Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc

WH in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts franchises hotel brands rather than owning them, collecting fees from independent operators who run the properties under its names. Its portfolio spans budget and mid-tier brands such as Days Inn, Super 8 and La Quinta, reaching travellers across many countries. The company is based in Parsippany, New Jersey, and listed in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Wyndham sits outside our index framework but belongs to the lodging sleeve of the Consumer Cyclical sector in our universe, where it represents the franchise-fee side of hotel ownership rather than property operation.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with other hotel franchisors that collect fees rather than own real estate, such as Choice Hotels, and with larger branded operators like Marriott and Hilton.
Why Closelook tracks it
Wyndham holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no index seat of ours; the diary notes its chart moves without a scored read to lean on.
What the diary watches
Whether occupancy and franchise-fee growth stabilise as the chart sits well below its recent highs, and whether analyst targets keep drifting lower against the current price.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WH, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-09-10

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for WH from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 104 from 107 Target cut to $104 from $107 (+49.5% to spot) 2026-09-10

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Lodging · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Lodging · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WH on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.46%, quarterly · last 0.43 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What WH pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.70 USD per share · a 2.46% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +5.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.61 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.43 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.52 USD · 2025: 1.64 USD · 2026: 1.29 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-12

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH)?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc trades as WH on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is WH in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does WH trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.6% vs the 50-day and -11.6% vs the 200-day average, 23.4% below the 52-week high and +2.6% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 20 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc do?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts franchises hotel brands rather than owning them, collecting fees from independent operators who run the properties under its names. Its portfolio spans budget and mid-tier brands such as Days Inn, Super 8 and La Quinta, reaching travellers across many countries. The company is based in Parsippany, New Jersey, and listed in the United States. The comparison the market draws is with other hotel franchisors that collect fees rather than own real estate, such as Choice Hotels, and with larger branded operators like Marriott and Hilton.

Where does Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Wyndham sits outside our index framework but belongs to the lodging sleeve of the Consumer Cyclical sector in our universe, where it represents the franchise-fee side of hotel ownership rather than property operation. Wyndham holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no index seat of ours; the diary notes its chart moves without a scored read to lean on.

Does Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc pay a dividend?

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc has paid 1.70 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.46% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.43 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-09-10 (target 104 from 107). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WH, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Lodging, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.