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

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Choice Hotels International in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Choice Hotels International's shares. Their CHH share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $122.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price.
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Choice Hotels International's stock was trading at $112.64 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CHH stock has increased by 0.8% and is now trading at $113.49.
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Choice Hotels International saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,460,000 shares, an increase of 16.9% from the April 30th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 423,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.2 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $333.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $320.43 million. Choice Hotels International had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 129.67% and a net margin of 21.50%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 29.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.03 earnings per share.

Choice Hotels International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 5th will be given a dividend of $0.287 per share on Wednesday, July 19th. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 3rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) stock in their portfolio include LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT), AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (HOTL), Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ), American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO), Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (COWG), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ) and Pacer Lunt MidCap Multi-Factor Alternator ETF (PAMC).

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.99%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CHH will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Choice Hotels International issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.70-$5.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.74. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHH."

Choice Hotels International's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.04%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.82%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.62%), State Street Corp (1.62%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.50%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (1.46%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Bainum, David A Pepper, Dominic Dragisich, Elizabeth A Redmond, Elizabeth A Redmond, John P Tague, Liza Landsman, Patrick Cimerola, Patrick Pacious, Robert J Mcdowell, Scott E Oaksmith, Simone Wu and William L Jews.
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One share of CHH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $113.49.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) has a market capitalization of $5.79 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $332.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,789 workers across the globe.

Choice Hotels International's mailing address is 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE SUITE 400, ROCKVILLE MD, 20850. The official website for the company is www.choicehotels.com. The company can be reached via phone at (301) 592-5000, via email at investor_relations@choicehotels.com, or via fax at 301-592-6269.