IHG vs. H, MGM, HTHT, WYNN, CZR, WH, CHH, BYD, RRR, and HLT
Should you be buying InterContinental Hotels Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterContinental Hotels Group include Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), H World Group (HTHT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Hyatt Hotels received 203 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote while only 51.42% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
InterContinental Hotels Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hyatt Hotels.
Hyatt Hotels has a consensus price target of $132.87, indicating a potential downside of 14.88%. Given Hyatt Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 12 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 13 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat InterContinental Hotels Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 3.30% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 7.59% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.
5.9% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hyatt Hotels beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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