CHH vs. H, WH, RRR, BYD, MLCO, CZR, TNL, PENN, ATAT, 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), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Travel + Leisure (TNL), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), and Wynn Resorts (WYNN). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Choice Hotels International currently has a consensus target price of $129.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.54%. Hyatt Hotels has a consensus target price of $148.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.33%. Given Choice Hotels International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Choice Hotels International is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.
Choice Hotels International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 9 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 8 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.44 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Choice Hotels International pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hyatt Hotels pays out 9.3% 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.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Hyatt Hotels' net margin of 10.21%. Choice Hotels International's return on equity of 748.46% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hyatt Hotels beats Choice Hotels International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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