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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Choice Hotels International's stock. Their CHH share price forecasts range from $110.00 to $134.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $123.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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Choice Hotels International's stock was trading at $112.64 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CHH stock has increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $114.41.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 9th 2023.
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Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 15th. The company reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.18. The business earned $362 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $356.74 million. Choice Hotels International had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 99.85% and a net margin of 23.69%. Choice Hotels International's revenue for the quarter was up 27.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.99 earnings per share.

Choice Hotels International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.287 per share on Tuesday, April 18th. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 31st. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.
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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), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), Direxion Daily Travel & Vacation Bull 2X Shares (OOTO) and First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF (HSMV).

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.84%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 15.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CHH will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bamco Inc. NY (8.59%), Morgan Stanley (5.52%), Echo Street Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.41%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.27%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.25%). 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 $114.41.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) has a market capitalization of $5.89 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $332.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.98 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.