Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) Stock Price Down 5.8% After Analyst Downgrade

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) fell 5.8% during mid-day trading on Friday after Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on the stock from $96.00 to $95.00. Robert W. Baird currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts traded as low as $70.71 and last traded at $70.7060. Approximately 403,877 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 69% from the average daily volume of 1,322,817 shares. The stock had previously closed at $75.07.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on WH. Susquehanna decreased their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $80.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Truist Financial cut their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $104.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $92.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Freedom Broker assumed coverage on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Wednesday, October 14th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $88.00 price target on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $80.00 price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $94.92.

Insider Buying and Selling at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

In other news, CEO Geoffrey Ballotti sold 19,295 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.69, for a total value of $1,421,848.55. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 550,457 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $40,563,176.33. The trade was a 3.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 2.33% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Here are the key news stories impacting Wyndham Hotels & Resorts this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wyndham reported third-quarter revenue of $410 million, up 7.3% year over year and slightly above estimates, while adjusted EPS of $1.43 exceeded the $1.32 consensus. The company also raised its full-year 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $4.84–$4.92 from expectations of about $4.80. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Reports Strong Third Quarter Results
• Positive Sentiment: U.S. RevPAR increased 6%, the hotel system expanded 4%, and Wyndham raised its full-year RevPAR and adjusted EBITDA outlooks. The company also returned $123 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends. Wyndham Reports Third-Quarter Revenue and U.S. RevPAR Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable. Stifel raised its price target to $99 and maintained a “buy” rating, while Robert W. Baird retained an “outperform” rating despite trimming its target to $95. Stifel Nicolaus Wyndham Analyst Rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Full-year revenue guidance of approximately $1.5 billion is in line with consensus, suggesting the higher EPS outlook is being driven more by margins, buybacks, or other earnings factors than by stronger top-line growth.
• Negative Sentiment: Adjusted EBITDA declined year over year, and adjusted earnings were below the prior-year quarter. International RevPAR also fell 3%, while global RevPAR growth was only 2% on a constant-currency basis, highlighting softer overseas demand. Wyndham Third-Quarter Earnings Results
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s decline indicates that investors may be focusing on falling year-over-year profitability, international weakness, and the company’s relatively high leverage, despite the earnings beat and increased guidance.

Institutional Trading of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the second quarter worth $623,573,000. Findlay Park Partners LLP purchased a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the second quarter worth $100,648,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the second quarter worth $56,860,000. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. boosted its position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 229.3% during the first quarter. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. now owns 957,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,783,000 after buying an additional 666,746 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the second quarter valued at $47,811,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.05, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 0.67. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $72.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.82.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.11. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 77.85% and a net margin of 13.97%. The firm had revenue of $410.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $408.99 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.46 EPS. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will post 4.82 EPS for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio is 63.24%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, September 29th that allows the company to buy back $400.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company Profile

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc is a global hotel franchising company that operates an asset-light lodging business. Rather than owning and managing most of its hotels, the company licenses its brands and provides franchisees with support in areas such as marketing, reservations, technology, training and operational standards.

Its portfolio includes a range of economy, midscale and upscale hotel brands, including Super 8, Days Inn, Ramada, La Quinta, Microtel, Baymont, Wingate, AmericInn, Wyndham, Wyndham Garden, Registry Collection Hotels and ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham.