Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PK or HTHT?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. H World Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Hotels & Resorts, 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
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.70B	1.17	$97M	$0.44	33.92
H World Group	$3.08B	3.30	$575M	$1.61	19.32

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PK or HTHT?

H World Group received 195 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 290 54.82%	Underperform Votes 239 45.18%
H World Group	Outperform Votes 485 68.12%	Underperform Votes 227 31.88%

Which has more risk and volatility, PK or HTHT?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PK or HTHT a better dividend stock?

Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 227.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. H World Group pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend PK or HTHT?

Park Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $17.83, suggesting a potential upside of 19.49%. H World Group has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.77%. Given H World Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H World Group is more favorable than Park Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PK or HTHT?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PK or HTHT more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 16.47% compared to Park Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 3.42%. H World Group's return on equity of 28.59% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Hotels & Resorts	3.42%	3.08%	1.28%
H World Group	16.47%	28.59%	5.95%

Does the media favor PK or HTHT?

In the previous week, H World Group had 3 more articles in the media than Park Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for H World Group and 6 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts. Park Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat H World Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Park Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park Hotels & Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
H World Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

H World Group beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.