HTHT vs. LVS, IHG, H, MGM, WYNN, CZR, WH, CHH, RRR, and BYD
Should you be buying H World Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H World Group include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Boyd Gaming (BYD). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 7 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 7 mentions for H World Group. H World Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 1.11 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H World Group pays out 37.3% 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.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
H World Group has a net margin of 16.47% compared to H World Group's net margin of 13.99%. H World Group's return on equity of 42.34% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands received 784 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 68.12% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote.
Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus target price of $63.46, suggesting a potential upside of 44.56%. H World Group has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. Given H World Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than H World Group.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than H World Group. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats H World Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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