Choice Hotels/$CHH
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About Choice Hotels
At year-end 2025, Choice Hotels operated 657,000 rooms across the economy, midscale, upscale, and extended-stay segments. Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites are the largest brands (27% of the company's total rooms), while Ascend and Cambria (10%) are lifestyle and select-service brands, and WoodSpring (5%) is the company's largest extended-stay brand. Choice closed on its Radisson acquisition in August 2022, which added about 70,000 rooms. Franchises account for 100% of total revenue, and the United States represented 78% of total rooms in 2025.
- Ticker
- $CHH
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 1,754
- Headquarters
- North Bethesda, United States
- Website
- www.choicehotels.com
Choice Hotels Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$4.4B
13.90
$7.10
0.68
$1.15
1.17%
Price and volume
Market cap
$4.4B
Beta
0.68
52-week high
$123.82
52-week low
$84.04
Average daily volume
499K
Dividend rate
$1.15
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.926
Quick ratio
0.692
Long term debt to equity
14.817
Total debt to equity
14.817
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
16.12%
Interest coverage (TTM)
4.30%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
474.152
Gross margin (TTM)
90.33%
Net profit margin (TTM)
32.63%
Operating margin (TTM)
41.17%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
18.88%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$570,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
9.16%
Return on equity (TTM)
566.36%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
13.899
Price to revenue (TTM)
4.484
Price to book
31.07
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-3.49
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
39.314
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.54%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.509
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.17%
Forward dividend yield
1.17%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
5.54%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
9.22%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
10.68%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
1.11%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
8.41%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
11.97%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
3.08%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
3.57%
What the Analysts think about Choice Hotels
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Choice Hotels stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Choice Hotels stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Choice Hotels raised its 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $635 million–$650 million, up from $632 million–$647 million, driven by improved U.S. RevPAR, global net rooms growth, and an 11 bp expansion in the U.S. royalty rate. (SEC filing)
Global net rooms grew 2.6% year-over-year in Q2 2026, driven by 3.6% growth in extended-stay, midscale, and upscale brands, underscoring strength in higher-revenue segments. (SEC filing)
U.S. franchise agreements awarded increased 30% in Q2 2026, representing approximately 9,400 new U.S. rooms for development and bolstering the conversion pipeline. (PR Newswire)
Choice Hotels lowered its 2026 net income guidance to $230 million–$241 million from $265 million–$275 million, citing higher expected marketing and reservation system reimbursable expenses, increased interest costs, and a higher effective tax rate. (SEC filing)
The company sees 2026 global RevPAR growth of −2% to 1%, signaling tepid revenue-per-room expectations in the current demand environment. (Reuters)
Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA stood at 3.2x for the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, at the upper end of the company’s 3.0x–4.0x leverage target, potentially constraining financial flexibility. (SEC filing)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 31 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing Choice Hotels
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $CHH weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.12% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.12% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.3B | 0.06% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | £4.7B | 0.06% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.02% |
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