Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Travel Lodging
Choice Hotels International, Inc. CHH
$102.50 +0.19% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.66B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 3.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 14.5× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 21%
- Gross marginTop 30%
- Operating marginTop 4%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Interest coverTop 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnBottom 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 45%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.2% | 2.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 13.3% | 8.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 47.4% | 45.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 30.2% | 25.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 15.8% | 13.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.6% | 1.2% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.9% | 13.3% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Gross margin | 45.0% | 47.4% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 30.2% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 19.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.7% | 15.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | — | Top 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.4% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.68×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.41×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.14%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.82%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.95%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -5.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $111.56
- Target vs current price
- +8.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 11%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +2.0% | +2.9% | -5.5% | -9.7% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -20.7% | -15.6% | -10.4% | -3.4% | -3.6% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +2.6% | +1.5% | -1.8% | -11.0% | -3.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -3.7% | +6.0% | +6.5% | +0.2% | +11.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +1.1% | -0.4% | -2.8% | -6.4% | -24.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | -2.9% | -3.6% | +1.2% | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +6.9% | +3.1% | -0.8% | -10.7% | -13.1% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +16.1% | +1.1% | +4.4% | +8.5% | +6.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $2.02 | $1.98 | +2.0% | $440.8M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.07 | $1.35 | -20.7% | $340.6M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $1.60 | $1.56 | +2.6% | $390.1M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $2.10 | $2.18 | -3.7% | $447.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.92 | $1.90 | +1.1% | $426.4M |
| May 8, 2025 | $1.34 | $1.38 | -2.9% | $332.9M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.45 | +6.9% | $389.8M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $2.23 | $1.92 | +16.1% | $428.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.5× | 21.5× | 14th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1× | — | — | Top 40% |
| EV / Sales | 4.16× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.75% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Earnings yield | 6.91% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.9× – 51.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +8.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -17.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.5%
- RSI (14)
- 51.4
- Relative volume
- 1.15×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 56th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.59
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 9, 2025 | -45.9% | 988 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.66B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.62B
- Dividend yield
- 1.12%
- 52-week range
- $84.04 – $123.82
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.07B | $1.40B | $1.54B | $1.58B | $1.60B |
| Gross profit | $599.6M | $700.1M | $690.3M | $744.2M | $653.9M |
| Operating income | $428.9M | $478.6M | $375.0M | $463.8M | $453.1M |
| Net income | $289.0M | $332.2M | $258.5M | $299.7M | $369.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.15 | $5.99 | $5.07 | $6.20 | $7.90 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $428.0M | $389.8M | $332.9M | $426.4M | $447.3M | $390.1M | $340.6M | $440.8M |
| Net income | $105.7M | $75.8M | $44.5M | $81.7M | $180.0M | $63.7M | $20.3M | $64.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.23 | $1.58 | $0.94 | $1.75 | $3.86 | $1.37 | $0.44 | $1.41 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $383.7M | $367.1M | $296.6M | $319.4M | $270.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$77.9M | -$90.0M | -$118.3M | -$145.9M | -$145.8M |
| Free cash flow | $305.8M | $277.1M | $178.3M | $173.6M | $124.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$25.0M | -$52.5M | -$56.5M | -$55.5M | -$53.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.3M | -$431.0M | -$362.8M | -$380.7M | -$138.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $42.8M
- Total assets
- $2.99B
- Total liabilities
- $2.85B
- Total debt
- $2.11B
- Net debt
- $2.06B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $142.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.29 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | $0.29 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.29 | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.29 | Jul 16, 2025 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | $0.29 | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Jan 2, 2025 | $0.29 | Jan 16, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,011,178
- Days to cover
- 10.70
- Change vs previous report
- -2.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 24, 2005
- 2-for-1