Hotel Down Wednesday; Marriott Q3 Outlook Below Views

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Many hotel stocks trended down Wednesday after Marriott International Inc.
MAR
missed second-quarter revenue expectations by 1.4 percent. http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/14/07/n4739172/marriott-international-reports-second-quarter-results The company beat the top-line consensus by nearly 6 percent and offered a third-quarter outlook in line with views. But that didn't prevent its shares from opening sharply lower Wednesday. In the year to date, Marriott shares have gained more than 31 percent, leading Morgan Stanley's Thomas Allen to maintain an Equal Weight rating. Allen sees the recent quarter and outlook as generally positive although he noted the 5.8 percent growth in its key revenue per available room metric was slightly below his estimate. Marriott traded recently down 1.6 percent at $64.64. Other stocks in the sector followed suit. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
HLT
fell more than 2 percent to $24.45; InterContinental Hotels
IHG
declined 1.5 percent to $40.80 and Choice Hotels International dropped 1.3 percent to $47.65. Starwood Hotels
HOT
last week saw its shares plunge when it offered a third-quarter outlook below the consensus, although results for the recent period topped estimates. Starwood was down 0.4 percent Wednesday. I
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