Critical Analysis: Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) & Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL)

Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Super Hi International has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Super Hi International and Hilton Worldwide, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Super Hi International	1	1	0	0	1.50
Hilton Worldwide	0	8	16	2	2.77

Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $363.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.28%. Given Hilton Worldwide’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Worldwide is more favorable than Super Hi International.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Super Hi International and Hilton Worldwide”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Super Hi International	$888.78 million	0.75	$36.43 million	$0.27	38.07
Hilton Worldwide	$12.04 billion	6.74	$1.46 billion	$7.40	49.27

Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Super Hi International. Super Hi International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Super Hi International and Hilton Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Super Hi International	1.16%	2.61%	1.39%
Hilton Worldwide	13.40%	-33.78%	12.16%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Super Hi International on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Super Hi International

Super Hi International Holding Ltd., an investment holding company, operates Haidilao branded Chinese cuisine restaurants in Asia, North America, and internationally. The company is involved in the food delivery business. It also engages in sale of hot pot condiment products and food ingredients. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Singapore.

About Hilton Worldwide

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a hospitality company, engages in managing, franchising, owning, and leasing hotels and resorts. It operates through two segments, Management and Franchise, and Ownership. The company engages in the hotel management and licensing of its brands. It operates luxury hotels under the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts, and Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand; lifestyle hotels under the Canopy by Hilton, Curio Collection by Hilton, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Tempo by Hilton, and Motto by Hilton brand; full service hotels under the Signia by Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and DoubleTree by Hilton brand; service hotels under the Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, and Tru by Hilton brand; all-suite hotels under the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and Home2 Suites by Hilton brand; and economy hotel under the Spark by Hilton brand, as well as Hilton Grand Vacations. The company operates in North America, South America, and Central America, including various Caribbean nations; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.