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Dan Wasiolek

Marriott’s Brand Advantage Benefits From a Healthy 1Q Travel Environment, but Shares Overvalued

Like its peers, narrow-moat Marriott is benefiting from a healthy travel environment with stable leisure trends and improving corporate travel. As a result, the company saw its first-quarter revPAR grow 3.6% versus 1%-3% guidance with North American and international up 2% (0%-2% guidance) and 7.5% (3%-5%), respectively. International strength was driven by both APAC and Caribbean/Latin America revPAR growth of 10% and 8.9%, respectively, both above the mid-single-digit lift Marriott expected fo...
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Marriott International Inc. Class A

Marriott International is a worldwide operator, franchisor, and licensor of hotel, residential and timeshare properties under various brand names at different price and service points. The company has operations in the following reportable business segments: North American Full-Service, which includes the company's Luxury and Premium properties located in United States and Canada; North American Limited-Service, which includes the company's Select properties located in United States and Canada; and Asia Pacific, which includes all properties in the company's Asia Pacific region.

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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Dan Wasiolek

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