IHG vs. HLT, LVS, H, MGM, HTHT, WYNN, CZR, WH, CHH, and RRR
Should you be buying InterContinental Hotels Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterContinental Hotels Group include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), H World Group (HTHT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hilton Worldwide has a consensus price target of $207.59, suggesting a potential upside of 3.48%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than InterContinental Hotels Group.
Hilton Worldwide received 402 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 51.42% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 6 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 4 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat InterContinental Hotels Group's score of 0.46 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 11.41% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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