H Consumer Cyclical

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

$185.44-0.28%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 9, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Lodging
Country: United States
Market cap: 17.5B USD
Enterprise value: 20.0B USD
Full-time employees: 50,000

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.40 vs a peer median of 0.63), less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.62 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (1.29× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.40 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 0.62 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (1.29× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,427 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Returning more cash than it generates. Paid out $2.1B vs $1.2B of free cash flow over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.
Hyatt Hotels returned $2.1B to shareholders over three years, 172% of the free cash flow it produced. That gap has to be covered by cash reserves or new debt, which can't last indefinitely.
Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 3.2× reported profit.
Free cash flow is 3.2× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.
Thin margins. Operating margin 1.4% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 6.4%.Operating margin 1.4% vs peers 6.4%.
Hyatt Hotels keeps 1.4% of revenue as operating profit, less than most peers (median 6.4%), leaving less room if costs rise.
More volatile share price. Beta 1.40: tends to move more than the market.
Hyatt Hotels's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.40, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

18/ 100

Oct 5 18 → Nov 4 18

Valuation

Is the price right?

14/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EBITDA yield
▼ Earnings yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield0.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score -1.20Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield1.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -1.49Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield1.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.87Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield18.4%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

24/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth-81.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -2.86Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth3.2%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.17Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth5.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.32Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

20/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Turned profitable over the last 12 months

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC
▼ ROA

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin1.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.09Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets0.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.08Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital1.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.04Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin43.4%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity2.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Safety percentile 13 → 12

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Current ratio
▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.40

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.56Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio0.62×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.54Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity1.29×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.34Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Hyatt Hotels

Is Hyatt Hotels getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Jul 30, 2026) got stronger: turned profitable over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 18/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Hyatt Hotels valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 14/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. EBITDA yield 1.9% vs a peer median of 8.8% (weaker than 85% of peers).EBITDA yield 1.9% vs peers 8.8% (weaker than 85% of peers).
Is Hyatt Hotels growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 24/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings per share growth -81.9% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings per share growth -81.9% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How profitable is Hyatt Hotels?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 20/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 1.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 80% of peers).Operating margin 1.4% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 80% of peers).
How risky is Hyatt Hotels?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 0.62× vs a peer median of 1.48× (weaker than 92% of peers).Current ratio 0.62× vs peers 1.48× (weaker than 92% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Jul 30, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got stronger

Turned profitable over the last 12 months

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	7.1B USD	7.2B USD	+0.3%
Net income (12 months)	−34.0M USD	79.0M USD	turned positive
Operating margin	-0.3%	1.4%	+1.7 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	113.0M USD	252.0M USD	+123.0%
Debt	4.3B USD	4.3B USD	+0.0%
Cash	593.0M USD	537.0M USD	−9.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Lodging companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	2.1%	6.7%	2.8%	19.6%	-0.3%	▼ 20 pts
Net margin	-7.3%	7.7%	3.3%	19.5%	-0.7%	▼ 20 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-1.8%	3.7%	1.7%	9.7%	-0.4%	▼ 10 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-6.2%	12.3%	6.2%	36.5%	-1.6%	▼ 38 pts
Free cash flow margin	6.7%	8.0%	9.0%	7.0%	2.2%	▼ 4.7 pts
Current ratio	0.92×	0.68×	0.60×	0.83×	0.75×	▼ 9.9%
Quick ratio	0.92×	0.68×	0.59×	0.83×	0.75×	▼ 10.0%
Debt to equity	1.12×	0.85×	0.86×	1.07×	1.28×	▲ 20%
Interest coverage	0.39×	2.65×	1.28×	7.26×	-0.06×	▼ 101%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.40 vs a peer median of 0.63), less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.62 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (1.29× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.40 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 0.62 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (1.29× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,427 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Returning more cash than it generates. Paid out $2.1B vs $1.2B of free cash flow over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.

Hyatt Hotels returned $2.1B to shareholders over three years, 172% of the free cash flow it produced. That gap has to be covered by cash reserves or new debt, which can't last indefinitely.

Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 3.2× reported profit.

Free cash flow is 3.2× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.

Thin margins. Operating margin 1.4% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 6.4%.Operating margin 1.4% vs peers 6.4%.

Hyatt Hotels keeps 1.4% of revenue as operating profit, less than most peers (median 6.4%), leaving less room if costs rise.

More volatile share price. Beta 1.40: tends to move more than the market.

Hyatt Hotels's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.40, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about Hyatt Hotels

Is Hyatt Hotels getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Jul 30, 2026) got stronger: turned profitable over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 18/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Hyatt Hotels valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 14/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. EBITDA yield 1.9% vs a peer median of 8.8% (weaker than 85% of peers).EBITDA yield 1.9% vs peers 8.8% (weaker than 85% of peers).

Is Hyatt Hotels growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 24/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings per share growth -81.9% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings per share growth -81.9% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How profitable is Hyatt Hotels?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 20/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Operating margin 1.4% vs a peer median of 6.4% (weaker than 80% of peers).Operating margin 1.4% vs peers 6.4% (weaker than 80% of peers).

How risky is Hyatt Hotels?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 0.62× vs a peer median of 1.48× (weaker than 92% of peers).Current ratio 0.62× vs peers 1.48× (weaker than 92% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

7.1B USD

7.2B USD

+0.3%

Net income (12 months)

−34.0M USD

79.0M USD

turned positive

Operating margin

-0.3%

1.4%

+1.7 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

113.0M USD

252.0M USD

+123.0%

Debt

4.3B USD

4.3B USD

+0.0%

Cash

593.0M USD

537.0M USD

−9.4%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

2.1%

6.7%

2.8%

19.6%

-0.3%

▼ 20 pts

Net margin

-7.3%

7.7%

3.3%

19.5%

-0.7%

▼ 20 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-1.8%

3.7%

1.7%

9.7%

-0.4%

▼ 10 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-6.2%

12.3%

6.2%

36.5%

-1.6%

▼ 38 pts

Free cash flow margin

6.7%

8.0%

9.0%

7.0%

2.2%

▼ 4.7 pts

Current ratio

0.92×

0.68×

0.60×

0.83×

0.75×

▼ 9.9%

Quick ratio

0.92×

0.68×

0.59×

0.83×

0.75×

▼ 10.0%

Debt to equity

1.12×

0.85×

0.86×

1.07×

1.28×

▲ 20%

Interest coverage

0.39×

2.65×

1.28×

7.26×

-0.06×

▼ 101%