NYSE:CHHChoice Hotels International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Choice Hotels International's stock was trading at $76.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CHH stock has increased by 5.4% and is now trading at $80.83. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Choice Hotels International in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Choice Hotels International.

Choice Hotels International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Choice Hotels International.

Choice Hotels International Inc (NYSE:CHH) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.03. The firm earned $218.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $202.87 million. Choice Hotels International had a negative return on equity of 385.30% and a net margin of 22.27%. The firm's revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.84 EPS. View Choice Hotels International's earnings history.

Choice Hotels International announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Thursday, April 16th. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. View Choice Hotels International's dividend history.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Choice Hotels International's shares. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $103.00. On average, they expect Choice Hotels International's stock price to reach $75.42 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.7%. View analysts' price targets for Choice Hotels International.

Media coverage about CHH stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Choice Hotels International earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutChoice Hotels International.

Choice Hotels International saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,540,000 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the April 30th total of 3,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 598,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 10.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Choice Hotels International's Current Options Chain.

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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 shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (7.18%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (6.95%), BlackRock Inc. (5.98%), State Street Corp (1.43%), Invesco Ltd. (1.32%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.08%). Company insiders that own Choice Hotels International stock include David A Pepper, John Bonds, Patrick Cimerola, Patrick Pacious, Robert J Mcdowell, Simone Wu and William L Jews. View institutional ownership trends for Choice Hotels International.

CHH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Schroder Investment Management Group, Federated Hermes Inc., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Echo Street Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Choice Hotels International company stock in the last year include Patrick Cimerola, Robert J Mcdowell, and William L Jews. View insider buying and selling activity for Choice Hotels International.

CHH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., KBC Group NV, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. View insider buying and selling activity for Choice Hotels International.

Shares of CHH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.83.

Choice Hotels International has a market capitalization of $4.47 billion and generates $1.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $222.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.32 on an earnings per share basis. Choice Hotels International employs 1,807 workers across the globe.

The official website for Choice Hotels International is www.choicehotels.com.

Choice Hotels International's mailing address is 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE SUITE 400, ROCKVILLE MD, 20850. The company can be reached via phone at 301-592-5000 or via email at [email protected]