Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HTHT or PK?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HTHT or PK a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. H World Group pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 63.7% 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.

Do analysts rate HTHT or PK?

H World Group presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 39.83%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $18.55, suggesting a potential upside of 24.92%. Given H World Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe H World Group is more favorable than Park Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the media refer more to HTHT or PK?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 3 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 2 mentions for H World Group. Park Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat H World Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Park Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Park Hotels & Resorts	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HTHT or PK more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Park Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.66%. H World Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	15.97%	30.41%	6.04%
Park Hotels & Resorts	12.66%	9.63%	3.91%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HTHT or PK?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. Park Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, 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	$23.30B	0.47	$575M	$1.65	20.28
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.63B	1.16	$97M	$1.57	9.46

Which has more risk & volatility, HTHT or PK?

H World Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTHT or PK?

H World Group received 194 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 54.06% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.21%	Underperform Votes 227 31.79%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 293 54.06%	Underperform Votes 249 45.94%

Summary

H World Group beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.