Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Travel Lodging
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. WH
$71.79 +0.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.33B
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.3%).
- Operating margin narrowed to 31.0% from 38.8% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 5.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth13Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Quality65Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginTop 8%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 50%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
Value28Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Momentum44Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Revisions90Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 42%
Stability71Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.6% | -2.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -41.0% | -36.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 64.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 38.8% | 31.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 20.0% | 22.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.1% | 1.6% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -36.4% | -41.0% | ↑ | Bottom 25% |
| Gross margin | 64.2% | 60.1% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Operating margin | 31.0% | 38.8% | ↓ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 23.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.8% | 20.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.6% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.78×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.26×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.40%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.83%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $96.71
- Target vs current price
- +34.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 82%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +5.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -3.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +12.9% | -1.6% | -5.9% | -2.1% | -14.0% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +4.5% | -0.1% | +5.0% | -2.8% | +1.1% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +2.8% | -0.9% | -10.8% | -11.9% | -1.1% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +14.7% | -2.0% | +2.1% | +0.0% | -11.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +5.3% | -0.9% | -3.1% | -0.7% | +6.9% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +4.0% | +1.5% | +4.0% | -15.0% | -21.6% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +0.7% | -2.4% | +7.1% | +13.4% | +26.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $1.48 | $1.41 | +5.0% | $375.0M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.85 | +12.9% | $327.0M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.93 | $0.89 | +4.5% | $334.0M |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.46 | $1.42 | +2.8% | $382.0M |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.33 | $1.16 | +14.7% | $397.0M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.82 | +5.3% | $316.0M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.04 | $1.00 | +4.0% | $341.0M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.38 | +0.7% | $396.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 26.4× | 24.9× | 57th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.0× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 5.59× | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.06% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | 3.79% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.5× – 60.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -10.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -36.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +30.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.3%
- RSI (14)
- 53.3
- Relative volume
- 0.72×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 27th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.85
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2025 | Sep 21, 2026 | -40.0% | 397 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -34.7% | 103 days | 532 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 | -16.1% | 13 days | 31 days (Apr 20, 2022) |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -13.5% | 28 days | 48 days (Sep 24, 2021) |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -12.8% | 8 days | 16 days (Dec 23, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.33B
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.42B
- Dividend yield
- 2.37%
- 52-week range
- $66.87 – $90.35
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.56B | $1.50B | $1.40B | $1.41B | $1.43B |
| Gross profit | $795.0M | $830.0M | $815.0M | $1.41B | $841.0M |
| Operating income | $446.0M | $558.0M | $503.0M | $495.0M | $406.0M |
| Net income | $244.0M | $355.0M | $289.0M | $289.0M | $193.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.60 | $3.91 | $3.40 | $3.61 | $2.47 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $394.0M | $341.0M | $316.0M | $397.0M | $382.0M | $334.0M | $327.0M | $375.0M |
| Net income | $102.0M | $85.0M | $61.0M | $87.0M | $105.0M | -$60.0M | $61.0M | $102.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.29 | $1.08 | $0.78 | $1.13 | $1.36 | -$0.80 | $0.80 | $1.36 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $426.0M | $399.0M | $376.0M | $290.0M | $367.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$37.0M | -$39.0M | -$37.0M | -$49.0M | -$46.0M |
| Free cash flow | $389.0M | $360.0M | $339.0M | $241.0M | $321.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$82.0M | -$116.0M | -$118.0M | -$122.0M | -$127.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$107.0M | -$448.0M | -$393.0M | -$308.0M | -$289.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $69.0M
- Total assets
- $4.33B
- Total liabilities
- $3.85B
- Total debt
- $2.67B
- Net debt
- $2.61B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $480.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.43 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.43 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.43 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.41 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.41 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.41 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.41 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.38 | Dec 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,894,262
- Days to cover
- 5.75
- Change vs previous report
- +1.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.