Contrasting Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) & Its Rivals

Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) is one of 382 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Hilton Grand Vacations to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Hilton Grand Vacations and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hilton Grand Vacations	3	6	4	0	2.08
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	3780	17147	25382	900	2.50

Hilton Grand Vacations currently has a consensus target price of $50.40, indicating a potential upside of 42.59%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 61.69%. Given Hilton Grand Vacations’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Grand Vacations has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hilton Grand Vacations	2.86%	20.40%	2.41%
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	2.25%	-42.24%	2.07%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Grand Vacations’ competitors have a beta of 1.62, meaning that their average share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hilton Grand Vacations and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hilton Grand Vacations	$5.05 billion	$81.00 million	19.97
Hilton Grand Vacations Competitors	$3.53 billion	$247.14 million	-161.84

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

Summary

Hilton Grand Vacations competitors beat Hilton Grand Vacations on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Hilton Grand Vacations Company Profile

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.