Comparing InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) & Membership Collective Group (NYSE:MCG)

InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG – Get Rating) and Membership Collective Group (NYSE:MCG – Get Rating) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for InterContinental Hotels Group and Membership Collective Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

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	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterContinental Hotels Group	0	3	9	0	2.75
Membership Collective Group	1	1	6	0	2.63

Membership Collective Group has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.72%. Given Membership Collective Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Membership Collective Group is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares InterContinental Hotels Group and Membership Collective Group's revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InterContinental Hotels Group	$2.91 billion	3.56	$266.00 million	N/A	N/A
Membership Collective Group	$560.55 million	0.68	-$265.39 million	($1.55)	-4.10

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Membership Collective Group.

Profitability

This table compares InterContinental Hotels Group and Membership Collective Group's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterContinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Membership Collective Group	-34.61%	-1,577.30%	-9.78%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.3% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Membership Collective Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

InterContinental Hotels Group beats Membership Collective Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InterContinental Hotels Group

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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC owns, manages, franchises, and leases hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Greater China. The company operates hotels under the Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo, EVEN Hotels, HUALUXE, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, avid, Staybridge Suites, Atwell Suites, Candlewood Suites, voco, and Crowne Plaza. It also provides IHG Rewards loyalty program. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 5,991 hotels and 880,327 rooms in approximately 100 countries. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was founded in 1777 and is headquartered in Denham, the United Kingdom.

About Membership Collective Group

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Membership Collective Group Inc. operates a global membership platform of physical and digital spaces that connects members worldwide. The company's members use the MCG platform to work and socialize, connect, create, and have fun. As of January 2, 2022, it served approximately 155,800 members through a portfolio of 33 Soho Houses, 9 Soho Works clubs, The Ned in London, Soho Home, and Scorpios Beach Club in Mykonos, as well as digital channels. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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