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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $80.76 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 23 Jul 2026 and 30 Apr 2026
Net income up 67.2% on the previous quarter. Management sounded about as positive as a typical company call, in its script and in answers to analysts.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
+67.2%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Outlook given
Net income 102.0M vs 61.0M
Revenue +14.7%
Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +17.2% — part of the move on last quarter is seasonal.
2 · How management spoke
Typical
More upbeat than 53% of company calls
Answers to analysts: typical, in line with the script.
Last call it was different: the answers were more upbeat than the script.
3 · What stood out
Figure
The company ended the quarter with approximately $1 billion in total liquidity and a net leverage ratio of 3.5x, which remained as expected.
Valuation
Is Wyndham Hotels & Resorts undervalued?
Reverse DCF. Free cash flow from the last full fiscal year (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At −1.6% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $9.06 a share — the stock trades 791% above it. Today's price assumes 11.7% growth a year.
Current price
$80.76
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+11.7% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$9.06
Buy below
$6.79
Price vs fair value
Overvalued >200%
Price vs buy-below price
Overvalued >200%
Read between the lines
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Guidance
The company will revisit the deferral of revenue as it enters into franchise agreements with new operators for the subset of Revo rooms it expects to retain.
Source quote
“We plan to enter into franchise agreements with the new operators for the subset of Revo rooms we expect to retain and we'll revisit the deferral of revenue...”
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Guidance
The company expects the majority of remaining year-over-year comparable adjusted EBITDA growth to occur in the fourth quarter because of the lapping of one-time items.
Source quote
“From a cadence perspective, we expect the majority of the remaining year-over-year comparable adjusted EBITDA growth to occur during the fourth quarter, primarily due to the lapping of one-time...”
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Fading
Majority of remaining profit growth will come in Q4 as last year's one-time costs drop away.
Source quote
“We've just we're very proud of what our Chief Development Officer over there, Bill Wang and his team's significant growth...”
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Fading
The company reported record openings in the U.S. last year, which underscores the performance and strength of its brands despite the RevPAR backdrop.
Source quote
“I think you were asking about, I think, Ben, about net rooms Yes. I think if you look at it, the even last year with the RevPAR backdrop that we had we had record openings in the U.S., just kind of underline the strength of our brands and the performance.”
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.
Script and answers carried a similar tone, so the script's message held up under questioning.
Sentences that drove the tone
“And on top of all of that leisure demand for the rest of the year and the infrastructure business for us continues to improve on really strong private sector growth...”
“We delivered comparable growth in adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS, maintained strong liquidity and disciplined leverage and continue to return excess capital to shareholders while investing selectively in high-return development...”
“Adjusted diluted EPS for the quarter was $1.48, a 3% increase on a comparable basis, reflecting growth in adjusted EBITDA and the benefit of share repurchase activity, partially offset by...”
Full figures
USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-06-30)
| Metric | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 | Change | Q2 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 375.0M | 327.0M | +14.7% | 397.0M | −5.5% |
| Operating income | 174.0M | 114.0M | +52.6% | 150.0M | +16.0% |
| Net income | 102.0M | 61.0M | +67.2% | 87.0M | +17.2% |
| EPS | 1.36 | 0.80 | +70.0% | 1.13 | +20.4% |
| P/E today 25.8 | 30.5 | 32.2 | −1.7 | 19.1 | +11.4 |
Topics
Most discussed now
- RevPAR growth trajectory is going to look like this year.
- About 10% of the $60 billion of tax refunds will be spent on travel.
- What Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is most excited about and what it has moved to your point from pilots to really meaningful benefit for its...
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' focus remains to serve those guests end-to-end for the best booking experience and drive increased direct…
- Half, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts alwayses expect to have higher deletions and lower openings.
Faded since Q1 2026
- Dropped Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' internal consumer research shows that its middle-income guests continue to express a higher intent to travel this…
- Dropped As Wyndham Hotels & Resorts put more sellers on the street to sell new brands like its premium economy [indiscernible] brand that has...
- Dropped Its plan is to stabilize and improve profitability of these 2 assets as Wyndham Hotels & Resorts kinds of explore strategic options for...
- Fading Wyndham Hotels & Resorts saw nongovernment infrastructure pick up oil and gas pickup.
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first.
- Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Shareholder vote results; Other events · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Material agreement; New financial obligation · SEC 8-K
- Other events · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Other events · SEC 8-K