Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) Short Interest Down 17.9% in January

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) saw a significant decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,300,000 shares, a decline of 17.9% from the January 15th total of 2,800,000 shares. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 720,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $99.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $114.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $113.80.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock traded up $0.48 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $111.87. 704,892 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 768,934. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.70 billion, a PE ratio of 30.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.29. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $91.35. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a fifty-two week low of $67.67 and a fifty-two week high of $112.16.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 20.51% and a return on equity of 54.86%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.8 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Trust Co. of Vermont lifted its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 434.8% during the fourth quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 246 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 508.7% in the 4th quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 280 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 46.0% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 343 shares of the company's stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. acquired a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the third quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 72.7% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 399 shares of the company's stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the following segments: Hotel Franchising, Hotel Management, and Corporate and Other. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company's lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others.