RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RLJ Lodging Trust in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" RLJ shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RLJ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for RLJ Lodging Trust's stock. Their RLJ share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $14.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.6% from the stock's current price.
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RLJ Lodging Trust's stock was trading at $10.59 at the beginning of the year. Since then, RLJ stock has decreased by 7.6% and is now trading at $9.78.
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RLJ Lodging Trust saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,340,000 shares, a drop of 26.1% from the August 31st total of 12,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 6.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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RLJ Lodging Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 2nd at 12:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-6671 with passcode "13741081".

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $302.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $304.99 million. RLJ Lodging Trust had a net margin of 5.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.72%. The company's revenue was up 26.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.14 EPS.

RLJ Lodging Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Investors of record on Saturday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, October 17th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.
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ETFs with the largest weight of RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) stock in their portfolio include ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO), Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (HOTL) and Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF (IVRA).Hypatia Women Ceo ETF (WCEO).

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.09%. RLJ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 125.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, RLJ will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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RLJ Lodging Trust updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.37-$0.44 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.39. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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RLJ Lodging Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RLJ."

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One share of RLJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.78.

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $1.19 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $41.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.32 on an earnings per share basis.

RLJ Lodging Trust's mailing address is 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER SUITE 1000, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.rljlodgingtrust.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (301) 280-7777, via email at ir@rljlodgingtrust.com, or via fax at 301-280-7750.