Analysts Set Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) PT at $110.30

Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the ten brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $110.30.

Several research analysts have issued reports on WH shares. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. StockNews.com raised Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $92.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Barclays increased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $116.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Trust Co. of Vermont raised its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 434.8% during the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 246 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 508.7% in the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the 3rd quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 86.4% in the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Up 2.0 %

NYSE:WH opened at $109.47 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $103.46 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $90.95. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 52-week low of $67.67 and a 52-week high of $110.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.19, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 0.97. The company has a market cap of $8.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.75, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.29.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 51.79% and a net margin of 18.29%. On average, analysts anticipate that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.3 EPS for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a $0.38 dividend. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is 48.25%.

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.