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Best Hotel Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top hotel stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best hotel stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best lodging stocks to buy right now are:

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) is the #1 top hotel stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) has a Due Diligence Score of 68, which is 38 points higher than the hotel industry average of 30.

ATAT passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Atour Lifestyle Holdings has seen its stock return 55.25% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 47 percentage points.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $36.80, an upside of 29.53% from Atour Lifestyle Holdings's current stock price of $28.41.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Atour Lifestyle Holdings, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) is the #2 top hotel stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: F, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 6 points higher than the hotel industry average of 30.

CHH passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Choice Hotels International has seen its stock return 4.81% over the past year, underperforming other hotel stocks by -3 percentage points.

Choice Hotels International has an average 1 year price target of $138.58, an upside of 14.29% from Choice Hotels International's current stock price of $121.26.

Choice Hotels International stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Choice Hotels International, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 8.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 41.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) is the #3 top hotel stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is equal to the hotel industry average of 30.

IHG passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Intercontinental Hotels Group has seen its stock return 17.49% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 9 percentage points.

Out of 8 hotel stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 hotel stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Greentree Hospitality Group (NYSE:GHG) has an annual dividend yield of 4.95%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.86%. Greentree Hospitality Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Greentree Hospitality Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Greentree Hospitality Group's dividend payout ratio of 67.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) has an annual dividend yield of 4.35%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.86%. H World Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. H World Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

H World Group's dividend payout ratio of 119.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.84%, which is the same as the hotel industry average of 1.86%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout ratio of 36.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Hotel stocks were up 0.83% in the last day, and up 3.81% over the last week. Marriott International was the among the top gainers in the lodging industry, gaining 1.29% yesterday.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 adjusted EPS results and raised its FY25 adjusted EPS guidance.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued hotel stocks right now are:

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) is the most undervalued hotel stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the hotel industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings's stock has gained 55.25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 47 percentage points.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) is the second most undervalued hotel stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Choice Hotels International has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the hotel industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Choice Hotels International's stock has gained 4.81% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by -3 percentage points.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) is the third most undervalued hotel stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the hotel industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's stock has gained 16.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 8 percentage points.

50% of hotel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect hotel stocks to rise by 11.14% over the next year.

0% of hotel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of hotel stocks are rated B (Buy), 77.78% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).