BOYD GAMING CORP vs Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BYD and WH diverge most: on return on equity, BYD reads 2.4% and WH reads 43.2%; on net margin, BYD reads 1.5% and WH reads 13.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BYD price has a different growth bar priced in than WH (+13.4% implied for BYD vs +12.7% for WH); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BYD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What WH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BYD | WH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.16 | $78.52 |
| Market cap | $6.6B | $6.0B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.4% | +12.7% |
| P/E | 3.8 | 31.2 |
| P/B | 2.61 | 13.32 |
| P/S | 1.61 | 4.13 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 18.2 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +1.6% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 34.9% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 2.4% | 43.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.3% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 5.88 |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.17 | 1.53 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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