Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: WH) is -12.97% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $67.67 and a high of $113.07 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WH stock was last observed hovering at around $91.36 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.64%.
Currently trading at $87.72, the stock is -15.52% and -15.53% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing -3.98% at the moment leaves the stock 0.19% off its SMA200. WH registered 12.58% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.26%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $103.8494 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $87.55025.
The stock witnessed a -18.36% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.30%, and is -12.64% down 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 4.72% over the week and 3.42% over the month.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) has around 2200 employees, a market worth around $6.82B and $1.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.18 and Fwd P/E is 15.78. Profit margin for the company is 20.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.63% and -22.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.40%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.79% this year
539.0 institutions hold shares in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH), with institutional investors hold 103.01% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 78.00M, and float is at 76.03M with Short Float at 3.26%. Institutions hold 100.56% 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 11.439 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).
