Head to Head Contrast: Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) and Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL)

Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Super Hi International and Travel + Leisure, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Super Hi International	1	1	0	0	1.50
Travel + Leisure	0	2	11	0	2.85

Travel + Leisure has a consensus price target of $89.18, suggesting a potential upside of 41.66%. Given Travel + Leisure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travel + Leisure is more favorable than Super Hi International.

Risk and Volatility

Super Hi International has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Super Hi International and Travel + Leisure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Super Hi International	1.16%	2.61%	1.39%
Travel + Leisure	5.81%	-46.91%	6.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Super Hi International and Travel + Leisure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Super Hi International	$840.76 million	0.90	$36.43 million	$0.27	42.98
Travel + Leisure	$4.02 billion	0.96	$230.00 million	$3.66	17.20

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Super Hi International. Travel + Leisure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Hi International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Super Hi International on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Super Hi International

Super Hi International Holding Ltd., an investment holding company, operates Haidilao branded Chinese cuisine restaurants in Asia, North America, and internationally. The company is involved in the food delivery business. It also engages in sale of hot pot condiment products and food ingredients. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Singapore.

About Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides hospitality services and travel products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Vacation Ownership; and Travel and Membership. The Vacation Ownership segment develops, markets, and sells vacation ownership interests (VOIs) to individual consumers, as well as provides consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs; and property management services at resorts. The Travel and Membership segment operates various travel businesses, including three vacation exchange brands, travel technology platforms, travel memberships, and direct-to-consumer rentals. This segment also offers private-label travel booking technology solutions. The company was formerly known as Wyndham Destinations, Inc. and changed its name to Travel + Leisure Co. in February 2021. Travel + Leisure Co. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.