Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Service Properties Trust SVC
$6.38 +0.00% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $826.3M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to 0.3% from 16.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 286.4% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -51.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 67.2 percentage points.
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 6, 2026.
Growth4Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 18%
Quality13Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginBottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Interest coverBottom 13%
Value17Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 16%
Momentum12Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
- 6-month returnBottom 49%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 7%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 23%
Revisions37Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Stability6Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.1% | -12.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 23.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 0.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.7% | -1.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -12.0% | -8.1% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 46.5% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 16.3% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Net margin | -25.5% | -14.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.8% | 14.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.2% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.9% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -27.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 19.39×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.39%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -65.49%
- Shareholder yield
- -64.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +286.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +57.2%
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
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.25
- Target vs current price
- -2.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 20%
- 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 | +5.2% | -0.6% | +2.5% | -3.3% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +111.0% | +2.6% | +5.2% | +7.8% | +4.3% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +1600.0% | +1.8% | +4.1% | -18.9% | -18.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -16.7% | -6.0% | -18.8% | -17.0% | -6.0% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -32.4% | +4.9% | -11.8% | +0.0% | -15.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | +1300.0% | +7.3% | +16.1% | +19.7% | +36.3% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -43.7% | +0.4% | +10.2% | +4.2% | -19.2% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -16.7% | +0.6% | -11.7% | -12.0% | -10.4% |
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 | -$0.18 | -$0.19 | +5.2% | $421.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.20 | -$1.83 | +111.0% | $364.5M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.05 | +1600.0% | $397.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$1.40 | -$1.20 | -16.7% | $478.8M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.15 | $1.70 | -32.4% | $503.4M |
| May 6, 2025 | $3.50 | $0.25 | +1300.0% | $435.2M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$2.30 | -$1.60 | -43.7% | $456.5M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -$1.40 | -$1.20 | -16.7% | $491.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 22.9× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| EV / Sales | 3.25× | — | — | Top 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.64% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Earnings yield | -121.06% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
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)
- -9.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.3%
- RSI (14)
- 30.1
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -51.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -86.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2021 | Apr 1, 2026 | -92.0% | 1209 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 17, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -23.2% | 39 days | 17 days (Jun 7, 2021) |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | -22.0% | 35 days | 19 days (Feb 24, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.6% | 14 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -13.8% | 2 days | 3 days (Nov 17, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $826.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$7.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.66B
- Dividend yield
- 1.25%
- 52-week range
- $5.65 – $13.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.50B | $1.86B | $1.87B | $1.90B | $1.81B |
| Gross profit | $469.2M | $622.5M | $632.3M | $603.0M | $566.7M |
| Operating income | -$70.2M | $177.0M | $202.8M | $190.9M | $211.1M |
| Net income | -$544.6M | -$132.4M | -$32.8M | -$275.5M | -$202.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$16.50 | -$4.10 | -$1.00 | -$8.35 | -$6.10 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $491.2M | $456.6M | $435.2M | $503.4M | $478.8M | $397.5M | $362.2M | $421.0M |
| Net income | -$46.9M | -$76.4M | -$116.4M | -$38.2M | -$46.9M | -$782,000 | -$151.2M | -$223.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.40 | -$2.30 | -$3.50 | -$1.15 | -$1.40 | -$0.02 | -$4.55 | -$1.75 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $49.9M | $243.1M | $485.5M | $139.4M | $117.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $49.9M | $243.1M | $485.5M | $139.4M | $117.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$6.6M | -$38.0M | -$132.4M | -$101.2M | -$6.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$790,000 | -$470,000 | -$802,000 | -$751,000 | -$660,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.5M
- Total assets
- $5.84B
- Total liabilities
- $5.03B
- Total debt
- $4.58B
- Net debt
- $4.57B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $806.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | $0.05 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $0.01 | May 14, 2026 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | $0.01 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $0.01 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | $0.01 | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.01 | May 15, 2025 |
| Jan 27, 2025 | $0.01 | Feb 20, 2025 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.01 | Nov 14, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,194,956
- Days to cover
- 3.40
- Change vs previous report
- +2.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 7, 2026
- 1-for-5