InterContinental Hotels Group PLC vs LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP, two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
A worldwide franchise network defines InterContinental, while Las Vegas Sands sinks capital into integrated resorts in Macau and Singapore. Their net margins land close, 14.63% for IHG and 13.41% for Sands, but the market prices them apart: IHG at 35.22 times earnings, Sands at a much cheaper 17.44. Sands generates more free cash, a 7.1% yield against 3.26%, and pays a 2.12% dividend IHG holders do without at this level. Sands is the larger cap at $31.6B versus $26.7B. Fee income against owned casino floors puts two of the sector's biggest names on opposite routes to profit.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | IHG | LVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $165.03 | $46.69 |
| Market cap | $25.5B | $31.3B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.8% | +0.1% |
| P/E | 33.6 | 17.3 |
| P/B | — | 19.48 |
| P/S | 4.91 | 2.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.3 | 9.2 |
| Revenue growth | +16.1% | +22.6% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 25.2% |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | — | 114.5% |
| Return on assets | 14.2% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 17.2% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | — | 8.64 |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.59 | 2.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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