Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) Competitors

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation and earnings, WH or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, 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
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	$1.42B	4.58	$289M	$4.22	20.02
Restaurant Brands International	$8.78B	2.62	$1.02B	$2.95	23.75

Which has more risk & volatility, WH or QSR?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WH or QSR?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $108.48, indicating a potential upside of 28.42%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $75.65, indicating a potential upside of 7.96%. Given Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WH or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 310 more outperform votes than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.90% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 373 62.90%	Underperform Votes 220 37.10%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 683 60.44%	Underperform Votes 447 39.56%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WH or QSR?

93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International 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.

Does the media prefer WH or QSR?

In the previous week, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and 11 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' score of 1.08 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WH or QSR more profitable?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 20.51% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 54.86% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	20.51%	54.86%	8.37%
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%

Is WH or QSR a better dividend stock?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 84.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Restaurant Brands International has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Restaurant Brands International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.