Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) Receives $110.30 Consensus PT from Analysts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $113.80.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $114.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. Stifel Nicolaus increased 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. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $116.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th.

Institutional Trading of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 91.9% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 30,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,396,000 after purchasing an additional 14,688 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 40.8% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,747,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $136,533,000 after purchasing an additional 506,593 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 37.7% in the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 34,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,699,000 after buying an additional 9,463 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 15.0% in the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 64,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,027,000 after purchasing an additional 8,389 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Impax Asset Management Group plc lifted its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 35.0% in the 3rd quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 135,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,549,000 after purchasing an additional 35,000 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

NYSE WH opened at $111.87 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72. The stock has a market cap of $8.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.82, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.29. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a twelve month low of $67.67 and a twelve month high of $112.16. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.82 and its 200 day simple moving average is $91.35.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

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.