Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) Competitors

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WH or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, 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
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	$1.40B	5.27	$289M	$3.15	30.06
Restaurant Brands International	$7.02B	3.20	$1.19B	$3.99	17.40

Is WH or QSR more profitable?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 18.29% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 16.01%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 51.79% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	18.29%	51.79%	8.29%
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WH or QSR?

93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WH or QSR a better dividend stock?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 58.1% 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 WH or QSR?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $97.86, suggesting a potential upside of 3.33%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $82.37, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Which has more volatility & risk, WH or QSR?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WH or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 318 more outperform votes than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.82% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 353 61.82%	Underperform Votes 218 38.18%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 671 60.78%	Underperform Votes 433 39.22%

Does the media refer more to WH or QSR?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 2 more articles in the media than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 9 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.87 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Restaurant Brands International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.