Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HTHT or PK?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. H World Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Hotels & Resorts, 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
H World Group	$3.08B	3.94	$575M	$1.61	23.12
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.70B	1.24	$97M	$0.44	36.05

Does the media prefer HTHT or PK?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 8 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 5 mentions for H World Group. Park Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat H World Group's score of 0.43 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer HTHT or PK?

H World Group presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.30%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe H World Group is more favorable than Park Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTHT or PK?

H World Group received 195 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 485 68.12%	Underperform Votes 227 31.88%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 290 54.82%	Underperform Votes 239 45.18%

Is HTHT or PK a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. H World Group pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 227.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Park Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Park Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is HTHT or PK more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 16.47% compared to H World Group's net margin of 3.42%. Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 28.59% beat H World Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	16.47%	28.59%	5.95%
Park Hotels & Resorts	3.42%	3.08%	1.28%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HTHT or PK?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HTHT or PK?

H World Group has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

H World Group beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.