Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL) & Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) Head-To-Head Analysis

Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL) and Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.4% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.9% of Candlewood Hotel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Soho House & Co Inc.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Soho House & Co Inc.	-11.47%	N/A	-3.90%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Candlewood Hotel and Soho House & Co Inc., as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Candlewood Hotel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Soho House & Co Inc.	0	1	3	0	2.75

Soho House & Co Inc. has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.09%. Given Candlewood Hotel’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Candlewood Hotel is more favorable than Soho House & Co Inc..

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Soho House & Co Inc.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Soho House & Co Inc.	$1.14 billion	1.32	-$117.95 million	($0.70)	-11.00

Candlewood Hotel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Soho House & Co Inc..

Summary

Soho House & Co Inc. beats Candlewood Hotel on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Candlewood Hotel

Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. operates, franchises, owns, and manages business-travel hotels. It offers studios, one-bedroom suites, and accommodations to mid-market business and personal travelers. Each hotel is equipped with an exercise room, a complimentary guest laundry facility, a dry cleaning drop, free local calls and long distance calls, and self-service packaged foods and beverages; and a free First Night Kit’ complete with items, such as coffee and popcorn. In addition, studio and one-bedroom suite offers amenities, such as two telephones, with two incoming direct dial lines and computer connections; an executive desk with a quad-outlet to accommodate office equipment needs, an executive chair, a bulletin board, a guest chair, and personalized remote accessible telephone mail; a television, video cassette player, and compact disc player; an iron and ironing board; and a kitchen. In addition, it operates recreational facilities, such as swimming pool and fitness center; a kitchen in every suite; a complimentary cooked to order’ breakfast; and a hospitality area for breakfast and socializing. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

About Soho House & Co Inc.

Soho House & Co Inc. operates a global membership platform of physical and digital spaces that connects a group of members. The company helps the members to use the platform to work, socialize, connect, create, and flourish all over the world. The company was formerly known as Membership Collective Group Inc. and changed its name to Soho House & Co Inc. in March 2023. Soho House & Co Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.