New York State Teachers Retirement System Sells 4,400 Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

New York State Teachers Retirement System lessened its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) by 5.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 82,683 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,400 shares during the period. New York State Teachers Retirement System owned about 0.11% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts worth $8,334,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 11.1% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 12,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,013,000 after acquiring an additional 1,294 shares during the last quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the third quarter worth $209,000. Copeland Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 133.1% during the third quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 409,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,985,000 after buying an additional 233,754 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the third quarter valued at $680,000. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 6,887.1% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 66,028 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,159,000 after buying an additional 65,083 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Trading Up 2.0 %

NYSE:WH opened at $111.48 on Wednesday. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a one year low of $67.67 and a one year high of $112.16. The company has a market cap of $8.67 billion, a PE ratio of 35.39, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.19, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $103.66 and a 200-day moving average of $91.20.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 51.79% and a net margin of 18.29%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on WH. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $108.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. StockNews.com raised shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $113.00 to $121.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $103.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $112.10.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

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