IHG vs. H, HTHT, MGM, WYNN, CZR, CHH, WH, RRR, BYD, and LVS
Should you be buying InterContinental Hotels Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterContinental Hotels Group include Hyatt Hotels (H), H World Group (HTHT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) and InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Hyatt Hotels received 207 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.01% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote while only 51.42% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
Hyatt Hotels currently has a consensus target price of $148.56, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Given InterContinental Hotels Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 16 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 2 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.54 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterContinental Hotels Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. InterContinental Hotels Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
71.0% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Hyatt Hotels' net margin of 0.00%. InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity of 8.44% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.
InterContinental Hotels Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hyatt Hotels.
Summary
Hyatt Hotels beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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