Earnings From Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice


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Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels reported earnings. Hyatt saw great strength in Europe thanks to the Olympics and in China, too. Wyndham become more optimistic about the year. Choice struggled. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

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Out of the earnings reports in the past 24 hours, Hyatt and Hilton Grand Vacations had the best response, Wyndham's was muted, and Choice Hotels got the big raspberry from Wall Street, taking the stock down 13% this morning. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' results were in line to do better than expected, depending on which analyst report you were reading. Most agreed that WH was guiding conservatively again, and they continued buying back stock, $51 million worth in the first quarter. Hyatt's results were good, their guidance was maintained, and they bought back $135 million worth of stock. This may have been a better-than-feared result reaction given its Middle East and Mexico exposure. Choice Hotels missed estimates, maintained its NUG guidance, which is above estimates, and said it still expects RevPAR growth of -2% to +1% in 2026, despite comi