Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR – Get Free Report) and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Tuniu and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tuniu | $82.65 million | 0.68 | $4.45 million | $0.32 | 15.97 |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | $1.43 billion | 3.53 | $193.00 million | $2.72 | 25.02 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.5% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Tuniu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Tuniu pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.1%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tuniu pays out 368.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares Tuniu and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tuniu | 3.73% | 3.17% | 1.90% |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | 14.67% | 74.22% | 8.58% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Tuniu and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tuniu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.62 |
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $95.64, indicating a potential upside of 40.55%. Given Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Tuniu.
Risk & Volatility
Tuniu has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Tuniu on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tuniu
Tuniu Corporation operates as an online leisure travel company in China. The company offers various packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours; and other travel-related services, such as tourist attraction tickets, visa application services, accommodation reservation, financial services, and hotel booking services, as well as air, train, and bus ticketing for leisure travelers. It also provides car rental and insurance services, as well as advertising services to tourism boards and bureaus. The company offers its products and services through various online and offline channels, including tuniu.com website; mobile platform; a call center in Nanjing; and other offline retail stores in China. Tuniu Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China.
About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management segments. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company’s lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others. The Hotel Management segment provides management services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.
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