Playa Hotels & Resorts NVNASDAQ: PLYA

The Playa Hotels (PLYA) headline numbers provide a glimpse into the company's performance in the first quarter of 2024, but it could be beneficial to compare certain key metrics to Wall Street forecasts and last year's results.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Playa Hotels (PLYA) for the quarter ended December 2023 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (NASDAQ:PLYA ) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript November 3, 2023 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Ryan Hymel - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Wardinski - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Chad Beynon - Macquarie Patrick Scholes - Truist Securities Chris Woronka - Deutsche Bank Smedes Rose - Citi Tyler Batory - Oppenheimer Operator Good day, and welcome to the Playa Hotels & Resorts Third Quarter 2023 Conference Call.

Although the revenue and EPS for Playa Hotels (PLYA) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2023, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Playa Hotels & Resorts' revenue increased by 12.1%, while operating margin reached 20.1%. Recovery in the Jamaican and Mexican segments continues to support the company's revenue growth rate. I believe the company's shares are not cheaply priced, while I do not expect additional growth catalysts, so my recommendation is hold.

Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (NASDAQ:PLYA ) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 4, 2023 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Ryan Hymel - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Wardinski - President and Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Shaun Kelley - Bank of America Patrick Scholes - Truist Chris Woronka - Deutsche Bank Chad Beynon - Macquarie Tyler Batory - Oppenheimer Operator Good morning and welcome to the Playa Hotels & Resorts Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call.

Shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts NV PLYA, -6.53% dropped 6.6% toward a four-month low in afternoon trading Monday, in the wake of a double downgrade by BofA Securities analyst Shaun Kelley, who recommended investors sell. The stock has tumbled 13.7% amid an eight-day stretch in which it has declined seven times.

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