2,396 Shares in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) Bought by Trust Investment Advisors

Trust Investment Advisors acquired a new stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 2,396 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $241,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of WH. Boston Partners boosted its holdings in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,853,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $388,462,000 after acquiring an additional 192,221 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,810,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,460,000 after purchasing an additional 63,006 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 851,974 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,870,000 after purchasing an additional 8,129 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 732,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,850,000 after purchasing an additional 10,628 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 628,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,116,000 after buying an additional 27,172 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently weighed in on WH shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $113.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $116.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $113.00 to $121.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $99.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $108.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $116.08.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of WH opened at $92.25 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 1.00. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a 1-year low of $67.67 and a 1-year high of $113.07. The stock has a market cap of $7.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.28. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $102.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $95.30.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 54.86% and a net margin of 20.51%. Equities analysts forecast that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 17th will be paid a $0.41 dividend. This is an increase from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 17th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.78%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is presently 45.18%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Profile

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management segments. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company’s lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others.