HLT vs. QSR, YUMC, IHG, HTHT, BROS, ARMK, CAVA, WH, WING, and RRR
Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum China (YUMC), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), H World Group (HTHT), Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Wingstop (WING), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Hilton Worldwide vs.
Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 9 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 18 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.77 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hilton Worldwide pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hilton Worldwide received 136 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.
Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $77.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus price target of $254.53, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats Restaurant Brands International on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HLT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff