WH vs. CHH, RRR, BYD, CZR, TNL, MLCO, PENN, ATAT, WYNN, and HTHT
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), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), and H World Group (HTHT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 16.74%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 594.23% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts received 66 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.82% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 41.04% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Choice Hotels International pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 53.9% 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 and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Choice Hotels International had 9 more articles in the media than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Choice Hotels International and 8 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.40 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Choice Hotels International currently has a consensus target price of $129.70, suggesting a potential upside of 11.86%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $88.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.98%. Given Choice Hotels International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Choice Hotels International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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