H World Group Ltd vs InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HTHT and IHG diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), HTHT reads -4.8% and IHG reads +16.8%; on fcf yield, HTHT reads 9.0% and IHG reads 3.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's HTHT price has a different growth bar priced in than IHG (-4.8% implied for HTHT vs +16.8% for IHG); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What HTHT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IHG'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 | HTHT | IHG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.10 | $165.03 |
| Market cap | $13.3B | $25.5B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.8% | +16.8% |
| P/E | 17.9 | 33.6 |
| P/B | 7.20 | — |
| P/S | 3.69 | 4.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 19.3 |
| Revenue growth | +21.3% | +16.1% |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 14.6% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | — |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 14.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 9.0% | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | — |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.87 | 3.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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