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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 11 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: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) has a Due Diligence Score of 67, which is 35 points higher than the hotel industry average of 32.

ATAT passed 27 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Atour Lifestyle Holdings has seen its stock return 53% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 46 percentage points.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $48.50, an upside of 16.03% from Atour Lifestyle Holdings's current stock price of $41.80.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Atour Lifestyle Holdings, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) is the #2 top hotel stock out of 11 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 H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 15 points higher than the hotel industry average of 32.

HTHT passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. H World Group has seen its stock return 48.09% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 41 percentage points.

H World Group has an average 1 year price target of $52.00, an upside of 5.86% from H World Group's current stock price of $49.12.

H World Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering H World Group, 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.

Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) is the #3 top hotel stock out of 11 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: C, and AI: C.

Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -1 points lower than the hotel industry average of 32.

IHG passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Intercontinental Hotels Group has seen its stock return 14.25% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 7 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:

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) has an annual dividend yield of 3.62%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.32%. H World Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three 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 98.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) has an annual dividend yield of 1.87%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.32%.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 28.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.56%, which is the same as the hotel industry average of 1.32%. 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 36.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Hotel stocks were up 1.13% in the last day, and up 3.13% over the last week.

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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:

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

Choice Hotels International has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the hotel industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Choice Hotels International's stock has dropped -31.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by -39 percentage points.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) 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.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the hotel industry average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's stock has dropped -21.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by -29 percentage points.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (NASDAQ:ATAT) 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.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the hotel industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings's stock has gained 53% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 46 percentage points.

42.86% of hotel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect hotel stocks to rise by 1.27% 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), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 22.22% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).