Analysts Set Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) PT at $106.98

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the twelve brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eleven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $106.9792.

WH has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Barclays raised their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. assumed coverage on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $101.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 2nd quarter worth about $109,337,000. Long Pond Capital LP boosted its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 545.8% in the 2nd quarter. Long Pond Capital LP now owns 1,505,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,272,628 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 1st quarter valued at about $70,353,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 226.3% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 982,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,815,000 after acquiring an additional 681,645 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Champlain Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the 2nd quarter valued at about $39,681,000. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock opened at $86.29 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.44. The company has a market capitalization of $6.59 billion, a PE ratio of 20.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.93. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 12 month low of $75.91 and a 12 month high of $113.07. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $86.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $87.58.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $397.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $384.69 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 60.79% and a net margin of 23.10%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.13 earnings per share. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.600-4.780 EPS. Analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.79 EPS for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 38.32%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company Profile

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