Analyzing TUI (TUIFF) & Its Rivals

TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) is one of 385 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare TUI to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Dividends

TUI pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. TUI pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.6% and pay out 45.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for TUI and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TUI	0	1	1	0	2.50
TUI Competitors	3700	16850	24880	871	2.50

As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 71.11%. Given TUI’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TUI has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TUI and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TUI	N/A	N/A	26.45
TUI Competitors	$3.38 billion	$245.98 million	11.12

TUI’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than TUI. TUI is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares TUI and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A
TUI Competitors	-10.55%	-45.94%	1.82%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.6% of TUI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TUI rivals beat TUI on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

TUI Company Profile

TUI AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides tourism services worldwide. It operates hotels and resorts under the Royalton, Mora, RIU Hotels & Resorts, Robinson, TUI Blue, TUI Magic Life, Atlantica Hotels & Resorts, Grupotel, Iberotel, Akra Hotels, TUI Suneo, and AQI brands. The company is also involved in the tour operation and airlines businesses. In addition, it operates cruise ships under the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Marella brands. The company operates travel agencies and online portals; aircraft; and cruise ships. The company was formerly known as Preussag AG and changed its name to TUI AG in June 2002. TUI AG was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hanover, Germany.