CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE vs MGM Resorts International, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Choice Hotels earns franchise fees on rooms it does not own, while MGM Resorts pours capital into casinos and integrated resorts it runs directly. The contrast shows in the numbers, Choice's 21.55% net margin towering over MGM's 1.03%, and Choice trading at 15.22 times earnings against MGM's steep 67.34. MGM's edge is cash, a 12.22% free cash yield versus Choice's 4.37%, since depreciation on owned property flatters cash flow. MGM is larger at $12.7B against $5.2B and carries real leverage at 1.93 times equity. Choice returns 1.02% in dividends. These are two very different ways to make money from travelers.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CHH | MGM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.79 | $46.87 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $12.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.7% | — |
| P/E | 14.8 | 64.2 |
| P/B | 36.78 | 3.66 |
| P/S | 3.15 | 0.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 8.3 |
| Revenue growth | +1.2% | +3.4% |
| Operating margin | 17.6% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 251.6% | 5.5% |
| Return on assets | 11.7% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.4% | 8.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 12.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Debt / equity | 14.58 | 1.93 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.79 | 0.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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