How comparing works here

How do I compare two companies?

Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.

Can I compare an ETF with a stock?

Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.

Side by side

Compare

Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.

Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.

Relative performance

Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%

Loading price history…

Side by side

Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricHLTHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.BKNGBooking Holdings Inc.ABNBAirbnb, Inc.MARMARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC /MD/Median of the restexcluding HLT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$362.25▲ 2.96 (0.82%)
$161.10▲ 2.72 (1.72%)
$175.76▲ 2.07 (1.19%)
$396.80▼ 7.20 (1.78%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/108.7/109.0/107.3/108.7/10
Market value$83.47B$121.05B$107.74B$105.50B
Revenue$12.04B$26.92B$12.24B$26.19B
Profit$1.46B$5.40B$2.51B$2.60B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.7.7%13.4%10.3%4.3%10.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——83.0%—83.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.22.4%32.8%20.8%15.8%20.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.12.1%20.1%20.5%9.9%20.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.16.8%33.8%—10.0%21.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-27.0%-96.9%30.6%-69.0%-69.0%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.31.3%—56.0%—56.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.57.29x22.40x42.91x40.56x40.56x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.33.07x12.97x40.29x24.82x24.82x
Price to book-15.49x-21.70x13.14x-27.98x-21.70x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-4.11x-6.25x1.71x-8.30x-6.25x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/86/86/97/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafegreygrey

How HLT compares with the others

  • HLT's operating margin of 22.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (20.8%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 7.7% against 10.3%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 57.3x against 40.6x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -4.1x against -6.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.