CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE vs LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHH and LVS diverge most: on revenue growth, CHH reads +2.6% and LVS reads +18.7%; on dividend yield, CHH reads 1.2% and LVS reads 2.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHH price has a different growth bar priced in than LVS (-4.6% implied for CHH vs -4.0% for LVS); 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 LVS'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 | LVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.77 | $42.81 |
| Market cap | $4.4B | $28.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.6% | -4.0% |
| P/E | 13.7 | 16.7 |
| P/B | 30.90 | 31.31 |
| P/S | 2.71 | 2.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.4 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +18.7% |
| Operating margin | 23.6% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 230.9% | 192.5% |
| Return on assets | 11.0% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.3% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 9.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 14.08 | 15.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.68 | 2.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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