Head-To-Head Contrast: Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) vs. Murano Global Investments (NASDAQ:MRNO)

Murano Global Investments (NASDAQ:MRNO) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Murano Global Investments and Travel + Leisure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murano Global Investments	0	0	0	0	N/A
Travel + Leisure	0	2	6	0	2.75

Travel + Leisure has a consensus target price of $57.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.20%. Given Travel + Leisure’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travel + Leisure is more favorable than Murano Global Investments.

Volatility & Risk

Murano Global Investments has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Murano Global Investments and Travel + Leisure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murano Global Investments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Travel + Leisure	11.35%	-46.63%	6.40%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.8% of Murano Global Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.2% of Murano Global Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Murano Global Investments and Travel + Leisure’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Murano Global Investments	$350.27 million	0.28	-$8.71 million	N/A	N/A
Travel + Leisure	$3.75 billion	0.82	$396.00 million	$5.43	8.10

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Murano Global Investments.

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Murano Global Investments on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Murano Global Investments

HCM Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or related business combination with one or more businesses. HCM Acquisition Corp is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

About Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides hospitality services and travel 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.