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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) Volatility At 3.24%, Should You Add A Position?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: WH) is -17.36% 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 $83.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.15%.

Currently trading at $83.29, the stock is -0.83% and -7.17% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.34 million and changing -0.18% at the moment leaves the stock -7.69% off its SMA200. WH registered 13.71% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.37%.

The stock witnessed a 4.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.47%, and is -2.36% 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 3.24% over the week and 4.07% over the month.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) has around 2200 employees, a market worth around $6.41B and $1.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.80 and Fwd P/E is 15.55. Profit margin for the company is 22.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.08% and -26.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.91%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 9.03% this year

The shares outstanding are 77.50M, and float is at 75.28M with Short Float at 2.56%.

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 10.3109 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).

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