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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) to Post Q1 2019 Earnings of $0.46 Per Share, Jefferies Financial Group Forecasts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE:WH) – Analysts at Jefferies Financial Group cut their Q1 2019 earnings per share estimates for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 5th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst D. Katz now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.46 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.55. Jefferies Financial Group has a “Buy” rating and a $72.00 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ Q4 2019 earnings at $0.90 EPS and Q1 2020 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Get Wyndham Hotels & Resorts alerts: Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $62.00 target price (down from $68.00) on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Monday, December 24th. Goldman Sachs Group downgraded Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a “conviction-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 27th. Oppenheimer set a $69.00 target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 14th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research downgraded Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $71.29.

NYSE:WH opened at $52.17 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.23. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a 52-week low of $43.03 and a 52-week high of $66.95.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 13th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $527.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $498.92 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 18.24% and a net margin of 8.62%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 68.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WH. Enlightenment Research LLC acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 4,437.0% during the fourth quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 1,794,202 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 1,754,656 shares during the last quarter. We Are One Seven LLC acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the fourth quarter worth $67,000. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the fourth quarter worth $181,000. Finally, People s United Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the third quarter worth $201,000. 85.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

In other news, insider Nicola Rossi sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s that occurred on Wednesday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.00, for a total value of $52,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link . Also, insider Stephen P. Holmes sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s that occurred on Thursday, February 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.47, for a total value of $1,336,750.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here .

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be issued a $0.29 dividend. This is a boost from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.22%. of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 36.90%.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc engages in the franchise and operation of hotels under the Wyndham brand. It operates through the following two business segments: Hotel Franchising and Hotel Management. The Hotel Franchising segment offers licenses of brand names and associated trademarks to hotel owners under long-term franchise agreements.

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