Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $106.9792.

A number of research firms have weighed in on WH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. began coverage on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Monday, June 23rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $101.00 target price for the company. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State of Wyoming increased its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 113.6% during the 2nd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 5,285 shares of the company’s stock worth $429,000 after purchasing an additional 2,811 shares during the period. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the 2nd quarter worth about $3,976,000. Caxton Associates LLP increased its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 116.4% during the 2nd quarter. Caxton Associates LLP now owns 39,426 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,202,000 after purchasing an additional 21,204 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board increased its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 89,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,256,000 after purchasing an additional 880 shares during the period. Finally, FORA Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 31.6% during the 2nd quarter. FORA Capital LLC now owns 24,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,982,000 after purchasing an additional 5,856 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Down 0.3%

WH stock opened at $86.38 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.44. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 1 year low of $75.91 and a 1 year high of $113.07. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.93. The firm has a market cap of $6.60 billion, a PE ratio of 20.18, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.93.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $397.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $384.69 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 23.10% and a return on equity of 60.79%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.13 EPS. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.600-4.780 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is presently 38.32%.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management segments. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company’s lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others.