Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) Competitors

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

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

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, QSR or WH?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is QSR or WH a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is QSR or WH more profitable?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 20.51% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 54.86% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	20.51%	54.86%	8.37%

Do analysts prefer QSR or WH?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $77.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $116.45, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable 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
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QSR or WH?

Restaurant Brands International received 312 more outperform votes than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.39% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 677 60.50%	Underperform Votes 442 39.50%
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 365 62.39%	Underperform Votes 220 37.61%

Does the media favor QSR or WH?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 25 more articles in the media than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 7 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.44 indicating that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, QSR or WH?

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
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.53	$1.02B	$3.18	20.56
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	$1.41B	5.77	$289M	$3.63	28.76

Summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Restaurant Brands International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.