Wyndham Destinations (WYND) Competitors

Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) and Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WYND or H?

Hyatt Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Wyndham Destinations. Wyndham Destinations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, 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 Destinations	$4.04B	1.02	$507M	$5.62	8.57
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	1.83	$1.30B	$7.70	16.52

Is WYND or H more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Wyndham Destinations' net margin of 0.13%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 9.81% beat Wyndham Destinations' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wyndham Destinations	0.13%	-13.97%	1.40%
Hyatt Hotels	19.50%	9.81%	2.97%

Does the media favor WYND or H?

In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 31 more articles in the media than Wyndham Destinations. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 2 mentions for Wyndham Destinations. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Wyndham Destinations' score of 0.00 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wyndham Destinations	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hyatt Hotels	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WYND or H?

Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WYND or H?

Hyatt Hotels received 490 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wyndham Destinations	Outperform Votes 138 66.99%	Underperform Votes 68 33.01%
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 628 56.83%	Underperform Votes 477 43.17%

Do analysts rate WYND or H?

Hyatt Hotels has a consensus price target of $151.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Given Hyatt Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wyndham Destinations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hyatt Hotels	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WYND or H?

90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by company 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 WYND or H a better dividend stock?

Wyndham Destinations pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Wyndham Destinations pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hyatt Hotels pays out 7.8% 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. Hyatt Hotels has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Hyatt Hotels beats Wyndham Destinations on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.