VAC vs. CHH, MCS, ABNB, MAR, RCL, CCL, H, NMRK, RDFN, and EXPI
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Newmark Group (NMRK), Redfin (RDFN), and eXp World (EXPI).
Marriott Vacations Worldwide vs.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Choice Hotels International had 7 more articles in the media than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Choice Hotels International and 4 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.83 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $92.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.11%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus price target of $133.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.30%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 200 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.43% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 39.44% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 18.91% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 4.20%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 10.89% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Choice Hotels International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Choice Hotels International pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Choice Hotels International on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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