CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE vs H World Group Ltd, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHH and HTHT diverge most: on debt / equity, CHH reads 14.58 and HTHT reads 0.45; on revenue growth, CHH reads +1.2% and HTHT reads +21.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHH price has a different growth bar priced in than HTHT (-1.4% implied for CHH vs -3.3% for HTHT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CHH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What HTHT'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 | CHH | HTHT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $110.55 | $40.45 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $13.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.4% | -3.3% |
| P/E | 14.9 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 37.03 | 7.09 |
| P/S | 3.17 | 3.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 10.8 |
| Revenue growth | +1.2% | +21.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.6% | 26.9% |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | 251.6% | 39.2% |
| Return on assets | 11.7% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.4% | 28.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 9.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 14.58 | 0.45 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.80 | 1.85 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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