Contrasting Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) & Oriental Land (OTCMKTS:OLCLY)

Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Oriental Land (OTCMKTS:OLCLY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.1% of Intercontinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Intercontinental Hotels Group and Oriental Land, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intercontinental Hotels Group	0	2	3	1	2.83
Oriental Land	0	1	0	0	2.00

Dividends

Intercontinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Oriental Land pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Oriental Land pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Intercontinental Hotels Group and Oriental Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intercontinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oriental Land	18.10%	12.44%	8.70%

Risk and Volatility

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oriental Land has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Intercontinental Hotels Group and Oriental Land”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intercontinental Hotels Group	$5.19 billion	4.13	$758.00 million	N/A	N/A
Oriental Land	$4.46 billion	6.43	$819.46 million	$0.52	33.63

Oriental Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intercontinental Hotels Group.

Summary

Intercontinental Hotels Group beats Oriental Land on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intercontinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC owns, manages, franchises, and leases hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Greater China. The company operates hotels under the Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo, voco, HUALUXE, Crowne Plaza, Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, EVEN, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn, Garner, avid hotels, Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, and Candlewood Suites brand names. It also provides IHG Rewards loyalty program. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was founded in 1777 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

About Oriental Land

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. operates and manages theme parks and hotels in Japan. It operates through Theme Park, Hotel Business, and Other Business segments. The Theme Park segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks. The Hotel Business segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, Disney Ambassador Hotel, and Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel, as well as Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel. The Other Business segment operates and manages Ikspiari, a shopping complex that includes shops and restaurants, and a cinema complex; and Disney Resort Line, a monorail connecting four stations within Tokyo Disney Resort. It is also involved in the land development. Oriental Land Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Urayasu, Japan.