Atour Lifestyle (NASDAQ:ATAT – Get Free Report) and Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Atour Lifestyle and Candlewood Hotel, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Atour Lifestyle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Candlewood Hotel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Atour Lifestyle currently has a consensus target price of $24.85, indicating a potential downside of 7.76%.
Valuation and Earnings
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Atour Lifestyle | $6.06 billion | 0.61 | $103.82 million | $0.97 | 27.77 |
Candlewood Hotel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Atour Lifestyle has higher revenue and earnings than Candlewood Hotel.
Profitability
This table compares Atour Lifestyle and Candlewood Hotel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Atour Lifestyle | 17.16% | 47.07% | 15.65% |
Candlewood Hotel | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.9% of Candlewood Hotel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Atour Lifestyle beats Candlewood Hotel on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Atour Lifestyle
Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, develops lifestyle brands around hotel offerings in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides hotel management services, including day-to-day management services of the hotels for the franchisees; and sells hotel supplies and other products. It also offers retail management service; investment management service; financial information service management; property management services; and software and technology services, as well as operates travel agency. Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
About Candlewood Hotel
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. operates, franchises, owns, and manages business-travel hotels. It offers studios, one-bedroom suites, and accommodations to mid-market business and personal travelers. Each hotel is equipped with an exercise room, a complimentary guest laundry facility, a dry cleaning drop, free local calls and long distance calls, and self-service packaged foods and beverages; and a free First Night Kit’ complete with items, such as coffee and popcorn. In addition, studio and one-bedroom suite offers amenities, such as two telephones, with two incoming direct dial lines and computer connections; an executive desk with a quad-outlet to accommodate office equipment needs, an executive chair, a bulletin board, a guest chair, and personalized remote accessible telephone mail; a television, video cassette player, and compact disc player; an iron and ironing board; and a kitchen. In addition, it operates recreational facilities, such as swimming pool and fitness center; a kitchen in every suite; a complimentary cooked to order’ breakfast; and a hospitality area for breakfast and socializing. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.
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