Reviewing Selina Hospitality (NASDAQ:SLNA) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL)

Selina Hospitality (NASDAQ:SLNA) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Selina Hospitality and Travel + Leisure, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Selina Hospitality	0	0	2	0	3.00
Travel + Leisure	2	2	2	0	2.00

Selina Hospitality presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,868.50%. Travel + Leisure has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. Given Selina Hospitality’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Selina Hospitality is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.

Profitability

This table compares Selina Hospitality and Travel + Leisure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Selina Hospitality	N/A	N/A	N/A
Travel + Leisure	9.64%	-39.90%	5.84%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.1% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Selina Hospitality and Travel + Leisure’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Selina Hospitality	$183.93 million	N/A	-$197.11 million	N/A	N/A
Travel + Leisure	$3.71 billion	0.73	$357.00 million	$4.67	7.97

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Selina Hospitality.

Volatility & Risk

Selina Hospitality has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Selina Hospitality on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Selina Hospitality

Selina Hospitality PLC operates as a hospitality company in Australia, Asia, the United States of America, Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, Israel, and Africa. Its portfolio includes lifestyle and experiential Millennial- and Gen Z-focused hotels with 118 destinations in 24 countries across 6 continents. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides hospitality services and products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Vacation Ownership; and Travel and Membership. The Vacation Ownership segment develops, markets, and sells vacation ownership interests (VOIs) to individual consumers, as well as provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs; and property management services at resorts. The Travel and Membership segment operates various travel businesses, including three vacation exchange brands, travel technology platforms, travel memberships, and direct-to-consumer rentals. This segment also offers private-label travel booking technology solutions. The company was formerly known as Wyndham Destinations, Inc. and changed its name to Travel + Leisure Co. in February 2021. Travel + Leisure Co. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.