Head-To-Head Survey: Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) & Its Rivals

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) is one of 35 publicly-traded companies in the “HOTELS & MOTELS” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Hilton Grand Vacations to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Hilton Grand Vacations and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hilton Grand Vacations	1	3	4	0	2.38
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	269	1598	1599	51	2.41

Hilton Grand Vacations presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.67%. As a group, “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies have a potential upside of 2.11%. Given Hilton Grand Vacations’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Grand Vacations is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hilton Grand Vacations and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hilton Grand Vacations	$4.98 billion	$47.00 million	134.77
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	$3.30 billion	$347.37 million	24.30

Hilton Grand Vacations has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Hilton Grand Vacations is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Hilton Grand Vacations and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hilton Grand Vacations	0.68%	9.93%	1.67%
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	-12.17%	-49.20%	1.64%

Risk & Volatility

Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Grand Vacations’ rivals have a beta of 1.00, indicating that their average share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hilton Grand Vacations beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Hilton Grand Vacations

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., a timeshare company, develops, markets, sells, manages, and operates the resorts, plans and ancillary reservation services under the Hilton Grand Vacations brand. It operates through Real Estate Sales and Financing, and Resort Operations and Club Management segments. Real Estate Sales and Financing segment market and sells the VOIs, and source VOIs through fee-for-service agreements with third-party developers; and provides consumer financing and services loans. Resort Operations and Club Management segment manages and operates the clubs which offers exchange, leisure travel, and reservation services, as well as engages in the rental of inventory made available due to ownership exchanges through its club programs, and provides ancillary services including food and beverage, retail and spa at timeshare properties. Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.