IHG vs IHT vs XHR Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Hotels, Innsuites Hospitality Trust and Xenia Hotels & Resorts Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

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Xenia Hotels & Resorts leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Xenia Hotels & Resorts 6, Intercontinental Hotels 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIHGIHTXHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.94B $9.63M $1.95B IHG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -8.3x 512.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.5x — 353.2x IHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +1.7% +4.2% XHR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -15.3% 0.3% XHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 2.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 37.2x 5.5x XHR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.09% 0.97% 2.64% XHR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.6% -31.8% +65.3% XHR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.2%/yr -23.5%/yr +1.0%/yr IHG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.1% 55.9% 27.5% IHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 18/100 51/100 XHR

Percentile Scorecard

IHGIHTXHR

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

AxisIHGIHTXHR
Valuation – 10 #27 of 30 75 #38 of 146
Growth – 16 #22 of 26 24 #111 of 145
Profitability – 8 #24 of 26 39 #86 of 141
Financial Health – 41 #18 of 30 43 #84 of 146
Shareholder Returns 28 #14 of 19 17 #16 of 19 77 #32 of 136
Overall – 18 51
  • IHG ranked among 31 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • IHT ranked among 31 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • XHR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIHGIHTXHRSPY
1 month +9.5%-14.2%+17.3% -5.9%
3 months +10.2%-40.1%+7.3% -4.6%
6 months +19.6%-8.0%+25.8% +0.2%
Year to date +24.7%-23.1%+49.9% +7.5%
1 year +39.6%-31.8%+65.3% +8.2%
3 years +141.6%-13.4%+74.3% +68.3%
3 years, per year +34.2%-4.7%+20.4% +19.0%
5 years +141.0%-73.7%+5.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year +19.2%-23.5%+1.0% +9.4%
10 years +318.1%-50.5%+37.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +15.4%-6.8%+3.2% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureIHGIHTXHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.1%55.9%27.5% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.6%56.3%28.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.390.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.58-0.572.38 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.2%-75.9%-54.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.2%-44.3%-3.3% -5.9%
52-week high $175.98$1.85$21.91 $779.14
52-week low $124.66$1.00$12.82 $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.

MultipleIHGIHTXHR
P/E now vs peer median —median 23.4x -8.3xmedian 23.4x 512.2xmedian 26.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.5x 1.3xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.0x 78.7xmedian 15.0x 14.6xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 17.2x -13.1xmedian 17.2x 15.6xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median -9.7xmedian 2.5x 3.6xmedian 2.5x 1.7xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.36 0.13median 0.36 -9.41median 1.78

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 monthsIHGIHTXHR
Revenue – $7.59M $1.12B
Gross profit – – $350.24M
Operating income – -$551.16K $84.66M
Net income – -$1.25M $3.96M
Free cash flow – -$733.21K $125.46M
EPS (diluted) – $-0.12 $0.04
Cash & equivalents $825.00M $246.56K $161.40M
Total debt -$1.05B $8.89M $1.36B
Shares (diluted) 155.80M 9.35M 92.25M
Enterprise value $24.91B $5.04M $1.50B

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
MetricIHGIHTXHR
P/E – -8.3x 512.2x
P/FCF – -13.1x 15.6x
P/Operating cash flow – -33.8x 10.4x
P/S – 1.3x 1.7x
P/B -9.7x 3.6x 1.7x
P/Tangible book -9.7x 3.6x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA – 78.7x 14.6x
EV/EBIT – -33.1x 37.2x
EV/Revenue – 2.4x 2.8x
EV/FCF – -24.9x 25.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – -64.1x 16.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.13 -9.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIHGIHTXHR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 1.7% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.6% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 2.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 13.3% -17.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -11.0% -6.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 11.6% -93.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -58.3% -56.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 19.8% -93.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -62.0% -54.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 33.4% 1.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -30.2% 4.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 30.6% 92.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -41.2% 22.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIHGIHTXHR
Gross margin – – 31.3%
EBITDA margin – 3.1% 19.3%
Operating margin – -7.3% 7.6%
Pretax margin – -12.8% 0.5%
Net margin – -15.3% 0.3%
FCF margin – -9.7% 11.2%
Operating cash flow margin – -3.8% 16.8%
Return on equity – -140.6% 0.3%
Return on assets – -9.1% 0.1%
Return on invested capital – – 2.5%
Return on capital employed – -4.5% –
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.2x 47.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIHGIHTXHR
Debt / assets -20.0% 64.8% 49.7%
Debt / equity 0.4x 3.3x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 37.2x 5.5x
Debt / FCF – -12.1x 10.8x
Liabilities / assets 157.0% 80.3% 57.9%
Equity / assets -57.0% 19.7% 42.1%
Interest coverage – -1.1x 1.0x
Current ratio -0.7x 1.3x –
Quick ratio -1.0x 1.2x –
Cash ratio -0.4x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIHGIHTXHR
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.0% 2.6%
Net buyback yield – – 1.9%
Shareholder yield 1.1% 1.0% 4.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 0.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 32.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -71.9%

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.

ConsensusIHGIHTXHR
Forward P/E 29.5xFY2026 – 353.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.96FY2026 – $0.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.0%FY2026 – -90.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.9% – +950.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.25BFY2026 – $1.08BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.1%FY2026 – -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.5% – +9.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIHGIHTXHR
Held by institutions 10.8% 3.3% 95.2%
Institutions holding 321 13 300
Change in shares held, QoQ +11.2% +37.0% -2.2%
Institutions buying 190 4 161
Institutions selling 76 3 92
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.33 1.75

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.

IHGIHTXHR
IHG 1.00 0.04 0.54
IHT 0.04 1.00 0.05
XHR 0.54 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IHG, IHT and XHR?

Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) $28.94B, Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) $9.63M, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) $1.95B.

Which company is growing faster?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) +1.7%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) has the highest net margin (Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -15.3%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 0.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) returned the most: Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) +39.6%, Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -31.8%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +65.3%. Over five years, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) +19.2%/yr, Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -23.5%/yr, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +1.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) has the highest dividend yield: Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) 1.09%, Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) 0.97%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 2.64%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) 25.1%, Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) 55.9%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IHG, IHT and XHR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) leads on 6. 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.