Amundi Sells 125,465 Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

Amundi lowered its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WHFree Report) by 47.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 136,709 shares of the company’s stock after selling 125,465 shares during the period. Amundi owned 0.18% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts worth $13,534,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC increased its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 17.3% during the 4th quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 173,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,533,000 after buying an additional 25,702 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc bought a new position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $248,000. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 91.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 30,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,396,000 after buying an additional 14,688 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 40.8% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,747,295 shares of the company’s stock valued at $136,533,000 after buying an additional 506,593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 1.0% during 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 buying an additional 8,129 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WH has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $80.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $99.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $116.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $113.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $114.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $116.45.

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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

WH stock opened at $89.95 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $6.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.28. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a 1 year low of $67.67 and a 1 year high of $113.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $104.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $94.29.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WHGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 17th. This is an increase from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.82%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s payout ratio is 45.18%.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH)

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