Wyndham Destinations (WYND) Competitors

Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) and Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer H or WYND?

Hyatt Hotels received 485 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 57.16% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 623 57.16%	Underperform Votes 467 42.84%
Wyndham Destinations	Outperform Votes 138 66.99%	Underperform Votes 68 33.01%

Do analysts rate H or WYND?

Hyatt Hotels currently has a consensus price target of $162.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Given Hyatt Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
Wyndham Destinations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is H or WYND more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Wyndham Destinations' net margin of 0.13%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 9.81% beat Wyndham Destinations' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyatt Hotels	19.50%	9.81%	2.97%
Wyndham Destinations	0.13%	-13.97%	1.40%

Which has more risk and volatility, H or WYND?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is H or WYND a better dividend stock?

Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Wyndham Destinations pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wyndham Destinations pays out 21.4% 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.

Does the media prefer H or WYND?

In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 36 more articles in the media than Wyndham Destinations. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 0 mentions for Wyndham Destinations. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Wyndham Destinations' score of 0.00 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hyatt Hotels	Neutral
Wyndham Destinations	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in H or WYND?

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, H or WYND?

Hyatt Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Wyndham Destinations. Wyndham Destinations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, 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
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	2.03	$1.30B	$12.44	11.27
Wyndham Destinations	$4.04B	1.21	$507M	$5.62	10.16

Summary

Hyatt Hotels beats Wyndham Destinations on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.