Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ
$11.22 +1.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.70B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.04, down 80.9% year over year.
- The shares trade at 274.3× trailing earnings, higher than 94% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 5.8× 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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 29%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 15%
- Gross marginBottom 10%
- Operating marginBottom 22%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverBottom 46%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 4%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 3%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 8%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 13%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.8% | 1.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -88.3% | -80.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.8% | -5.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 9.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.5% | 19.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.1% | -0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -80.9% | -88.3% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | -5.0% | 27.8% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 10.8% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 4.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.3% | 14.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | — | Top 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.2% | — | Bottom 44% |
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.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.75×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.50%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.85%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $11.50
- Target vs current price
- +2.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +7.0% | -3.2% | -11.5% | -10.1% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | -143.5% | +0.6% | +7.8% | +18.7% | +49.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +561.0% | +4.3% | +2.4% | -3.5% | +20.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +19.4% | +0.9% | +7.2% | +9.4% | +9.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +39.9% | +0.5% | +0.5% | +6.4% | -5.5% |
| May 5, 2025 | -116.0% | -3.2% | +1.5% | -0.3% | +2.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +82.0% | -1.1% | +1.3% | -8.6% | -19.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +2912.5% | +1.6% | +7.2% | +12.8% | +3.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.15 | +7.0% | $383.0M |
| May 4, 2026 | -$0.05 | $0.12 | -143.5% | $340.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.32 | -$0.07 | +561.0% | $328.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.09 | +19.4% | $330.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.11 | +39.9% | $363.1M |
| May 5, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.13 | -116.0% | $328.1M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.04 | +82.0% | $330.0M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.09 | -$0.00 | +2912.5% | $345.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 274.3× | 34.5× | 94th | Bottom 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 461.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.0× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 2.59× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.66% | — | — | Top 14% |
| Earnings yield | 0.36% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.4× – 272.1× since Dec 31, 2022. 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
- +55.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -80.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +739.4%
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
- 124
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.5%
- RSI (14)
- 54.8
- Relative volume
- 1.08×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 16th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -63.5% | 1020 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.3% | 14 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -12.3% | 10 days | 11 days (Feb 16, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.70B
- P/E (TTM)
- 274.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.38B
- Dividend yield
- 5.35%
- 52-week range
- $6.54 – $12.89
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $785.7M | $1.19B | $1.33B | $1.37B | $1.35B |
| Gross profit | $185.3M | $362.3M | $390.7M | $384.5M | -$11.7M |
| Operating income | -$50.0M | $121.1M | $152.6M | $150.2M | $126.0M |
| Net income | -$305.2M | $41.9M | $76.4M | $68.0M | $28.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.01 | $0.10 | $0.32 | $0.27 | $0.01 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $345.7M | $330.0M | $328.1M | $363.1M | $330.0M | $328.6M | $340.0M | $383.0M |
| Net income | $20.6M | $5.4M | $3.4M | $28.5M | -$3.7M | $430,000 | -$349,000 | $31.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.09 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | $0.15 | -$0.07 | $0.00 | -$0.05 | $0.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $43.0M | $256.5M | $315.1M | $285.4M | $243.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$48.3M | -$124.3M | $0 | -$136.5M | -$126.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$5.3M | $256.5M | $315.1M | $285.4M | $117.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$6.7M | -$13.3M | -$49.2M | -$69.8M | -$91.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.5M | -$61.2M | -$80.4M | -$31.0M | -$32.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $937.6M
- Total assets
- $5.23B
- Total liabilities
- $3.07B
- Total debt
- $2.81B
- Net debt
- $1.88B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.15B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.15 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.15 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.15 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.15 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.15 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.15 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.15 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.15 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,841,207
- Days to cover
- 7.69
- Change vs previous report
- +4.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.