IHG vs. HLT, LVS, H, MGM, HTHT, WYNN, CZR, RRR, CHH, and WH
Should you be buying InterContinental Hotels Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterContinental Hotels Group include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), H World Group (HTHT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Hilton Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $209.16, indicating a potential downside of 2.99%. Given InterContinental Hotels Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 12 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 3 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.17 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by company 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 has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Worldwide received 404 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.60% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 51.42% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than InterContinental Hotels Group.
Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 11.41% 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.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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