Travel + Leisure (TNL): Valuation Check After Quarterly Earnings Beat and 16% Share Price Jump

Simply Wall St · 2d ago

Travel + Leisure (TNL) has been on investors’ radar after quarterly results beat expectations on both revenue and adjusted operating income, helping lift the stock roughly 16% over the past month.

See our latest analysis for Travel + Leisure.

That upbeat earnings surprise has slotted neatly into a strong year for Travel + Leisure, with a roughly 44% year to date share price return and a robust three year total shareholder return above 130%. This signals that investors see momentum building as execution improves and financing costs ease following the recent term loan repricing.

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With shares already near analyst targets and screens flagging the stock as undervalued on intrinsic metrics, the key question now is whether TNL still offers a genuine buying opportunity or if markets are already pricing in the next leg of growth.

Most Popular Narrative: 3.6% Undervalued

With Travel + Leisure last closing at $71.69 against a most popular narrative fair value of $74.33, the storyline leans toward continued upside from here.

The strong and growing pipeline of predictable, recurring revenue from owner upgrades, management fees, and financing activity (with 75% of revenue recurring), along with a $20 billion ten year revenue pipeline, underpins dependable free cash flow generation and earnings stability for future periods.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how steady growth, expanding margins and a restrained future earnings multiple can still support a higher value than today’s price, even after the rally? The full narrative lays out the cash flow roadmap and the valuation math behind it, step by step, in a way headline multiples alone do not capture.

Result: Fair Value of $74.33 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, persistent headwinds in Travel and Membership, along with heavy reliance on US vacation ownership, could derail growth if competitive and demographic pressures intensify.

Find out about the key risks to this Travel + Leisure narrative.

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