Hilton Worldwide vs InterContinental Hotels
HLT and IHG side by side, both in hotels and motels. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HLT and IHG compare
Hilton Worldwide grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.7% versus 5.4% for InterContinental Hotels).
InterContinental Hotels keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 12.7% at Hilton Worldwide.
Hilton Worldwide pays a dividend yielding 0.17%; InterContinental Hotels does not pay one.
Hilton Worldwide scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 for InterContinental Hotels), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HLT | IHG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $80.3B | – |
| Share price | $356.92 | $169.66 |
| Change, 1 year | 37.1% | 36.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 135% | 133% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.94 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 259K | 7,459 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 52.3× | – |
| P/S | 6.4× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.8× | – |
| P/FCF | 39.6× | – |
| PEG | 4.96 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | – |
| Fair value | $186.16 | – |
| Margin of safety | −91.7% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.7% (better) | 5.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 22.8% (better) | 16.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −0.31% | 20.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.6% | 26.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 85.3% |
| Operating margin | 23.3% (better) | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 14.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 16.3% | 16.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 34.7% | 594% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.97 | 2.43 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 4.4× | 5.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.65 | 0.98 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.20 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.17% | – |
| Payout ratio | 8.8% | 35.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 32.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.3% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.2% | 9.6% |
| Held by insiders | 1.5% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$38.7M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | – |
Go deeper
- HLT stock overview
- HLT income statement
- HLT valuation and score
- IHG stock overview
- IHG income statement
- IHG valuation and score
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