5 companies · median 11 of 36 checks · prices as of 2026-09-08
Hotels 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 of 201 covered companies→There is real spread here - Las Vegas Sands (LVS) leads on 16 of 36 checks, PENN Entertainment (PENN) trails on 10, with a median of 11.
→MAR, HLT, LVS are 94% of the $195.3B we cover here, so a sector average says more about them than about the rest.
 Las Vegas SandsLVSRuns casino resorts in Macau and Singapore.ReportFact sheet | -0.9% | -16.3% | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16/36 |
 MarriottMARFranchises and manages hotels under Marriott, Sheraton, Westin and other brands.ReportFact sheet | -2.3% | +25.2% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13/36 |
 HiltonHLTFranchises and manages hotels under Hilton, Hampton, Waldorf Astoria and other brands.ReportFact sheet | -2.2% | +12.0% | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11/36 |
 MGM ResortsMGMRuns casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and regionally, plus BetMGM online.ReportFact sheet | -1.2% | +11.1% | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10/36 |
 PENN EntertainmentPENNRuns regional casinos and the ESPN Bet sportsbook.ReportFact sheet | -0.7% | -17.2% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10/36 |
Every filing behind this table closes on 2026-06-30; prices are the close of 2026-09-08. 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 analysis is where the hotel companies we cover come up short most often, at a median of 0 of 6, while Shareholder returns runs at 4. Every one of them fails all but one of the Trend analysis checks, so that axis separates nothing here.
| Value | ●●○○○○ | 2 of 6 |
| Growth | ●●○○○○ | 2 of 6 |
| Quality | ●●●○○○ | 3 of 6 |
| Health | ●○○○○○ | 1 of 6 |
| Shareholder returns | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Trend analysis | ○○○○○○ | 0 of 6 |
What a normal margin looks like here
sector percentiles · 23 filers→Operating margin clusters among hotel companies, from 8% to 22% across the middle of the field, with a midpoint of 16% measured over 23 filers.
| Metric | Bottom third | Midpoint | Top third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin n=23 | 8.4% | 15.9% | 21.8% |
| Net margin n=27 | 1.6% | 8.2% | 13.7% |
| Return on equity n=20 | 2.1% | 14.1% | 36.5% |
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→3 of 5 are up over twelve months and the median move is +11.1% - Marriott (MAR) at +25.2% against PENN Entertainment (PENN) at -17.2%. 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.