Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: WH) is -8.53% 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 $91.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.22%.
Currently trading at $92.19, the stock is -3.00% and -9.64% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.07 million and changing 0.24% at the moment leaves the stock 4.02% off its SMA200. WH registered 21.51% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.88%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $102.0268 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $88.6293.
The stock witnessed a -14.24% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.20%, and is 1.15% 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 2.78% over the week and 3.24% over the month.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) has around 2200 employees, a market worth around $7.17B and $1.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.41 and Fwd P/E is 16.61. Profit margin for the company is 20.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.23% and -18.47% 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 11.63% this year
540.0 institutions hold shares in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH), with institutional investors hold 102.91% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 78.00M, and float is at 76.01M with Short Float at 3.29%. Institutions hold 100.45% 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 8.5713 and valued at over $509.96 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 7.6628 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).
