Head to Head Survey: TUI (TUIFF) and Its Peers

TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) is one of 385 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare TUI to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares TUI and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A
TUI Competitors	-10.55%	-45.94%	1.82%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.6% of TUI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TUI and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TUI	N/A	N/A	26.45
TUI Competitors	$3.36 billion	$245.98 million	11.05

TUI’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than TUI. TUI is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for TUI and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TUI	0	1	1	0	2.50
TUI Competitors	3705	16856	24887	872	2.49

As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 71.05%. Given TUI’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TUI has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

TUI pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. TUI pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.6% and pay out 46.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

TUI peers beat TUI on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

TUI Company Profile

TUI AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides tourism services worldwide. It operates hotels and resorts under the Royalton, Mora, RIU Hotels & Resorts, Robinson, TUI Blue, TUI Magic Life, Atlantica Hotels & Resorts, Grupotel, Iberotel, Akra Hotels, TUI Suneo, and AQI brands. The company is also involved in the tour operation and airlines businesses. In addition, it operates cruise ships under the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Marella brands. The company operates travel agencies and online portals; aircraft; and cruise ships. The company was formerly known as Preussag AG and changed its name to TUI AG in June 2002. TUI AG was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hanover, Germany.