H World Group Ltd vs MGM Resorts International, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Chinese hotels power H World while US and Macau casinos power MGM, and the profitability gap between them is large. H World earns a 20.07% net margin and a 39.18% return on equity at just 18.4 times earnings, while MGM scrapes a 1.03% margin and 5.51% return at a steep 67.34 times. MGM's one clear edge is free cash, a 12.22% yield against H World's still-healthy 8.72%. H World carries far less debt, 0.45 times equity versus 1.93. Their caps sit close, $13.7B and $12.7B. Cheaper, cleaner earnings sit with H World, while the heavier balance sheet and thin margin sit with MGM.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | HTHT | MGM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.10 | $46.87 |
| Market cap | $13.3B | $12.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.8% | — |
| P/E | 17.9 | 64.2 |
| P/B | 7.20 | 3.66 |
| P/S | 3.69 | 0.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 8.3 |
| Revenue growth | +21.3% | +3.4% |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | 5.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | 8.2% |
| FCF yield | 9.0% | 12.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 1.93 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.87 | 0.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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