Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: WH) is 6.74% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $67.67 and a high of $107.18 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WH stock was last observed hovering at around $106.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.52%.
Currently trading at $107.58, the stock is 3.44% and 5.48% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.94 million and changing 1.43% at the moment leaves the stock 28.58% off its SMA200. WH registered 37.55% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 46.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $101.7694 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $83.4792.
The stock witnessed a 6.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 21.20%, and is 3.02% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.22% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) has around 2300 employees, a market worth around $8.37B and $1.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.10 and Fwd P/E is 22.57. Profit margin for the company is 18.29%. Distance from 52-week low is 58.98% and 0.37% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.40%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.86% this year
537.0 institutions hold shares in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH), with institutional investors hold 101.16% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 78.20M, and float is at 76.18M with Short Float at 3.68%. Institutions hold 98.98% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS with over 9.2 million shares valued at $680.58 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3263 of the WH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 8.29 million shares valued at $613.46 million to account for 10.2093 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 6.89 million shares representing 8.4868 and valued at over $509.96 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 7.5873 of the shares totaling 6.16 million with a market value of $455.9 million.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Ballotti Geoffrey A, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Ballotti Geoffrey A sold 25,053 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 16 ’24 at a price of $103.66 per share for a total of $2.6 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.39 million shares.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 17 ’24 that Ballotti Geoffrey A (President and CEO) sold a total of 25,017 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 17 ’24 and was made at $103.45 per share for $2.59 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.39 million shares of the WH stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 17 ’24, ALLEN MICHELE (CFO & Head of Strategy) disposed off 16,371 shares at an average price of $103.58 for $1.7 million. The insider now directly holds 10,056 shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH).
