Sunstone Hotel Investors vs Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
SHO and WH side by side, both in hotels and motels. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SHO and WH compare
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as Sunstone Hotel Investors ($5.6B against $2.4B).
On earnings, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is cheaper: it trades at 27.5× trailing earnings, against 58.1× for Sunstone Hotel Investors.
Sunstone Hotel Investors grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.3% versus −2.2% for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts).
Both pay dividends: Sunstone Hotel Investors yields 2.8% and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts 2.3%.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 3 for Sunstone Hotel Investors), 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 | SHO | WH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.4B | $5.6B |
| Share price | $12.79 | $75.20 |
| Change, 1 year | 40.9% | 2.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −3.3% | −13.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.84 |
| Employees | 37 | 2,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 58.1× | 27.5× (better) |
| P/S | 2.4× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/B | 1.3× (better) | 11.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5× (better) | 16.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 17.3× |
| FCF yield | – | 5.8% |
| Fair value | $9.55 | $51.73 |
| Margin of safety | −34.0% (better) | −45.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.3% (better) | −2.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 29.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −37.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 1000% (better) | −36.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 30.3% |
| Net margin | – | 14.7% |
| FCF margin | – | 22.8% |
| Return on equity | – | 39.6% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 10.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 5.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 5.30 |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.0× |
| Current ratio | – | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.57 | 1.71 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.8% (better) | 2.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 61.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 48.4% (better) | 24.0% |
| Buyback yield | 1.9% | 3.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% | 6.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 106% |
| Held by insiders | 2.3% | 1.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M (better) | −$15.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.8% | 10.4% |
Go deeper
- SHO stock overview
- SHO income statement
- SHO valuation and score
- WH stock overview
- WH income statement
- WH valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.