Choice Hotels International (CHH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Choice Hotels International in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CHH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CHH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Choice Hotels International's stock. Their CHH share price targets range from $113.00 to $156.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $130.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price.
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Choice Hotels International's stock was trading at $113.30 at the start of the year. Since then, CHH shares have increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $120.37.
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Choice Hotels International saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,850,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the March 31st total of 5,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 594,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.8 days. Currently, 19.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2024.
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Choice Hotels International will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 8th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 20th. The company reported $1.44 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $358.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $369.44 million. Choice Hotels International had a net margin of 16.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 594.23%. The business's revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.26 earnings per share.

Choice Hotels International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.2875 per share on Wednesday, April 17th. This represents a $1.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 1st.
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Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.98%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 22.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CHH will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.59% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) stock in their portfolio include Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (HOTL), Congress SMid Growth ETF (CSMD), Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ), Direxion Daily Travel & Vacation Bull 2X Shares (OOTO) and AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL).ETC 6 Meridian Low Beta Equity Strategy ETF (SIXL).

Choice Hotels International issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.30 to $6.60 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.73.

127 employees have rated Choice Hotels International Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pacious on Glassdoor.com. Patrick Pacious has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Choice Hotels International investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), InterDigital (IDCC), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Ford Motor (F), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP).

Choice Hotels International's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Raymond James & Associates (0.48%), Norden Group LLC (0.11%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.10%), Amalgamated Bank (0.03%), Aurora Investment Managers LLC. (0.03%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Bainum, David A Pepper, Dominic Dragisich, Elizabeth A Redmond, Elizabeth A Redmond, John P Tague, Patrick Cimerola, Patrick Pacious, Robert J Mcdowell, Scott E Oaksmith, Simone Wu and William L Jews.
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