VAC vs. CHH, MCS, ABNB, MAR, RCL, CCL, H, NMRK, EXPI, and RDFN
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Newmark Group (NMRK), eXp World (EXPI), and Redfin (RDFN).
Marriott Vacations Worldwide vs.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 200 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 39.50% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International presently has a consensus price target of $140.62, suggesting a potential upside of 6.89%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a consensus price target of $102.75, suggesting a potential upside of 52.91%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
Choice Hotels International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Marriott Vacations Worldwide had 2 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide and 15 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of -0.07 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Choice Hotels International pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 56.2% 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.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held 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.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 18.91% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 4.20%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 10.89% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Choice Hotels International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VAC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
