Empowered Funds LLC Acquires 169 Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) by 2.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,846 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 169 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts were worth $791,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,747,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $136,533,000 after buying an additional 506,593 shares during the period. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 284,590.0% in the third quarter. TimesSquare Capital Management LLC now owns 284,690 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,246,000 after acquiring an additional 284,590 shares during the period. Copeland Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 133.1% during the third quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 409,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,985,000 after purchasing an additional 233,754 shares in the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its stake in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 31.5% during the 3rd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 476,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,238,000 after purchasing an additional 114,084 shares during the period. Finally, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 221.3% in the 3rd quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 148,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,584,000 after purchasing an additional 102,115 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on WH. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $116.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $114.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $90.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $107.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $110.30.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

NYSE:WH opened at $109.47 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.75, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.19, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $103.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $90.95. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a 1 year low of $67.67 and a 1 year high of $110.94.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.04. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 51.79% and a net margin of 18.29%. Equities analysts forecast that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.3 EPS for the current year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were given a $0.38 dividend. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.25%.

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 segments: Hotel Franchising, Hotel Management, and Corporate and Other. The Hotel Franchising segment focuses on licensing the company’s lodging brands and providing related services to third-party hotel owners and others.