GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, develops leased-and-operated, and franchised-and-managed hotels under the GreenTree Inns brand in the People's Republic of China. It also engages in investment holding activities; and provision of information technology services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.55 to $2.68
• 50-Day Range: $2.36 to $3.00
• 52-Week Range: $2.31 to $3.48
• Volume: 32,074 shs
• Average Volume: 11,171 shs
• Market Capitalization: $267.06 million
• P/E Ratio: 4.87
• Dividend Yield: 3.04%
• Price Target: $4.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

GreenTree Hospitality Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GreenTree Hospitality Group scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 118th out of 284 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

GreenTree Hospitality Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GreenTree Hospitality Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GreenTree Hospitality Group is 4.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GreenTree Hospitality Group is 4.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.82.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.28. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.05% of the float of GreenTree Hospitality Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GreenTree Hospitality Group has recently decreased by 73.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

GreenTree Hospitality Group pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GreenTree Hospitality Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GreenTree Hospitality Group is 14.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.05% of the float of GreenTree Hospitality Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GreenTree Hospitality Group has recently decreased by 73.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.45

News Sentiment

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a news sentiment score of 1.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for GreenTree Hospitality Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GreenTree Hospitality Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

88.70% of the stock of GreenTree Hospitality Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 8.05% of the stock of GreenTree Hospitality Group is held by institutions.

GHG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GHG shares performed this year?

GreenTree Hospitality Group's stock was trading at $2.56 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GHG shares have increased by 2.7% and is now trading at $2.63.
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How were GreenTree Hospitality Group's earnings last quarter?

GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. (NYSE:GHG) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 21st. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter. GreenTree Hospitality Group had a net margin of 13.93% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.70%.

When did GreenTree Hospitality Group IPO?

GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG) raised $330 million in an IPO on Tuesday, March 27th 2018. The company issued 19,400,000 shares at a price of $16.00-$18.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO and ICBC International was co-manager.

Who are GreenTree Hospitality Group's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of GreenTree Hospitality Group include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (5.08%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.21%) and Genus Capital Management Inc..

How do I buy shares of GreenTree Hospitality Group?

Shares of GHG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of GreenTree Hospitality Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GreenTree Hospitality Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), General Electric (GE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/21/2024
• Today: 3/17/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 3/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels & motels
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GHG
• CIK: 1724755
• Web: www.998.com
• Phone: 862136174886
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,890
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $4.00
• High Stock Price Target: $4.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +52.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $37.93 million
• Net Margins: 13.93%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.70%
• Return on Assets: 3.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.16
• Current Ratio: 1.54
• Quick Ratio: 1.53

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.19
• Cash Flow: $0.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.58
• Book Value: $2.05 per share
• Price / Book: 1.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 101,544,000
• Free Float: 11,474,000
• Market Cap: $267.06 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.52