Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H) Stock

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $191.02 (as of 2026-07-15), with a market capitalization of $18.51B and a trailing P/E of 2056.2. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation operates as a hospitality company in the United States and internationally. It operates through Owned and Leased Hotels, Americas Management and Franchising, ASPAC Management and Franchising, EAME/SW Asia Management and Franchising, and Apple Leisure Group segments. The company manages, franchises, licenses, owns, and leases portfolio of properties, consisting of full-service hotels, select service hotels, resorts, and other properties, including timeshare, fractional, residential, vacation, and condominium units. It operates its properties under the Park Hyatt, Miraval, Grand Hyatt, Alila, Andaz, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, Destination, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt, Thompson Hotels, Hyatt Centric, Joie de Vivre, Caption by Hyatt, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara, UrCove, Hyatt Residence Club, Hyatt Residences, Hyatt Resorts, Secrets Resorts & Spas, Dreams Resorts & Spas, Breathless Resorts & Spas, Zoetry Wellness & Spa Resorts, Alua Hotels & Resorts, and Sunscape Resorts & Spas brands. As of March 31, 2022, the company's hotel portfolio consisted of approximately 540 hotels comprising 113,000 rooms worldwide. It primarily serves corporations; national, state, and regional associations; specialty market accounts, including social, government, military, educational, religious, and fraternal organizations; travel agency and luxury organizations; and a group of individual consumers. The company also operates World of Hyatt loyalty program which rewards points that can be redeemed for hotel nights and other rewards. Hyatt Hotels Corporation was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Understand Hyatt Hotels Corporation: how it makes money

Hyatt operates hotel and resort properties, earning money by managing, franchising, licensing, and operating owned and leased hotels, and it also runs Apple Leisure Group, which provides vacation distribution and destination management services.

Hyatt’s profit engine is fees and other revenue tied to hotel management, franchising, and licensing, alongside revenue from owned and leased properties, with Apple Leisure Group as a separate hospitality and vacation distribution contributor.

Business quality (Weak): We can clearly identify Hyatt’s business model and the operating KPIs shown (loyalty members, pipeline rooms, open hotels), but the provided data does not include a clean, mutually exclusive revenue breakdown by Hyatt’s official reportable segments.

Bull case

  • Large loyalty footprint provides a steady customer base signal: World of Hyatt loyalty program members are 61,000,000.
  • Growth visibility through the development pipeline: Development pipeline rooms are 141,000, and executed management and franchise contracts pipeline is 151,000.
  • Ongoing scale expansion shown in the hotel count change: Open hotels and resorts are 1,500, and net rooms added are 4,600.

Bear case

  • Operating profitability is not high: Operating margin is 3.3% for the latest reported period.
  • Some demand pressure is indicated for a specific business line: Business transient Revenue per Available Room (United States) declined by 1.5%.
  • Pipeline and contract metrics may not convert into revenue on the same timeline: The metrics reported are pipeline counts (development pipeline rooms, executed management and franchise contracts pipeline), which may face timing or execution risk before they translate into hotel operations.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$191.02
Market Cap$18.51B
P/E Ratio2056.2
EV / EBITDA47.9
Price / Book5.21
Price / Sales2.62
FCF Yield0.7%
DCF Value (model)$86.42
DCF Upside vs Price-54.8%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$7.10B
Net Margin-0.7%
Revenue Growth (YoY)136.3%
EPS Growth (YoY)-63.8%
FCF Growth (YoY)28.3%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.87 (grey)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E2056.2
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)21.6
Industry P/E (Restaurants, Hotels & Motels)26.1
vs Sector9436.7%
vs Industry7773.4%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBAMCO INC /NY/ ($911.87M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)2
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryRestaurants, Hotels & Motels
CEOJames K. Chu
Employees52,000
CountryUS
IPO Date2009-11-05

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Data as of 2026-07-15.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.