Hyatt Hotels (H) Competitors

Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, H or CROX?

Hyatt Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Crocs. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	2.06	$1.30B	$4.21	34.04
Crocs	$4.10B	1.16	$950.07M	$3.73	23.27

Which has more risk & volatility, H or CROX?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in H or CROX?

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is H or CROX more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Crocs' return on equity of 44.15% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyatt Hotels	6.39%	6.54%	1.80%
Crocs	5.72%	44.15%	16.12%

Do analysts prefer H or CROX?

Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus price target of $151.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.38%. Given Crocs' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Crocs	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Does the media refer more to H or CROX?

In the previous week, Crocs had 9 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Crocs and 11 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Crocs' score of 0.88 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyatt Hotels	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crocs	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hyatt Hotels beats Crocs on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.