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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: B, 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 37 points higher than the hotel industry average of 31.

ATAT passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Atour Lifestyle Holdings has seen its stock return 30.99% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 25 percentage points.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $36.80, an upside of 49.84% from Atour Lifestyle Holdings's current stock price of $24.56.

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

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 5 points higher than the hotel industry average of 31.

CHH passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Choice Hotels International has seen its stock return 7.65% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 2 percentage points.

Choice Hotels International has an average 1 year price target of $136.69, an upside of 5.81% from Choice Hotels International's current stock price of $129.19.

Choice Hotels International stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Choice Hotels International, 15.38% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.69% have issued a Buy, 38.46% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 38.46% have issued a Strong Sell.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) 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 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 7 points higher than the hotel industry average of 31.

WH passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock return 17.83% over the past year, overperforming other hotel stocks by 12 percentage points.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has an average 1 year price target of $109.52, an upside of 25.82% from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's current stock price of $87.05.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, 72.73% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 18.18% have issued a Buy, 9.09% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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 4.76%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.85%. 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 4.49%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the hotel industry average of 1.85%. 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 1.78%, which is the same as the hotel industry average of 1.85%. 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 2.52% in the last day, and up 6.24% over the last week. Hyatt Hotels was the among the top gainers in the lodging industry, gaining 3.62% yesterday.

Shares of travel-linked stocks are trading higher amid overall market strength following April's jobs data and reports that China's Commerce Ministry is assessing possible trade talks with the US. Better-than-feared jobs data and a potential trade deal could ease some concerns over consumer spending.

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 B. 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 17 points higher than the hotel industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Atour Lifestyle Holdings's stock has gained 30.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 25 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 3 points higher than the hotel industry average of 26. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Choice Hotels International's stock has gained 7.65% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 2 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 17 points higher than the hotel industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts's stock has gained 17.83% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel industry by 12 percentage points.

50% of hotel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect hotel stocks to rise by 12.36% 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), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 11.11% are rated F (Strong Sell).