Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $95.64 According to Analysts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $95.64.

WH has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Susquehanna dropped their target price 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. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $93.00 to $91.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $80.00 price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $104.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a report on Friday, October 2nd.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Wyndham Hotels & Resorts news, CEO Geoffrey Ballotti sold 19,414 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.71, for a total value of $1,411,591.94. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 549,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,941,275.33. This represents a 3.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 2.33% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Continuum Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. J.Safra Asset Management Corp acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the second quarter worth approximately $43,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the second quarter valued at $52,000. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the second quarter valued at $80,000. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 86.5% in the fourth quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 1,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,000 after buying an additional 588 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Up 1.0%

WH opened at $74.10 on Thursday. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 12 month low of $66.87 and a 12 month high of $90.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market cap of $5.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.24, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.67. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $72.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $78.15.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $375.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $400.75 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 74.22% and a net margin of 14.67%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.33 EPS. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.710-4.830 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, September 29th that allows the company to buy back $400.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were given a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is 63.24%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company Profile

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc is a global hotel franchising company that provides lodging brands, operating support and related services to hotel owners and operators. Rather than owning and managing most of its properties directly, the company primarily operates an asset-light franchise model in which independent hotel owners use Wyndham’s brands, reservation systems, marketing programs, technology and operational resources.

The company’s portfolio spans economy and midscale lodging, as well as select upscale and extended-stay concepts.