H World Group Ltd vs Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HTHT and SHO diverge most: on return on equity, HTHT reads 39.2% and SHO reads 2.8%; on p/b, HTHT reads 7.32 and SHO reads 1.11. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HTHT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SHO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HTHT | SHO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.17 | $11.30 |
| Market cap | $13.6B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.6% | — |
| P/E | 19.2 | 51.4 |
| P/B | 7.32 | 1.11 |
| P/S | 3.75 | 2.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.2 | 21.8 |
| Revenue growth | +17.6% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | — |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 5.3% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 1.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.88 | 1.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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