Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:VAC) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:VAC) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the eleven research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $68.5556.

Several analysts recently issued reports on VAC shares. Mizuho downgraded Marriott Vacations Worldwide from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $85.00 to $58.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide from $87.00 to $64.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 7th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide from $63.00 to $54.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSE:VAC opened at $68.02 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.34, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 3.48. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $62.72. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a 52-week low of $44.58 and a 52-week high of $86.33.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. Marriott Vacations Worldwide had a negative net margin of 6.12% and a positive return on equity of 11.77%. The company’s revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.86 EPS. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.050-7.800 EPS. Analysts expect that Marriott Vacations Worldwide will post 6.23 EPS for the current year.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 4th. Marriott Vacations Worldwide’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -34.52%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Marriott Vacations Worldwide by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,392,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $195,730,000 after purchasing an additional 234,105 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,950,309 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,820,000 after buying an additional 54,285 shares in the last quarter. Senvest Management LLC grew its position in Marriott Vacations Worldwide by 19.4% in the second quarter. Senvest Management LLC now owns 1,816,012 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,316,000 after acquiring an additional 294,937 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide by 37.4% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 788,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,051,000 after purchasing an additional 214,629 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ananym Capital Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Marriott Vacations Worldwide by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Ananym Capital Management LP now owns 736,947 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,514,000 after purchasing an additional 3,200 shares during the period. 89.52% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Company Profile

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, specializes in the development, marketing and management of vacation ownership resorts and related products. Originally launched as a division of Marriott International in 1984, the company became a separate publicly traded entity in 2011. Since then, it has expanded its offerings through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, establishing itself as a leading provider in the global timeshare industry.

The company’s core business activities include selling vacation ownership interests, managing a growing portfolio of branded resorts and operating a loyalty program that allows members to exchange or use points at affiliated properties.