IHG vs. HLT, QSR, YUMC, HTHT, BROS, 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), H World Group (HTHT), Dutch Bros (BROS), 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
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 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.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 26 more articles in the media than Intercontinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 1 mentions for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Intercontinental Hotels Group's score of 1.07 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercontinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $264.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than Intercontinental Hotels Group.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Intercontinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:IHG) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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