How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.

The fear of missing out, or FOMO, also plays a factor in investing, especially with particular tech giants, as well as popular consumer-facing stocks.

What if you'd invested in Marriott International (MAR Quick QuoteMAR - Free Report) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to MAR for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?

Marriott International's Business In-Depth

With that in mind, let's take a look at Marriott International's main business drivers.

Marriott International, Inc. is a leading hospitality company focused on hotel management, franchising and licensing. The company operates across the U.S. & Canada, Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Greater China and Asia Pacific, excluding China, with the Caribbean & Latin America included in the unallocated corporate and other segment reporting. Marriott earns franchise fees, base management fees and incentive management fees, and it also earns fees tied to its co-branded credit card programs and residential branding.

As of June 30, 2026, Marriott’s system totaled more than 10,000 properties with nearly 1,814,000 rooms across 148 countries and territories. The portfolio is primarily franchised, licensed or other, with a smaller managed base and limited owned and leased exposure. The company added roughly 17,900 net rooms in the second quarter of 2026, including about 11,000 in international markets. Net rooms grew 4.5% from the end of the second quarter of 2025.

At second-quarter end, Marriott’s worldwide development pipeline totaled 4,186 properties with approximately 629,000 rooms. The pipeline included 1,757 properties with more than 279,000 rooms under construction, including hotels pending conversion. More than half of pipeline rooms were outside the U.S. & Canada. 

Marriott Bonvoy had more than 295 million members at the end of June 2026. The company executed long-term U.S. co-branded credit card agreements with JPMorgan Chase and American Express. Marriott is also executing a multi-year technology transformation across hotels and digital channels.

Marriott groups its brands across several tiers. Luxury includes JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis, as well as W Hotels, The Luxury Collection, EDITION and Bvlgari. Premium includes Marriott Hotels, Sheraton, Delta Hotels and Marriott Executive Apartments, as well as Westin, Renaissance, Le Méridien, Autograph Collection, Gaylord Hotels, Tribute Portfolio and Design Hotels. Select includes Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield by Marriott, SpringHill Suites, Four Points, TownePlace Suites and Protea Hotels, plus Aloft, AC Hotels by Marriott, Element and Moxy. Midscale includes City Express by Marriott. Residences include branded residential offerings operating under several Marriott brands.

Bottom Line

While anyone can invest, building a lucrative investment portfolio takes research, patience, and a little bit of risk. If you had invested in Marriott International ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.

A $1000 investment made in October 2016 would be worth $5,522.52, or a gain of 452.25%, as of October 14, 2026, according to our calculations. This return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.

In comparison, the S&P 500's gained 266.01% and the price of gold went up 219.76% over the same time frame.

Going forward, analysts are expecting more upside for MAR.

Shares of Marriott have outperformed the industry in the past year. The company continues to benefit from broad travel demand, pricing power, steady room additions and a strong pipeline led by conversions. Growth in Marriott Bonvoy, new U.S. co-branded card agreements and technology investments are supporting fee growth and customer engagement. Management raised its full-year RevPAR, gross fee and adjusted EBITDA outlook following stronger-than-expected second-quarter results. Marriott is investing in technology and systems designed to drive direct bookings, strengthen loyalty engagement and improve hotel-level efficiency. However, Middle East disruption continues to weigh on international performance and may delay openings. Debt and interest costs remain elevated as Marriott funds investment and shareholder returns.

The stock has jumped 10.16% over the past four weeks. Additionally, no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 1 higher, for fiscal 2026; the consensus estimate has moved up as well.