H World Group Ltd vs LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HTHT and LVS diverge most: on debt / equity, HTHT reads 0.45 and LVS reads 15.27; on return on equity, HTHT reads 39.2% and LVS reads 192.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's HTHT price has a different growth bar priced in than LVS (-4.0% implied for HTHT vs -1.6% for LVS); 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 LVS'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 | LVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.65 | $42.81 |
| Market cap | $13.1B | $28.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.0% | -1.6% |
| P/E | 18.5 | 16.7 |
| P/B | 7.07 | 31.31 |
| P/S | 3.62 | 2.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.8 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +17.6% | +18.7% |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | 192.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 15.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 1.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.85 | 2.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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