Uncommon Cents Investing LLC Sells 150 Shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH)

Uncommon Cents Investing LLC trimmed its position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) by 3.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,668 shares of the company’s stock after selling 150 shares during the quarter. Uncommon Cents Investing LLC’s holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts were worth $470,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Trust Co. of Vermont raised its stake in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 434.8% in the fourth quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 246 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. bought a new position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts during the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 86.4% during the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 76.9% during the third quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 467 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 203 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts by 72.7% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 399 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Wyndham Hotels & Resorts news, insider Scott R. Strickland sold 2,850 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.14, for a total transaction of $251,199.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 26,062 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,297,104.68. This represents a 9.86 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen P. Holmes sold 80,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.01, for a total transaction of $7,280,800.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 366,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $33,343,424.71. The trade was a 17.92 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 97,850 shares of company stock worth $8,881,849. 2.79% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on WH. StockNews.com raised shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $92.00 to $107.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $99.00 to $113.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Oppenheimer upped their price target 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. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $108.10.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock opened at $103.32 on Monday. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $67.67 and a fifty-two week high of $105.16. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $99.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $86.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.19, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 0.97. The stock has a market cap of $8.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.80, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.30.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $396.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $408.32 million. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 51.79% and a net margin of 18.29%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.31 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will post 4.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.38 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.47%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.