Contrasting Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) & Giftify (NASDAQ:GIFT)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Travel + Leisure and Giftify, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travel + Leisure	1	1	8	0	2.70
Giftify	0	0	1	0	3.00

Travel + Leisure currently has a consensus price target of $62.30, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Giftify has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 277.36%. Given Giftify’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Giftify is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.

Risk & Volatility

Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Giftify has a beta of -1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 251% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Giftify shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travel + Leisure	10.14%	-47.47%	6.15%
Giftify	-15.13%	-63.88%	-39.60%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Travel + Leisure and Giftify”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travel + Leisure	$3.86 billion	1.01	$411.00 million	$5.80	10.36
Giftify	$88.93 million	0.36	-$18.83 million	($0.50)	-2.12

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Giftify. Giftify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travel + Leisure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Giftify on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Giftify

RDE, Inc. owns and operates a restaurant deal space in the United States. The company operates Restaurant.com that connects digital consumers, businesses, and communities with dining and merchant deal options at approximately 182,500 restaurants and retailers to approximately 7.8 million customers. It sells discount certificates for restaurants, as well as complementary entertainment and travel offerings, and consumer products on behalf of third-party merchants. The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois.