DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns and manages a diversified portfolio of upscale, full-service hotels in urban gateway markets across the United States. Established in 2004 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, the company focuses on investing in high-quality lodging properties that cater to both business and leisure travelers. Its assets are positioned in key metropolitan areas, enabling DiamondRock to benefit from strong demand drivers such as corporate travel, group conventions and resort leisure stays.

The company’s portfolio includes full-service hotels offering a broad range of amenities, including guest rooms, on-site food and beverage outlets, meeting and event space, fitness centers and spa services. DiamondRock seeks to enhance property revenues through capital improvements, operational efficiencies and targeted marketing initiatives. Its properties are located in prominent markets such as New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Palm Beach and other select destinations, reflecting the REIT’s strategy of concentrating on properties with established brands and strong local demand.

Since its initial public offering in October 2004, DiamondRock Hospitality has pursued a disciplined growth strategy driven by both acquisitions and dispositions. The trust periodically evaluates market conditions to optimize its portfolio mix, reinvesting in properties that offer the potential for long-term value creation while divesting assets that no longer align with its strategic objectives. This active portfolio management approach is designed to deliver stable cash flows and support quarterly dividend distributions to its shareholders.

DiamondRock is managed by an experienced leadership team with deep expertise in hospitality asset management, capital markets and operational execution. The company emphasizes a hands-on approach to property oversight, leveraging partnerships with established hotel operators to maintain and elevate guest experiences. Through its focus on premier assets in high barrier-to-entry markets, DiamondRock Hospitality aims to build long-term shareholder value and maintain its position as a leading lodging REIT.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.60 to $12.92
• 50-Day Range: $11.65 to $13.38
• 52-Week Range: $7.47 to $13.79
• Volume: 1.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.36 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 51.28
• Dividend Yield: 3.43%
• Price Target: $12.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

DiamondRock Hospitality Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DiamondRock Hospitality scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 129th out of 188 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

DiamondRock Hospitality has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for DiamondRock Hospitality is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DiamondRock Hospitality has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for DiamondRock Hospitality are expected to grow by 6.25% in the coming year, from $0.96 to $1.02 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of DiamondRock Hospitality is 51.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DiamondRock Hospitality is 51.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 28.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

DiamondRock Hospitality has a PEG Ratio of 4.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DiamondRock Hospitality has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DRH.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

DiamondRock Hospitality pays a meaningful dividend of 2.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

DiamondRock Hospitality has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of DiamondRock Hospitality is 60.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, DiamondRock Hospitality will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.14% next year. This indicates that DiamondRock Hospitality will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.11

News Sentiment

DiamondRock Hospitality has a news sentiment score of 1.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.97 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for DiamondRock Hospitality this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for DRH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added DiamondRock Hospitality to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DiamondRock Hospitality insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $237,600.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.90% of the stock of DiamondRock Hospitality is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

DiamondRock Hospitality has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/14 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/14 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/14/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 8/22/2026
• Record date for 10/14 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/14 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Hotel & Resort REITs
• Sub-Industry: Hotel & Resort REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DRH
• CIK: 1298946
• Web: www.drhc.com
• Phone: (240) 744-1150
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 30
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for DiamondRock Hospitality: $12.33
• High Price Target: $14.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 51.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.35
• P/E Growth: 4.5
• Net Income: $48.05 million
• Net Margins: 5.69%
• Pretax Margin: 5.85%
• Return on Equity: 4.04%
• Return on Assets: 2.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.70
• Current Ratio: 1.64
• Quick Ratio: 1.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.14 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.31
• Cash Flow: $1.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.58
• Book Value: $7.70 per share
• Price / Book: 1.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 204,606,000
• Free Float: 202,277,000
• Market Cap: $2.62 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98