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Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) Competitors

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$70.56 +0.63 (+0.90%)
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VAC vs. HST, MAR, DRH, H, HGV, HLT, PEB, PK, RLJ, and TNL

Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Marriott International (MAR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Hyatt Hotels (H), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).

Marriott Vacations Worldwide vs. Its Competitors

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $92.67, indicating a potential upside of 31.33%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.40%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Host Hotels & Resorts
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 5.10%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 11.74% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marriott Vacations Worldwide5.10% 11.74% 2.92%
Host Hotels & Resorts 11.12%9.90%5.07%

89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marriott Vacations Worldwide$5.08B0.48$218M$6.6510.61
Host Hotels & Resorts$5.68B1.99$697M$0.9417.54

Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 2 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of 0.93 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Host Hotels & Resorts
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Marriott Vacations Worldwide on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VAC vs. The Competition

MetricMarriott Vacations WorldwideLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.44B$8.59B$8.31B$22.05B
Dividend Yield4.57%2.31%3.05%3.59%
P/E Ratio10.6117.5218.5833.08
Price / Sales0.4813.026.5960.15
Price / Cash5.8411.0116.3724.22
Price / Book1.013.634.904.68
Net Income$218M$319.90M$255.94M$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.55%1.22%2.26%2.22%
1 Month Performance-3.06%3.22%-2.26%1.18%
1 Year Performance-7.99%-6.10%39.98%13.47%

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
4.587 of 5 stars
$70.56
+0.9%
$92.67
+31.3%
-7.6%$2.44B$5.08B10.6122,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
4.1723 of 5 stars
$16.49
+1.3%
$17.88
+8.4%
-4.3%$11.19B$5.68B17.54160News Coverage
Positive News
MAR
Marriott International
4.0036 of 5 stars
$260.00
-0.3%
$281.67
+8.3%
+4.6%$70.81B$25.10B29.31418,000Analyst Forecast
DRH
DiamondRock Hospitality
1.974 of 5 stars
$7.80
+0.8%
$8.63
+10.6%
-10.1%$1.58B$1.13B29.9830News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.1577 of 5 stars
$147.89
+1.7%
$151.24
+2.3%
+0.2%$13.88B$6.65B35.13227,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HGV
Hilton Grand Vacations
3.8168 of 5 stars
$42.69
-1.9%
$53.29
+24.8%
+23.4%$3.88B$4.98B77.6121,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.5077 of 5 stars
$260.93
+0.3%
$270.31
+3.6%
+14.5%$61.21B$11.17B40.08181,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PEB
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
2.9154 of 5 stars
$10.81
+0.2%
$12.20
+12.9%
-10.4%$1.28B$1.45B-18.6360News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
3.8275 of 5 stars
$10.88
+0.7%
$12.00
+10.3%
-18.4%$2.16B$2.60B40.3190News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RLJ
RLJ Lodging Trust
4.634 of 5 stars
$7.08
+2.2%
$9.10
+28.5%
-22.6%$1.05B$1.37B33.7280Positive News
High Trading Volume
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.9814 of 5 stars
$60.16
+0.1%
$62.30
+3.6%
+37.9%$3.90B$3.86B10.3719,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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