Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the ten brokerages that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $113.80.

Several brokerages recently weighed in on WH. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $108.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target 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. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $105.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Boston Partners increased its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 5.3% during the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,853,527 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,462,000 after purchasing an additional 192,221 shares during the last quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 2,301,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $231,947,000 after purchasing an additional 37,832 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,810,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,460,000 after buying an additional 63,006 shares in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 6.1% in the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,419,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,038,000 after buying an additional 81,730 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 24,953.8% in the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,333,615 shares of the company’s stock valued at $134,414,000 after buying an additional 1,328,292 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

WH stock opened at $108.94 on Friday. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 1 year low of $67.67 and a 1 year high of $113.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.47 billion, a PE ratio of 30.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The company’s 50-day moving average is $104.09 and its 200-day moving average is $91.74.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 20.51% and a return on equity of 54.86%. Equities research analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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 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.