Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) Competitors

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts recommend HTHT or HGV?

H World Group currently has a consensus price target of $44.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. Hilton Grand Vacations has a consensus price target of $47.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.57%. Given Hilton Grand Vacations' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Grand Vacations is more favorable than H World Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Hilton Grand Vacations	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTHT or HGV?

H World Group received 132 more outperform votes than Hilton Grand Vacations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Hilton Grand Vacations an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.02%	Underperform Votes 229 31.98%
Hilton Grand Vacations	Outperform Votes 355 61.31%	Underperform Votes 224 38.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, HTHT or HGV?

H World Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HTHT or HGV more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Hilton Grand Vacations' net margin of 2.01%. H World Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	15.97%	30.41%	6.04%
Hilton Grand Vacations	2.01%	16.44%	3.19%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HTHT or HGV?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hilton Grand Vacations. H World Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Grand Vacations, 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
H World Group	$23.89B	0.50	$575M	$1.34	28.42
Hilton Grand Vacations	$4.98B	0.72	$313M	$0.45	84.29

Does the media prefer HTHT or HGV?

In the previous week, H World Group had 11 more articles in the media than Hilton Grand Vacations. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for H World Group and 9 mentions for Hilton Grand Vacations. Hilton Grand Vacations' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat H World Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Hilton Grand Vacations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hilton Grand Vacations	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HTHT or HGV?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

H World Group beats Hilton Grand Vacations on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.