Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Chatham Lodging Trust CLDT
$13.68 +0.88% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $638.6M
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.12, up 368.1% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +107.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 91.9 percentage points.
- Net debt is 4.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth47Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 5%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 17%
Quality42Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 1%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverTop 49%
Value83Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 20%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 17%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 43%
Momentum100Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 2%
Revisions45Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 4%
Stability38Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -7.4% | -3.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -2.3% | 368.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 28.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 10.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 28.1% | 21.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.1% | -7.4% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 368.1% | -2.3% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 34.8% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 12.3% | ↓ | Bottom 24% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 3.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.0% | 28.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -415.8% | — | Bottom 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.0% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.2%
- 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.
- -33.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.39×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.95%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.86%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.80%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
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 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +50.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.67
- Target vs current price
- -0.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +18.2% | +2.5% | -5.3% | -0.9% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -158.4% | +12.5% | +11.8% | +27.7% | +48.6% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +141.7% | +1.2% | +4.9% | +7.4% | +46.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +200.0% | +1.1% | +6.3% | +5.5% | +13.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -79.4% | +1.5% | +6.1% | +11.8% | -3.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | -107.7% | +0.3% | +4.0% | +2.3% | -2.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +44.1% | +1.9% | -0.2% | -8.7% | -14.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +66.7% | +8.7% | +9.9% | +14.6% | +3.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.11 | +18.2% | $87.8M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.09 | $0.16 | -158.4% | $67.5M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.05 | -$0.12 | +141.7% | $67.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.01 | +200.0% | $78.4M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.34 | -79.4% | $80.3M |
| May 6, 2025 | -$0.01 | $0.13 | -107.7% | $68.6M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.14 | +44.1% | $75.1M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.05 | $0.03 | +66.7% | $87.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 116.4× | 124.6× | 25th | Bottom 36% |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.0× | — | — | Top 20% |
| EV / Sales | 3.52× | — | — | Top 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.91% | — | — | Top 25% |
| Earnings yield | 0.86% | — | — | Bottom 36% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 55.8× – 271.3× since Mar 31, 2023. 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
- +107.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +368.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -8.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 7
- Days above the 200-day average
- 171
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +34.1%
- RSI (14)
- 62.1
- Relative volume
- 0.93×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 11th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.88
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -59.2% | 738 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Aug 4, 2021 | -24.2% | 99 days | 135 days (Feb 15, 2022) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -14.5% | 10 days | 14 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Apr 8, 2022 | -14.2% | 36 days | 13 days (Apr 28, 2022) |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -12.4% | 15 days | 6 days (Jan 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $638.6M
- P/E (TTM)
- 116.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $301.5M
- Dividend yield
- 2.85%
- 52-week range
- $6.08 – $13.89
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $204.0M | $294.9M | $311.1M | $317.2M | $295.1M |
| Gross profit | $59.1M | $111.6M | $110.9M | $111.2M | $10.4M |
| Operating income | -$17.2M | $36.5M | $28.6M | $33.2M | $26.5M |
| Net income | -$18.4M | $9.8M | $2.6M | $4.2M | $15.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.85 | $0.04 | -$0.11 | -$0.08 | $0.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $87.2M | $75.1M | $68.6M | $80.3M | $78.4M | $67.7M | $67.5M | $87.8M |
| Net income | $4.3M | -$1.7M | $1.5M | $5.4M | $3.5M | $4.6M | -$4.3M | $8.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | -$0.08 | -$0.01 | $0.07 | $0.03 | $0.05 | -$0.09 | $0.13 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $28.8M | $71.5M | $76.4M | $73.8M | $64.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.5M | $0 | $0 | -$700,000 | -$110,000 |
| Free cash flow | $19.3M | $71.5M | $76.4M | $73.1M | $64.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$282,000 | -$147,000 | -$14.2M | -$14.4M | -$17.6M |
| Net share buybacks | $24.6M | $57,000 | $61,000 | $53,000 | -$8.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $11.3M
- Total assets
- $1.23B
- Total liabilities
- $472.3M
- Total debt
- $434.1M
- Net debt
- $422.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $721.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.10 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.10 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.10 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.09 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.09 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.09 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.09 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.07 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,337,649
- Days to cover
- 6.60
- Change vs previous report
- +3.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.