WH vs. CHH, BYD, TNL, CZR, MLCO, PENN, ATAT, HTHT, MGM, and H
Should you be buying Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), H World Group (HTHT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), and Hyatt Hotels (H). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $88.17, indicating a potential upside of 19.48%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus price target of $130.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. Given Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts received 66 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.94% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 41.10% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Choice Hotels International pays out 22.7% 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.
In the previous week, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had 17 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and 13 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.27 indicating that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 16.74%. Choice Hotels International's return on equity of 594.23% beat Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
Summary
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Choice Hotels International on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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