* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Hyatt Hotels Corporation is a hotel company in the United States and internationally. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Cash : $593 M
Debt : $4,280 M
EBITDA : $732 M
Net Debt (Debt - Cash): $3,687 M
Since EBITDA cannot cover net debt within 3 years, Avoid This Stock.
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Consumer cyclical
Industry: Lodging
Based on industry, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Message: Cannot calculate PE Ratio since EPS is either 0 or negative.
Using default values for calculation.
Forward PE Ratio (using default values): 20.00
Since Forward PE Ratio is between 20 - 25, 2 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Using last 19 overlapping fiscal years (max 20).Average Free Cash Flow: $158 M
Average Revenue: $3,063 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): 5.1%
Since Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Revenue percentage is less than 15, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-12-31): $7,151 M
Revenue 5 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $780 M
Total Growth over 5 Years: 816.8%
5-Year Revenue CAGR (Historical): 55.8%
Forward 5-Year CAGR (Tapered): 27.9%
Since historical Revenue CAGR is greater than 20, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2025-12-31): $96 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2021-12-31): $104 M
Company is buying back its own shares, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.00
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.00
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.00
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $1
Payout Ratio: 0%
Dividend Yield: 0.30%
EPS is non-positive; payout ratio not meaningful. 0 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is less than 1, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Using last 19 valid ROE years (max 20).Average ROE: 5.8%
Since Average ROE is less than 10, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $198.95
52-Week Low: $127.11
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $146.18
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $18,772 M
Since Market Cap is between 10B - 100B, 2 points assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 3% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffett's Owners' Earnings:
Owners' Earnings (FCF/Share) (TTM ending 2026-03-31): $0.66
Owners' Earnings (FCF/Share, latest positive annual) (2025-12-31): $1.66
Note: Many fast-growing companies reinvest heavily, so Owners' Earnings may appear low.
Consider other factors in your valuation.
Value-Trade has assigned 17 points to above Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H) stock.
Heads up: One or more P/E inputs look exaggerated and may skew the blend.
• Last 8 Years Avg PE 38.62 (>2× median)
• Growth Based PE 50.00 (>2× median)
Further research is recommended; please use your own due diligence.
In such cases, multiplying earnings by the long-run average P/E typically gives a closer, more reliable fair value.
Last 8 Years Avg PE 38.62, Fair Value PE 12, Industry Based PE 15, Growth Based PE 50, RCFC Based PE 5.14, ROE Based PE 5.79, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS) 16.74. Based on these 7 values, average assigned is 20.47. The fair value of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H) stock cannot be calculated since EBITDA and EPS are either 0 or negative.
