CHH vs. H, WH, RRR, BYD, CZR, MLCO, TNL, ATAT, PENN, 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), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus price target of $148.56, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus price target of $129.70, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. Given Hyatt Hotels' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Choice Hotels International is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.
Choice Hotels International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt Hotels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 10 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 8 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.44 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.0% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by 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 received 328 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.01% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote while only 41.04% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 10.21%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 748.46% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
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 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Choice Hotels International pays out 24.7% 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 raised 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.
Summary
Hyatt Hotels beats Choice Hotels International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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