Contrasting Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) and Wynn Macau (OTCMKTS:WYNMF)

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) and Wynn Macau (OTCMKTS:WYNMF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Macau has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Wynn Macau”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	$1.41 billion	4.62	$289.00 million	$4.22	20.01
Wynn Macau	$3.68 billion	N/A	$410.01 million	N/A	N/A

Wynn Macau has higher revenue and earnings than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

Profitability

This table compares Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Wynn Macau’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	23.52%	57.49%	8.34%
Wynn Macau	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Wynn Macau, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	0	1	11	0	2.92
Wynn Macau	0	1	0	0	2.00

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $107.48, suggesting a potential upside of 27.28%. Given Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Wynn Macau.

Summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Wynn Macau on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

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. The Hotel Management segment provides management services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

About Wynn Macau

Wynn Macau, Limited engages in the development, ownership, and operation of integrated destination casino resorts in the People’s Republic of China. It operates through two segments, Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau. The company offers tables games, slot machines or similar gaming devices; offers 24-hour gaming, and various games comprising private gaming salons and sky casinos; a luxury hotel with guest rooms, suites, and villas; food and beverage outlets; brand-name and retail shopping; recreation and leisure facilities, including a cable car ride through SkyCab, health club, spa, salon, and pool; and a meeting and convention spaces. It provides poker pit games; and public entertainment attractions, consisting of rotunda show featuring a Chinese zodiac-inspired ceiling along with gold tree of prosperity and dragon of fortune attractions, as well as performance lake. In addition, the company is involved in the development, design, and preconstruction activities, and offers technical consultancy, administrative activities, and management and support services. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Macau. Wynn Macau, Limited operates as a subsidiary of WM Cayman Holdings Limited I.