CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. vs InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
InterContinental collects fees from a worldwide franchise network and owns little property, a world apart from Caesars, which runs debt-laden US casinos and is posting losses this cycle. IHG earns at a 14.63% net margin and trades at 35.22 times earnings, while Caesars carries no multiple against red ink. Caesars does generate more free cash, an 8.74% yield versus IHG's 3.26%, helped by depreciation on owned assets. The size gap is stark, IHG at $26.7B against Caesars' $6.2B, and so is leverage, with Caesars at 3.34 times equity. Fee income versus owned casinos makes these near-opposite ways to play hospitality.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CZR | IHG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.84 | $165.03 |
| Market cap | $6.1B | $25.5B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +16.8% |
| P/E | — | 33.6 |
| P/B | 1.69 | — |
| P/S | 0.53 | 4.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.3 | 19.3 |
| Revenue growth | +2.4% | +16.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | -4.2% | 14.6% |
| Return on equity | -13.5% | — |
| Return on assets | -1.5% | 14.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | 3.34 | — |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.54 | 3.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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