Hyatt Hotels Corp vs LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Las Vegas Sands runs giant integrated resorts in Macau and Singapore, a capital-heavy casino business, while Hyatt owns and franchises hotels through a soft earnings year. Sands is solidly profitable at a 13.41% net margin and a modest 17.44 times earnings, where Hyatt sits near breakeven with no multiple to show. Sands generates much more free cash, a 7.1% yield against Hyatt's 0.59%, and pays a 2.12% dividend versus Hyatt's token 0.08%. Sands is also the larger company at $31.6B against $19.2B. Both are asset-heavy, but Sands is earning through the cycle while Hyatt is not.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | H | LVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $191.18 | $46.69 |
| Market cap | $18.5B | $31.3B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +0.1% |
| P/E | — | 17.3 |
| P/B | 5.22 | 19.48 |
| P/S | 2.60 | 2.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 67.3 | 9.2 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +22.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 25.2% |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | -1.0% | 114.5% |
| Return on assets | -0.2% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 17.2% |
| FCF yield | 0.6% | 7.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.03 | 8.64 |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.81 | 2.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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