CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE vs MONARCH CASINO & RESORT, INC, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHH and MCRI diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CHH reads -1.4% and MCRI reads +11.9%; on debt / equity, CHH reads 14.58 and MCRI reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHH price has a different growth bar priced in than MCRI (-1.4% implied for CHH vs +11.9% for MCRI); 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 MCRI'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 | MCRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $110.55 | $120.07 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $2.2B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.4% | +11.9% |
| P/E | 14.9 | 20.4 |
| P/B | 37.03 | 3.97 |
| P/S | 3.17 | 3.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 42.6 |
| Revenue growth | +1.2% | +5.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.6% |
| Operating margin | 17.6% | — |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 19.6% |
| Return on equity | 251.6% | 19.9% |
| Return on assets | 11.7% | 15.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 7.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 14.58 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.80 | 7.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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