NYSE:RLJ

RLJ Lodging Trust - RLJ Stock Forecast, Price & News

$13.14

-0.25 (-1.87%)

(As of 08/17/2022 05:07 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $13.02
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$13.34
50-Day Range: $10.48
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$14.15
52-Week Range: $10.19
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$16.22

Volume: 1.22 million shs
Average Volume: 1.63 million shs
Market Capitalization: $2.14 billion

P/E Ratio: N/A
Dividend Yield: 0.30%
Price Target: $17.20

RLJ Lodging Trust MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.75 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 30.9% Upside
$17.20 Price Target
Short Interest: Bearish
7.08% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Weak
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -2.81
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 1.08
Based on 2 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth: 38.28%
From $1.28 to $1.77 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.21 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

558th out of 932 stocks

Real Estate Investment Trusts Industry

106th out of 197 stocks

3.4

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
RLJ Lodging Trust has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $17.20, RLJ Lodging Trust has a forecasted upside of 30.9% from its current price of $13.14.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
RLJ Lodging Trust has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

1.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
7.08% of the float of RLJ Lodging Trust has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
RLJ Lodging Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.4.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in RLJ Lodging Trust has recently increased by 3.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

0.8

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
RLJ Lodging Trust has a dividend yield of 0.30%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
RLJ Lodging Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, RLJ Lodging Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.26% next year. This indicates that RLJ Lodging Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

1.9

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
RLJ Lodging Trust has received a -2.63% net impact score from Upright. RLJ Lodging uses resources or causes negative impacts mostly in categories "Scarce human capital", "GHG emissions", and "Waste". The negative contribution in the "GHG emissions" impact category is driven by its "Real estate funds investing in hotels" product. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for RLJ Lodging Trust is -2.81.

2.8

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
RLJ Lodging Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.08. 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 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for RLJ Lodging Trust this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 1 people have searched for RLJ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 1 people have added RLJ Lodging Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

1.7

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, RLJ Lodging Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 2.30% of the stock of RLJ Lodging Trust is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
98.00% of the stock of RLJ Lodging Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.9

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for RLJ Lodging Trust are expected to grow by 38.28% in the coming year, from $1.28 to $1.77 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of RLJ Lodging Trust is -11.73, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of RLJ Lodging Trust is -11.73, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
RLJ Lodging Trust has a P/B Ratio of 1.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) Stock

RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns primarily premium-branded, high-margin, focused-service and compact full-service hotels. The Company's portfolio consists of 103 hotels with approximately 22,570 rooms, located in 23 states and the District of Columbia and an ownership interest in one unconsolidated hotel with 171 rooms.

RLJ Lodging Trust Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:RLJ traded down $0.02 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $13.39. The company had a trading volume of 1,643,911 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,636,122. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 3.83 and a current ratio of 3.83. RLJ Lodging Trust has a 12 month low of $10.19 and a 12 month high of $16.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.96 and a beta of 1.77.

RLJ Lodging Trust Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 29th. This is an increase from RLJ Lodging Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. RLJ Lodging Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -3.57%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RLJ has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. KeyCorp cut their price objective on RLJ Lodging Trust from $20.00 to $16.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, June 28th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on RLJ Lodging Trust to $17.00 and set a "na" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 18th. StockNews.com upgraded RLJ Lodging Trust from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, August 8th. Barclays decreased their target price on RLJ Lodging Trust from $18.00 to $15.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 7th. Finally, TheStreet upgraded RLJ Lodging Trust from a "d+" rating to a "c-" rating in a report on Thursday, May 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $17.20.

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RLJ Stock News Headlines

August 11, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

StockNews.com Upgrades RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) to "Hold"

August 5, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) CEO Leslie Hale on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

August 4, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

August 3, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Q2 FFO and Revenues Beat Estimates

August 2, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Thursday

August 1, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

21c Museum Hotel sells to Maryland investment firm

August 1, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires a Boutique Lifestyle Hotel in Downtown Nashville and Repurchases Shares

July 26, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) Receives $17.20 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

July 18, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Wall Street Analysts Think RLJ Lodging (RLJ) Could Surge 56%: Read This Before Placing a Bet

July 13, 2022 | msn.com

Barclays Is Betting Big on These 7 REITs

July 11, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Is Becoming Interesting

July 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging (RLJ) Moves to Buy: Rationale Behind the Upgrade

June 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Dates for Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Release and Conference Call

June 27, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging (RLJ) Soars 7%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock?

June 15, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Dividends for Second Quarter of 2022

June 2, 2022 | investing.com

RLJ_pa Technical Analysis

May 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Further weakness as RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) drops 6.7% this week, taking five-year losses to 26%

May 5, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

RLJ Lodging Trust: Travel Recovery Leads To Dividend Recovery

May 5, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

RLJ Lodging Trust 2022 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

May 4, 2022 | uk.investing.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Tops Q1 EPS by 30c

May 4, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Reports First Quarter 2022 Results

May 3, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Q1 2022 Earnings Preview

April 29, 2022 | nasdaq.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest $0.01 par value (RLJ)

April 4, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Dates for First Quarter 2022 Earnings Release and Conference Call

March 15, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Dividends for First Quarter of 2022

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RLJ Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 5/04/2022
Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/29/2022
Dividend Payable: 7/15/2022
Today: 8/17/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2022
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2022

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Real estate investment trusts
Sub-Industry: Specialized REITs
Sector: Finance
Current Symbol: NYSE:RLJ
CUSIP: 74965L10
CIK: 1511337
Web: www.rljlodgingtrust.com
Phone: (301) 280-7777
Fax: 301-280-7750
Employees: 76
Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $17.20
High Stock Price Forecast: $20.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $15.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +30.9%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($1.12)
Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
Forward P/E Ratio: 10.27
P/E Growth: N/A
Net Income: $-305,170,000.00
Net Margins: -15.12%
Pretax Margin: -15.34%
Return on Equity: -7.70%
Return on Assets: -3.14%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.08
Current Ratio: 3.83
Quick Ratio: 3.83

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $785.66 million
Price / Sales: 2.72
Cash Flow: N/A
Price / Cash Flow: N/A
Book Value: $12.59 per share
Price / Book: 1.04

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 162,749,000
Free Float: 159,006,000
Market Cap: $2.14 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.77

Key Executives

Mr. Robert Louis Johnson (Age 76)
Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman
Comp: $1.13M
Ms. Leslie D. Hale (Age 50)
Pres, CEO & Trustee
Comp: $2.4M
Mr. Sean M. Mahoney CPA (Age 50)
Exec. VP & CFO
Comp: $1.15M
Ms. Kate B. Henriksen (Age 47)
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Jeffrey Dauray
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Christopher A. Gormsen CPA (Age 46)
Sr. VP & Chief Accounting Officer
Ms. Anita Cooke Wells
Sr. VP of Admin. & Corp. Sec.
Mr. Craig Amos
Exec. VP, Design & Construction
Ms. Susan Sloan
VP & Controller
Mr. Nikhil Bhalla
Treasurer & SVP of Fin.

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Insiders & Institutions

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RLJ Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell RLJ Lodging Trust stock right now?: 4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RLJ Lodging Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" RLJ shares.
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What is RLJ Lodging Trust's stock price forecast for 2022?: 4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for RLJ Lodging Trust's stock. Their RLJ share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $17.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.5% from the stock's current price.
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How have RLJ shares performed in 2022?: RLJ Lodging Trust's stock was trading at $13.93 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, RLJ shares have decreased by 3.9% and is now trading at $13.39.
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Are investors shorting RLJ Lodging Trust?: RLJ Lodging Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,140,000 shares, an increase of 27.8% from the June 30th total of 8,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days. Currently, 6.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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When is RLJ Lodging Trust's next earnings date?: The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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How were RLJ Lodging Trust's earnings last quarter?: RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.30. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $242.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $239.79 million. RLJ Lodging Trust had a negative net margin of 15.12% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 103.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.18) earnings per share.

How often does RLJ Lodging Trust pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for RLJ Lodging Trust?: RLJ Lodging Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, October 17th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 29th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01.
Read our dividend analysis for RLJ.
Is RLJ Lodging Trust a good dividend stock?: RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.30%.
Read our dividend analysis for RLJ.
What other stocks do shareholders of RLJ Lodging Trust own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other RLJ Lodging Trust investors own include AT&T (T), Blackstone (BX), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Iron Mountain (IRM), VEREIT (VER), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Macerich (MAC), New Residential Investment (NRZ), AGNC Investment (AGNC) and Energy Transfer (ET).
What is RLJ Lodging Trust's stock symbol?: RLJ Lodging Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RLJ."
Who are RLJ Lodging Trust's major shareholders?: RLJ Lodging Trust's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.92%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.84%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (1.76%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.90%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.52%).
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How do I buy shares of RLJ Lodging Trust?: Shares of RLJ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is RLJ Lodging Trust's stock price today?: One share of RLJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.39.
How much money does RLJ Lodging Trust make?: RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) has a market capitalization of $2.18 billion and generates $785.66 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $-305,170,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.12) on an earnings per share basis.
How can I contact RLJ Lodging Trust?: 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.

This page (NYSE:RLJ) was last updated on 8/17/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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RLJ Lodging Trust - RLJ Stock Forecast, Price & News

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