Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Is WING or PK more profitable?

Wingstop has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Park Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 8.16%. Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 5.63% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wingstop	17.37%	-21.59%	20.86%
Park Hotels & Resorts	8.16%	5.63%	2.27%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WING or PK?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WING or PK?

Wingstop received 322 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wingstop	Outperform Votes 619 62.02%	Underperform Votes 379 37.98%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 297 53.13%	Underperform Votes 262 46.87%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WING or PK?

Park Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Park Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wingstop	$651.11M	13.82	$70.18M	$5.97	54.02
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.59B	0.79	$97M	$0.59	17.27

Does the media refer more to WING or PK?

In the previous week, Wingstop had 15 more articles in the media than Park Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Wingstop and 8 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts. Park Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Wingstop's score of 0.69 indicating that Park Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wingstop	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WING or PK?

Wingstop presently has a consensus target price of $333.96, indicating a potential upside of 3.56%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $13.78, indicating a potential upside of 35.21%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Park Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wingstop	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Park Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Is WING or PK a better dividend stock?

Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Wingstop pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 169.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wingstop has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Park Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, WING or PK?

Wingstop has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wingstop beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.