Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) Competitors $73.53 -0.94 (-1.26%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$73.24 -0.29 (-0.39%) As of 08/1/2025 06:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock VAC vs. HST, MAR, DRH, H, HGV, HLT, PEB, PK, RLJ, and TNLShould you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Marriott International (MAR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Hyatt Hotels (H), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), and Travel + Leisure (TNL). Marriott Vacations Worldwide vs. Its Competitors Host Hotels & Resorts Marriott International DiamondRock Hospitality Hyatt Hotels Hilton Grand Vacations Hilton Worldwide Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Park Hotels & Resorts RLJ Lodging Trust Travel + Leisure Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation. Do analysts prefer VAC or HST? Marriott Vacations Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $92.57, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.96, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Marriott Vacations Worldwide 2 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.43Host Hotels & Resorts 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54 Which has better valuation & earnings, VAC or HST? Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Host Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMarriott Vacations Worldwide$4.97B0.51$218M$5.8612.55Host Hotels & Resorts$5.68B1.90$697M$0.9416.52 Do insiders and institutionals believe in VAC or HST? 89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is VAC or HST a better dividend stock? Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Is VAC or HST more profitable? Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 4.57%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 10.43% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Marriott Vacations Worldwide4.57% 10.43% 2.58% Host Hotels & Resorts 11.12%9.90%5.07% Does the media prefer VAC or HST? In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 18 more articles in the media than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 6 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.88 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Marriott Vacations Worldwide 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Host Hotels & Resorts 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, VAC or HST? Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryHost Hotels & Resorts beats Marriott Vacations Worldwide on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Marriott Vacations Worldwide News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VAC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VAC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VAC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMarriott Vacations WorldwideLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.57B$8.74B$8.10B$20.69BDividend Yield3.95%2.19%3.24%3.67%P/E Ratio12.5544.9818.9129.07Price / Sales0.512.354.2566.55Price / Cash6.0513.7816.2522.84Price / Book1.053.584.784.43Net Income$218M$330.72M$218.39M$994.22M7 Day Performance-12.63%-4.11%-4.55%-3.35%1 Month Performance-7.25%11.26%38.52%-2.06%1 Year Performance-4.08%4.76%19.92%10.15% Marriott Vacations Worldwide Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VACMarriott Vacations Worldwide4.408 of 5 stars$73.53-1.3%$92.57+25.9%-5.6%$2.57B$4.97B12.5522,300Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑HSTHost Hotels & Resorts4.2292 of 5 stars$16.40-0.9%$18.12+10.5%-7.3%$11.48B$5.68B17.08160Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastMARMarriott International4.4546 of 5 stars$275.79-1.2%$276.90+0.4%+16.7%$76.45B$25.10B31.41418,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsDRHDiamondRock Hospitality1.5352 of 5 stars$8.03-1.1%$8.71+8.5%-6.4%$1.68B$1.13B44.6130Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsHHyatt Hotels3.8845 of 5 stars$147.92-0.6%$150.74+1.9%-2.4%$14.21B$6.65B19.21227,000Upcoming EarningsHGVHilton Grand Vacations2.4244 of 5 stars$51.68+0.1%$46.38-10.3%+8.7%$4.73B$4.98B161.5021,800Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHLTHilton Worldwide4.0795 of 5 stars$270.51-1.1%$258.56-4.4%+25.0%$64.36B$11.17B41.55181,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPEBPebblebrook Hotel Trust3.2876 of 5 stars$10.58-0.3%$11.81+11.6%-26.6%$1.26B$1.45B-22.0460News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPKPark Hotels & Resorts4.0878 of 5 stars$11.16-0.5%$12.11+8.5%-30.4%$2.24B$2.60B18.9290Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementGap DownRLJRLJ Lodging Trust4.2152 of 5 stars$7.79-0.6%$9.40+20.7%-21.9%$1.19B$1.37B29.9680News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsTNLTravel + Leisure4.7412 of 5 stars$62.88-0.5%$62.30-0.9%+32.7%$4.10B$3.86B10.8419,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Host Hotels & Resorts Alternatives Marriott International Alternatives DiamondRock Hospitality Alternatives Hyatt Hotels Alternatives Hilton Grand Vacations Alternatives Hilton Worldwide Alternatives Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Alternatives Park Hotels & Resorts Alternatives RLJ Lodging Trust Alternatives Travel + Leisure Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:VAC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... 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