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Dan Wasiolek
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Wyndham’s Acquisition of La Quinta Supports Its Brand Advantage and Aids Long-Term Growth

We see Wyndham’s $1.95 billion acquisition of La Quinta as a strategically strong fit that supports its intangible-asset driven narrow moat while also enhancing long-term growth, resulting in around a planned 10% increase to our existing $102 fair value estimate and leaving shares slightly overvalued.
Wyndham’s brand advantage is supported by La Quinta’s 13 million loyalty members taking the pro forma company to over 60 million members, placing it behind only narrow-moat companies Marriott (over...
Underlying
Travel + Leisure Co.

Wyndham Destinations is a vacation ownership and exchange company. The company provides everyday travelers the opportunity to own, exchange or rent their vacation experience. The company's operations are grouped into two segments: Vacation Ownership, which is a timeshare business with resorts and owners that develops and markets vacation ownership interests (VOIs) to individual consumers, provide consumer financing in connection with the sale of VOIs, and provides property management services at resorts; and Vacation Exchange, which operates the vacation exchange network with members, and has relationships with vacation ownership resorts located in various countries and territories.

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Morningstar
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.

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Dan Wasiolek

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