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Marriott Vacations World / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Marriott Vacations Worldwide recently reported its financials for the first quarter of 2024, showcasing a series of developments that positions the company with both opportunities and challenges as it navigates through the year.</li><li>On the positive side, Marriott Vacations reported a robust occupancy rate of 90% during the first quarter, with a growth in contract sales by 3% (excluding Maui), supported by a 9% increase in first-time buyer tours.</li><li>The opening of a new resort in Waikiki later this year has seen strong initial reservations, signaling potential revenue growth and enhanced customer engagement in upcoming quarters.</li></ul>

Marriott Vacations Worldwide recently reported its financials for the first quarter of 2024, showcasing a series of developments that positions the company with both opportunities and challenges as it navigates through the year.On the positive side, Marriott Vacations reported a robust occupancy rate of 90% during the first quarter, with a growth in contract sales by 3% (excluding Maui), supported by a 9% increase in first-time buyer tours.The opening of a new resort in Waikiki later this year has seen strong initial reservations, signaling potential revenue growth and enhanced customer engagement in upcoming quarters.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation: Focused Development Efforts in International Markets! - Major Drivers

External reports (aggregated public sources), Value Investors Club

Value Investors Club

External reports (aggregated public sources)

<ul><li>Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) reported positive results on February 21st, 2024, indicating a potential turnaround for the company.</li><li>Despite a challenging year in 2023, VAC's issues were temporary and offer an opportunity to invest in a growing business with a 10%+ free cash flow yield.</li><li>VAC is a leisure-focused timeshare business with a strong presence in the vacation ownership market, owning upscale resort brands and deriving 35% of adjusted EBITDA from recurring sources.</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) reported positive results on February 21st, 2024, indicating a potential turnaround for the company.Despite a challenging year in 2023, VAC's issues were temporary and offer an opportunity to invest in a growing business with a 10%+ free cash flow yield.VAC is a leisure-focused timeshare business with a strong presence in the vacation ownership market, owning upscale resort brands and deriving 35% of adjusted EBITDA from recurring sources.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC) - Thursday, Feb 22, 2024

<ul><li>This is our first report on Marriott Vacations Worldwide.</li><li>On the positive side, contract sales across Europe and Asia Pacific increased by a notable 42% year-over-year proving the company's strong international growth.</li><li>Another positive aspect is the successful launch of the Hyatt Vacation Club brand and the new BEYOND program, which increased the number of travel offerings for Hyatt Vacation Club owners.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Marriott Vacations Worldwide.On the positive side, contract sales across Europe and Asia Pacific increased by a notable 42% year-over-year proving the company's strong international growth.Another positive aspect is the successful launch of the Hyatt Vacation Club brand and the new BEYOND program, which increased the number of travel offerings for Hyatt Vacation Club owners.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide: Initiation of Coverage - Global Expansion Explosion! The Secret Behind Their 40% Surge in International Sales! - Major Drivers

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

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Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Large-Cap indexes (S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and DJI) remain bullish, all hitting new all-time highs last week while continuing to find short-term support at their respective 20-day MAs.</li>
<li>Mid-Caps (S&amp;P 400, Russell Mid-Cap) starting another leg higher following breakouts from 2-month consolidations. Small-caps (S&amp;P 600, Russell 2000) are likely to follow in the footsteps of large- and mid-caps.</li>
<li>Small-Cap indexes have been consolidating for 2.5 months following the historic rally from late-October to late-December 2023, a healthy sign. We expect they are gearing-up for another similar move higher.</li>
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Large-Cap indexes (S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and DJI) remain bullish, all hitting new all-time highs last week while continuing to find short-term support at their respective 20-day MAs.
Mid-Caps (S&amp;P 400, Russell Mid-Cap) starting another leg higher following breakouts from 2-month consolidations. Small-caps (S&amp;P 600, Russell 2000) are likely to follow in the footsteps of large- and mid-caps.
Small-Cap indexes have been consolidating for 2.5 months following the historic rally from late-October to late-December 2023, a healthy sign. We expect they are gearing-up for another similar move higher.


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Marriott International / Technical Analysis

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<li>While we are not yet out of the woods, we are seeing several encouraging signals that indicate improving risk appetites.</li>
<li>Additionally, we are starting to see improvement within the Consumer Discretionary (hotels/resorts, casinos, leisure, cruises), Transportation (airlines), and Materials (metals/mining) Sectors -- we highlight several attractive stocks to buy.</li>
<li>The fact that more areas are becoming attractive (and not just Energy and Financials) is a step in the right direction for bulls.</li>
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While we are not yet out of the woods, we are seeing several encouraging signals that indicate improving risk appetites.
Additionally, we are starting to see improvement within the Consumer Discretionary (hotels/resorts, casinos, leisure, cruises), Transportation (airlines), and Materials (metals/mining) Sectors -- we highlight several attractive stocks to buy.
The fact that more areas are becoming attractive (and not just Energy and Financials) is a step in the right direction for bulls.


Risk Appetites Improving; Buying Cyclicals (Hotels/Resorts/Casinos, Metals/Mining)

United States

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation is a worldwide developer, marketer, seller and manager of vacation ownership resorts and vacation club, destination club and exchange programs, principally under the "Marriott" and "Ritz-Carlton" brands and trademarks, which we license from Marriott International and Ritz-Carlton.

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Marriott Vacations Worldwide: Initiation of Coverage - Global Expansion Explosion! The Secret Behind Their 40% Surge in International Sales! - Major Drivers

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Risk Appetites Improving; Buying Cyclicals (Hotels/Resorts/Casinos, Metals/Mining)

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