ATAT vs IHG Stock Comparison

Atour Lifestyle Holdings and Intercontinental Hotels Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

4 decided of 12

Intercontinental Hotels leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Intercontinental Hotels 3, Atour Lifestyle Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionATATIHGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.54B $25.53B IHG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.0x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.7x 28.1x ATAT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +45.3% — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.8% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 73.2% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.0% +34.6% IHG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +19.1%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.9% 25.0% IHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 81/100 — –

Percentile Scorecard

ATATIHG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisATATIHG
Valuation 75 #8 of 29 –
Growth 96 #2 of 26 –
Profitability 100 #1 of 26 –
Financial Health 97 #2 of 31 –
Shareholder Returns 37 #13 of 20 26 #15 of 20
Overall 81 –
  • ATAT ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • IHG ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodATATIHGSPY
1 month +1.3%+5.8% -0.8%
3 months -2.7%+4.9% +3.5%
6 months -11.5%+16.1% +7.0%
Year to date -17.1%+18.8% +12.2%
1 year -18.0%+34.6% +13.0%
3 years +76.8%+131.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.9%+32.3% +23.1%
5 years —+139.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+19.1% +11.0%
10 years —+290.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+14.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureATATIHGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.9%25.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.2%22.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.740.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.461.38 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.9%-35.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.9%-3.9% -1.8%
52-week high $42.90$174.13 $779.14
52-week low $31.03$121.46 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleATATIHG
P/E now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 18.8x —median 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.5x —median 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.2x —median 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 16.1x —median 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 2.5x -9.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 0.38 —median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsATATIHG
Revenue $1.69B –
Gross profit $1.05B –
Operating income $402.22M –
Net income $539.47M –
Free cash flow $345.77M –
R&D $29.30M –
EPS (diluted) $2.03 –
Cash & equivalents $578.45M $825.00M
Total debt $115.44M -$1.05B
Shares (diluted) 139.77M 155.80M
Enterprise value $1.21B $21.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricATATIHG
P/E 16.0x –
P/FCF 13.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x –
P/S 2.7x –
P/B 9.1x -9.3x
P/Tangible book 9.1x -9.3x
EV/EBITDA – –
EV/EBIT 9.1x –
EV/Revenue 2.2x –
EV/FCF 10.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricATATIHG
Revenue growth (1Y) 45.3% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 55.5% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 50.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 72.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 55.3% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 86.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 53.1% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 93.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) 44.4% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 79.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 37.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 34.3% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricATATIHG
Gross margin 62.3% –
EBITDA margin – –
Operating margin 23.8% –
Pretax margin 24.3% –
Net margin 16.8% –
FCF margin 20.5% –
Operating cash flow margin 20.1% –
Return on equity 104.9% –
Return on assets 42.6% –
Return on invested capital 73.2% –
Return on capital employed 55.6% –
Asset turnover 1.3x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x –
Stock comp / revenue – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricATATIHG
Debt / assets 2.7% -20.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – –
Debt / FCF 0.1x –
Liabilities / assets 61.3% 157.0%
Equity / assets 38.7% -57.0%
Interest coverage 455.5x –
Current ratio 1.9x -0.7x
Quick ratio 1.7x -1.0x
Cash ratio 1.6x -0.4x
Altman Z-score 6.70 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricATATIHG
Dividend yield 2.8% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 0.0% –
Shareholder yield 2.7% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusATATIHG
Forward P/E 13.7xFY2026 28.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.39FY2026 $5.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.5%FY2026 +18.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.3% +12.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.03BFY2026 $5.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +44.7%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% +17.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersATATIHG
Held by institutions 56.9% 10.8%
Institutions holding 181 319
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.9% +11.2%
Institutions buying 104 188
Institutions selling 64 76
Buyers to sellers 1.63 2.47

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ATATIHG
ATAT 1.00 0.29
IHG 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ATAT and IHG?

Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) $4.54B, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) $25.53B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) returned the most: Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) -18.0%, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) +34.6%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) has been the steadiest (Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 38.9%, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) 25.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do ATAT and IHG move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.29, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, ATAT and IHG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.