IHT vs IHG vs MAR Stock Comparison

Innsuites Hospitality Trust, Intercontinental Hotels and Marriott International Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Marriott International leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Marriott International 7, Intercontinental Hotels 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIHTIHGMARLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.70M $25.62B $102.98B MAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.2x — 39.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 28.1x 34.4x IHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.7% — +4.7% MAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -15.3% — 9.6% MAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 25.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 37.2x — 3.3x MAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -21.4% +34.6% +45.5% MAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.2%/yr +19.1%/yr +19.8%/yr MAR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.5% 25.0% 27.3% IHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 18/100 — 48/100 MAR

Percentile Scorecard

IHTIHGMAR

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

AxisIHTIHGMAR
Valuation 11 #26 of 29 – 21 #23 of 29
Growth 20 #21 of 26 – 52 #13 of 26
Profitability 12 #23 of 26 – 64 #10 of 26
Financial Health 37 #20 of 31 – 43 #18 of 31
Shareholder Returns 11 #18 of 20 26 #15 of 20 58 #9 of 20
Overall 18 – 48
  • IHT ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • IHG ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • MAR 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

PeriodIHTIHGMARSPY
1 month -19.1%+5.8%+12.1% -0.8%
3 months -32.1%+4.9%+3.1% +3.5%
6 months -1.7%+16.1%+9.4% +7.0%
Year to date -14.9%+18.8%+27.2% +12.2%
1 year -21.4%+34.6%+45.5% +13.0%
3 years -8.8%+131.2%+113.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.0%+32.3%+28.7% +23.1%
5 years -69.5%+139.0%+147.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -21.2%+19.1%+19.8% +11.0%
10 years -49.3%+290.6%+491.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year -6.6%+14.6%+19.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIHTIHGMARSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.5%25.0%27.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.9%22.5%24.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.470.690.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.381.381.67 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.9%-35.2%-30.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.4%-3.9%-2.3% -1.8%
52-week high $1.85$174.13$404.00 $779.14
52-week low $1.00$121.46$260.58 $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.

MultipleIHTIHGMAR
P/E now vs peer median -9.2xmedian 18.8x —median 18.8x 40.3xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.5x —median 1.5x 3.8xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 83.1xmedian 15.2x —median 15.2x 24.1xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -14.5xmedian 16.1x —median 16.1x 32.9xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 2.5x -9.3xmedian 2.5x -22.7xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.38 —median 0.38 17.47median 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 monthsIHTIHGMAR
Revenue $7.59M – $26.90B
Gross profit – – $5.33B
Operating income -$551.16K – $4.25B
Net income -$1.25M – $2.59B
Free cash flow -$733.21K – $3.13B
EPS (diluted) $-0.12 – $9.78
Cash & equivalents $246.56K $825.00M $462.00M
Total debt $38.13M -$1.05B $16.92B
Shares (diluted) 9.35M 155.80M 264.50M
Enterprise value $10.05M $21.59B $101.03B

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
MetricIHTIHGMAR
P/E -9.2x – 40.3x
P/FCF -14.5x – 32.9x
P/Operating cash flow -37.4x – 27.6x
P/S 1.4x – 3.8x
P/B 3.9x -9.3x -22.7x
P/Tangible book 3.9x -9.3x -6.9x
EV/EBITDA 83.1x – 24.1x
EV/EBIT -35.0x – 28.1x
EV/Revenue 2.5x – 4.4x
EV/FCF -26.3x – 38.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -67.7x – 32.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 – 17.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIHTIHGMAR
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.7% – 4.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.6% – 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.3% – 9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -11.0% – 2.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.6% – 4.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -58.3% – -2.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.8% – 8.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -62.0% – 2.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 33.4% – 49.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.2% – 9.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.6% – 86.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -41.2% – 8.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIHTIHGMAR
Gross margin – – 19.8%
EBITDA margin 3.1% – 18.4%
Operating margin -7.3% – 15.8%
Pretax margin -12.8% – 12.9%
Net margin -15.3% – 9.6%
FCF margin -9.7% – 11.6%
Operating cash flow margin -3.8% – 13.9%
Return on equity -140.6% – –
Return on assets -9.1% – 9.2%
Return on invested capital – – 25.5%
Return on capital employed -4.5% – 21.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIHTIHGMAR
Debt / assets 64.8% -20.0% 60.2%
Debt / equity 3.3x 0.4x -3.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 37.2x – 3.3x
Debt / FCF -12.1x – 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 80.3% 157.0% 116.1%
Equity / assets 19.7% -57.0% -16.1%
Interest coverage -1.1x – 5.0x
Current ratio 1.3x -0.7x 0.5x
Quick ratio 1.2x -1.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x -0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – – 4.16

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIHTIHGMAR
Dividend yield 0.9% 1.1% 0.7%
Net buyback yield – – 3.4%
Shareholder yield 0.9% 1.1% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 28.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 23.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 13.2%

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.

ConsensusIHTIHGMAR
Forward P/E – 28.1xFY2026 34.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.95FY2026 $11.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +18.8%FY2026 +14.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.1% +22.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $5.25BFY2026 $26.29BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.1%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +17.5% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIHTIHGMAR
Held by institutions 3.3% 10.8% 61.3%
Institutions holding 13 319 1,751
Change in shares held, QoQ +37.0% +11.2% +3.1%
Institutions buying 4 188 860
Institutions selling 3 76 550
Buyers to sellers 1.33 2.47 1.56

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.

IHTIHGMAR
IHT 1.00 0.06 0.08
IHG 0.06 1.00 0.74
MAR 0.08 0.74 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IHT, IHG and MAR?

Marriott International (MAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) $10.70M, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) $25.62B, Marriott International (MAR) $102.98B.

Which company is growing faster?

Marriott International (MAR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) +1.7%, Marriott International (MAR) +4.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Marriott International (MAR) has the highest net margin (Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -15.3%, Marriott International (MAR) 9.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marriott International (MAR) returned the most: Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -21.4%, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) +34.6%, Marriott International (MAR) +45.5%. Over five years, Marriott International (MAR) compounded fastest (Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) -21.2%/yr, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) +19.1%/yr, Marriott International (MAR) +19.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) 0.00%, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) 0.00%, Marriott International (MAR) 0.01%. Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) and Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) has been the steadiest (Innsuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) 56.5%, Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) 25.0%, Marriott International (MAR) 27.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Marriott International (MAR) leads on 7. 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.