramark (ARMK), H World Group (HTHT), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wingstop (WING), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
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.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $264.40, indicating a potential downside of 4.68%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than Intercontinental Hotels Group.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 20 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 8 mentions for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Intercontinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 1.36 indicating that Intercontinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats Intercontinental Hotels Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IHG) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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