CHH vs. H, WH, BYD, RRR, CZR, TNL, MLCO, PENN, ATAT, and WYNN
Should you be buying Choice Hotels International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Choice Hotels International include Hyatt Hotels (H), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), and Wynn Resorts (WYNN). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Choice Hotels International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hyatt Hotels. Choice Hotels International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 29.4% 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. Choice Hotels International has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Choice Hotels International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hyatt Hotels received 326 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.15% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote while only 41.10% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 14 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 13 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.27 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 3.30%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 594.23% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus price target of $141.88, indicating a potential downside of 6.24%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus price target of $130.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. Given Hyatt Hotels' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Choice Hotels International is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.
71.0% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Choice Hotels International beats Hyatt Hotels on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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