Marriott Vacations beats Q3 adjusted EPS estimates, lifts FY guidance

By Reuters News


Overview

  • US vacation ownership firm's Q3 adjusted EPS rose 56%, exceeding analysts' expectations

  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 27%, but slightly missed expectations

  • Company raised full-year contract sales and adjusted EBITDA guidance despite hurricane impact


Outlook

  • Company raises full-year 2026 contract sales guidance to $2.120 bln-$2.140 bln from $2.080 bln-$2.115 bln

  • Company lifts full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $810 mln-$830 mln from $805 mln-$830 mln

  • Company raises full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $8.65-$9.15 from $8.25-$9.05


Result Drivers

  • CONTRACT SALES GROWTH - Q3 contract sales rose 29% year over year, driven by higher average transaction size and improved sales execution

  • LOWER PRODUCT COSTS - Vacation Ownership adjusted EBITDA growth was supported by lower average cost of products

  • SALES AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY - Segment adjusted EBITDA margin rose due to lower sales and marketing as a percentage of revenue and lower product cost rates


Company press release:


Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Adjusted EPS

Beat

$2.64

$2.57 (11 Analysts)

Q3 Net Income

$82 mln

Q3 Adjusted EBITDA

Slight Miss*

$216 mln

$216.95 mln (8 Analysts)

*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.


Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 8 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and 2 "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the hotels, motels & cruise lines peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation is $127.00, about 7.1% above its November 3 closing price of $118.59

  • The stock recently traded at 13 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 12 three months ago


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