5 companies · median 18 of 36 checks · prices as of 2026-10-23
Hotel stocks.
Sorted by how many checks each one passes. Sort by any column to see who is cheapest, who is growing, or who has the strongest balance sheet - and how that compares with what is normal for the industry.
Ranked by checks passed
5 companies in this sector→The hotel companies we cover score close together, from 14 to 19 of 36 checks, with a median of 18.
→MAR, HLT, LVS are 96% of the $211.9B we cover here, so a sector average says more about them than about the rest.
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 MarriottMARFranchises and manages hotels under Marriott, Sheraton, Westin and other brands.Report | -1.5% | +44.8% | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19/36 | |
 HiltonHLTFranchises and manages hotels under Hilton, Hampton, Waldorf Astoria and other brands.Report | -2.4% | +27.4% | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19/36 | |
 Las Vegas SandsLVSRuns casino resorts in Macau and Singapore.Report | -2.3% | -28.0% | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18/36 | |
 MGM ResortsMGMRuns casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and regionally, plus BetMGM online.Report | -4.9% | -14.1% | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14/36 | |
 PENN EntertainmentPENNRuns regional casinos and the ESPN Bet sportsbook.Report | -6.2% | -17.5% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14/36 |
The filings behind this table close between 2026-06-30 and 2026-09-30, because these companies do not share a fiscal calendar; prices are the close of 2026-10-23. Each name links to its full report; every score is a count of pass-or-fail checks read from that company's own filings.
Where the sector falls short
median score per axis→Trend is where the hotel companies we cover come up short most often, at a median of 0 of 6, while Value runs at 4.
| Value | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Growth | ●●●○○○ | 3 of 6 |
| Quality | ●●●○○○ | 3 of 6 |
| Financial health | ●○○○○○ | 1 of 6 |
| Shareholder returns | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Trend | ○○○○○○ | 0 of 6 |
What a normal margin looks like here
sector percentiles · 23 filers→Operating margin clusters among hotel companies, from 1% to 22% across the middle of the field, with a midpoint of 14% measured over 23 filers.
| Metric | Bottom third | Midpoint | Top third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin n=23 | 1.0% | 13.8% | 21.6% |
| Net margin n=27 | -3.1% | 4.6% | 12.5% |
| Return on equity n=21 | -9.0% | 6.3% | 39.7% |
Who grows, and who keeps it
every company in the industry→MAR, LVS, HLT do both: growing faster than this industry's middle and keeping more of each sale than it does. The industry's middle is 2% growth on a 14% margin. MGM does neither.
A year of price
not a fact about the business→2 of 5 are up over twelve months and the median move is -14.1% - Marriott (MAR) at +44.8% against Las Vegas Sands (LVS) at -28.0%. Price is not a fact about a business, and the Trend chapter of each report says what it is measured on.
Head to head
3 pairsThe table above gives the order. These put two of them in one column each, so you can see where the difference actually is.