Brokerages Set Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) PT at $95.64

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the thirteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $95.6364.

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on WH shares. Susquehanna lowered their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $80.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $96.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $104.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $97.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st.

Insider Buying and Selling at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

In other news, CEO Geoffrey Ballotti sold 19,414 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.71, for a total transaction of $1,411,591.94. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 549,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $39,941,275.33. This represents a 3.41% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 2.33% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WH. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the second quarter worth about $623,573,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 4.8% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 8,205,818 shares of the company’s stock worth $620,032,000 after buying an additional 375,892 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,188,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $392,024,000 after buying an additional 583,967 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the fourth quarter worth approximately $219,462,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,512,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,331,000 after buying an additional 17,981 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

Shares of NYSE WH opened at $67.50 on Friday. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a twelve month low of $67.41 and a twelve month high of $90.35. The firm has a market cap of $5.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.82, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a 50 day moving average of $74.31 and a 200 day moving average of $79.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $375.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $400.75 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 74.22% and a net margin of 14.67%.The company’s revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.33 EPS. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.710-4.830 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is currently 63.24%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company Profile

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc is a global hotel franchising company that provides branding, marketing, reservation, loyalty and other support services to independently owned and operated hotels. Its portfolio is focused primarily on the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry.

The company’s brand portfolio includes well-known names such as Wyndham, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, La Quinta, Travelodge, Baymont, Microtel, Wingate, AmericInn, Econo Lodge, Howard Johnson, Dolce and Registry Collection Hotels.