Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. had return on equity of 34.5%, an operating margin of 28.1%, debt equal to 547.0% of equity and a current ratio of 0.86. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.2% | 19.5% | 15.1% | 15.0% | −3.5% | 28.5% | 37.2% | 36.0% | 35.2% | 28.1% | 29.3% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 18.0% | 8.7% | 7.6% | −10.2% | 15.6% | 23.7% | 20.7% | 20.5% | 13.5% | 14.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.5% | 18.1% | 8.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 24.9% | 24.0% | 24.3% | 17.1% | 22.5% | 22.8% |
| Return on equity | 16.2% | 19.6% | 12.1% | 11.9% | −12.1% | 23.8% | 34.6% | 33.8% | 41.4% | 34.5% | 42.8% |
| Return on assets | 8.8% | 11.1% | 4.6% | 3.3% | −2.9% | 5.5% | 8.5% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Asset turnover | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.81 | 1.23 | 1.08 | 2.60 | 1.81 | 1.34 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 14.6% | 151.0% | 175.1% | 269.7% | 191.4% | 215.9% | 295.0% | 378.9% | 547.0% | 574.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | 41.5x | 4.7x | 3.1x | n/m | 4.8x | 7.0x | 4.9x | 4.0x | 2.9x | 3.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 40.1% | 5.3% | 27.4% | 24.2% | — | 27.2% | 25.4% | 27.4% | 21.5% | 26.6% | 28.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 126.1% | 100.9% | 97.5% | 31.8% | — | 159.4% | 101.4% | 117.3% | 83.4% | 166.3% | 163.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 47.5% | 71.3% | — | 33.6% | 32.7% | 40.8% | 42.2% | 65.8% | 63.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.0% | 122.8% | 708.0% | 302.9% | 48.6% | 156.7% | 150.7% | 179.3% | 122.4% | 111.5% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 37.8% | 35.4% | 37.8% | 46.6% | −10.8% | 34.9% | 46.4% | 42.0% |
| Net margin | 24.9% | 19.3% | 21.9% | 27.5% | −18.0% | 18.7% | 27.2% | 24.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 32.0% | 16.5% | 14.6% | 19.6% | 40.7% | 10.7% | 20.5% | 20.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.16 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| Debt to equity | 372.3% | 428.8% | 444.2% | 442.9% | 537.4% | 587.7% | 552.5% | 569.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $504m of assets due within a year against $498m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $504m short-term assets against $3.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $71m of cash against $2.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 569% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 178% to 569% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $378m of operating cash flow against $2.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $424m against $143m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 5 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.6% of total assets over 9 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 29.3%; its worst year was 2.4%.
- Cash conversion 19 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 18.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 19.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.1% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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