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 2.0%; on return on assets, HTHT reads 7.8% and SHO reads 1.3%. 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 bet that sits within the historical range (FFO basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HTHT | SHO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.67 | $11.78 |
| Market cap | $13.1B | $2.2B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.9% | — |
| P/E | 18.6 | 107.1 |
| P/B | 7.07 | 1.17 |
| P/S | 3.62 | 2.25 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.8 | 22.5 |
| Revenue growth | +17.6% | +6.9% |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | — |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | 39.2% | 2.0% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.50 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.85 | 1.53 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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