Sonos vs Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
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I put Sonos and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Sonos is the larger business, with $1.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.4B for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts grew revenue faster (1.5%, against −4.9%).
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (28.1% operating margin, against −3.5%).
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts turned more of its sales into free cash flow (22.5% FCF margin, against 7.5%).
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (9.9%, against −23.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Sonos’s earnings: a P/E of 39.9x against 26.5x for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Sonos
SONO
1/10
Net debt / EBITDA
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
WH
8/10
Revenue growth5-year growthOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | SONO FY25 | WH FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.1B | $5.4B |
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.4B |
| Free cash flow | $108M | $321M |
| Net income | −$61.1M | $193M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −4.9% | 1.5% |
| 5-year growth | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| Share count change | −2.0% | −3.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.7% | — |
| Operating margin | −3.5% | 28.1% |
| Net margin | −4.2% | 13.5% |
| FCF margin | 7.5% | 22.5% |
| Return on capital | −23.8% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | −15.6% | 34.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$228M | $2.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −19.2x | 5.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $81.0M | $393M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 39.9x | 26.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.