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

10 Wall Street 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Choice Hotels International's shares. Their CHH share price targets range from $113.00 to $156.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $131.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price.
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Choice Hotels International's stock was trading at $113.30 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CHH shares have increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $119.24.
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Choice Hotels International saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,870,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the February 29th total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 556,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.8 days. Currently, 16.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 20th. The company reported $1.44 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $358.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.26 EPS.

Choice Hotels International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd will be given 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 0.94%. 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 16.62% 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), IQ Engender Equality ETF (EQUL), Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ), AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), Direxion Daily Travel & Vacation Bull 2X Shares (OOTO) and First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF (HSMV).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 earnings per share 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.10%), Aurora Investment Managers LLC. (0.03%) and MJP Associates Inc. ADV (0.00%). 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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