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Choice Hotels International, Inc.

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Consumer Cyclical · Travel Lodging · United States · Updated May 10, 5:54pm
$106.58
Price
$4.8B
Market Cap
1,695
Employees
0.65
Beta
Patrick S. Pacious
CEO
Business Description

Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor worldwide. The company operates in Hotel Franchising and Corporate & Other segments. It franchises lodging properties under the brand names of Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Sleep Inn, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, WoodSpring Suites, Everhome Suites, Cambria Hotels, and Ascend Hotel Collection. The company also develops and markets cloud-based property management software to non-franchised hoteliers. As of March 31, 2022, it had approximately 7,000 hotels with approximately 600,000 rooms in 35 countries and territories. Choice Hotels International, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

Business History
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period Revenue Net Income Net Margin YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
CALC
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
13.37
Stock Price: $106.58
EPS (Diluted): 7.97
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
API
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
24.27
Stock Price: $106.58
Total Equity: $181.23M
Shares: 46,580,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
API
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
9.83
Market Cap: $4.85B
Total Debt: $2.02B
Cash: $45.00M
EBITDA: $659.27M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
API
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$6.5B
Market Cap: $4.85B
Total Debt: $2.02B
Cash: $45.00M
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
API
Gross Profit / Revenue
40.9%
Gross Profit: $653.86M
Revenue: $1.60B
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
API
Operating Income / Revenue
28.4%
Operating Income: $453.10M
Revenue: $1.60B
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
API
Net Income / Revenue
23.2%
Net Income: $369.95M
Revenue: $1.60B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
CALC
Net Income / Total Equity
204.1%
Net Income: $369.95M
Total Equity: $181.23M
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
CALC
NOPAT / Invested Capital
17.0%
Operating Income: $453.10M
Tax Rate: 19.0%
Equity: $181.23M
Total Debt: $2.02B
Cash: $45.00M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
API
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
0.87
Current Assets: $406.00M
Current Liabilities: $467.29M
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALC
Total Debt / Total Equity
11.16
Short-Term Debt: $8.36M
Long-Term Debt: $2.01B
Total Debt: $2.02B
Total Equity: $181.23M
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALC
Revenue / Shares Outstanding
$34.28
Revenue: $1.60B
Shares: 46,580,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC
(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$3.89
Total Equity: $181.23M
Shares: 46,580,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC
(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$2.68
Operating CF: $270.45M
CapEx: -$145.80M
Shares: 46,580,000
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
API
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
1.2%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $106.58
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: $369.95M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
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Deep Analysis

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0 Company Classification — What type of company is this?
1 Industry Landscape — Where is the industry headed?
2 Company Momentum — Where is this company trending?
3 Forward Projection — 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a DCF Valuation — Present value of future cash flows
4b Earnings Power Value — Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c Anchored PE — Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d Reverse DCF — What growth is the market pricing in?
4e Revenue-Based DCF — For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f Anchored P/S — Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g Scenario Analysis — Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h Dividend Discount Model — For dividend/income stocks only
4i Book Value Analysis — For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j Insider Activity — Are insiders buying or selling?
4f Cash Flow Quality — How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g Debt Maturity Risk — Can it handle its debt?
4h Macro Environment — Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i Sector Intelligence — How does this company compare within its sector?
4j Revenue Confidence — How reliable is the growth projection?
4k Sensitivity Analysis — How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l Sector Demand Cycle — Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5 AI Investigation — Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b Thesis Evaluation — What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6 Valuation Synthesis — Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue $1.1B $1.4B $1.5B $1.6B $1.6B
Cost of Revenue $469.7M $701.9M $853.9M $840.7M $942.9M
Gross Profit $599.6M $700.1M $690.3M $744.2M $653.9M
Operating Expenses $170.7M $221.5M $315.3M $280.4M $200.8M
Operating Income $428.9M $478.6M $375.0M $463.8M $453.1M
Net Income $289.0M $332.2M $258.5M $299.7M $369.9M
EBITDA $473.7M $544.5M $440.4M $553.6M $659.3M
EPS $5.20 $6.05 $5.11 $6.26 $7.97
EPS (Diluted) — — — — —
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cash & Equivalents $511.6M $41.6M $26.8M $40.2M $45.0M
Total Current Assets $761.7M $347.9M $296.5M $339.1M $406.0M
Total Assets $1.9B $2.1B $2.4B $2.5B $2.9B
Current Liabilities $570.3M $435.9M $942.7M $462.7M $467.3M
Long-Term Debt $844.1M $1.2B $1.1B $1.8B $2.0B
Total Liabilities $1.7B $1.9B $2.4B $2.6B $2.7B
Total Equity $265.9M $154.7M $35.6M -$45.3M $181.2M
Retained Earnings $1.3B $1.6B $1.8B $2.0B $2.3B
Cash Flow (Annual)
Metric 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating Cash Flow $383.7M $367.1M $296.6M $319.4M $270.4M
Capital Expenditure -$77.9M -$90.0M -$118.3M -$145.9M -$145.8M
Free Cash Flow $305.8M $277.1M $178.3M $173.6M $124.7M
Acquisitions (net) $12.8M -$553.6M $0 $0 -$73.4M
Debt Repayment — — — — —
Dividends Paid — — — — —
Stock Buybacks -$13.4M -$434.8M -$362.8M -$380.7M -$138.3M
Net Change in Cash $276.8M -$470.0M -$14.8M $13.4M $4.8M
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Metric 2026 2027 2028 2029
Revenue $1.6B
$1.6B – $1.7B
 $1.7B
$1.6B – $1.7B
 $1.7B
$1.7B – $1.7B
 $1.9B
$1.8B – $1.9B
EBITDA $609.6M
$602.1M – $620.9M
 $624.0M
$605.4M – $653.7M
 $638.8M
$634.2M – $643.4M
 $696.6M
$681.9M – $720.5M
Net Income $342.2M
$321.4M – $363.1M
 $368.9M
$337.4M – $400.5M
 $389.0M
$323.4M – $418.5M
 $503.3M
$489.5M – $525.7M
EPS — — — —
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Metric 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue Growth +31.1% +10.1% +2.6% +0.8%
Gross Profit Growth +16.8% -1.4% +7.8% -12.1%
Operating Income Growth +11.6% -21.6% +23.7% -2.3%
Net Income Growth +14.9% -22.2% +15.9% +23.5%
EBITDA Growth +15.0% -19.1% +25.7% +19.1%
Dividend History (Last 20)
Date Dividend Declaration Record Payment
2026-04-01 $0.29 2026-02-25 2026-04-01 2026-04-15
2026-01-02 $0.29 2025-12-10 2026-01-02 2026-01-15
2025-10-01 $0.29 2025-09-10 2025-10-01 2025-10-16
2025-07-01 $0.29 2025-05-14 2025-07-01 2025-07-16
2025-04-01 $0.29 2025-02-26 2025-04-01 2025-04-16
2025-01-02 $0.29 2024-12-11 2025-01-02 2025-01-16
2024-10-01 $0.29 2024-09-11 2024-10-01 2024-10-16
2024-07-01 $0.29 2024-05-15 2024-07-01 2024-07-16
2024-04-01 $0.29 2024-02-28 2024-04-02 2024-04-17
2023-12-29 $0.29 2023-12-07 2024-01-02 2024-01-17
2023-09-29 $0.29 2023-09-13 2023-10-02 2023-10-17
2023-07-03 $0.29 2023-05-17 2023-07-05 2023-07-19
2023-03-31 $0.29 2023-03-01 2023-04-03 2023-04-18
2022-12-30 $0.24 2022-12-07 2023-01-03 2023-01-17
2022-09-30 $0.24 2022-09-22 2022-10-03 2022-10-14
2022-06-30 $0.24 2022-05-24 2022-07-01 2022-07-14
2022-03-31 $0.24 2022-02-24 2022-04-01 2022-04-15
2022-01-03 $0.24 2021-12-06 2022-01-04 2022-01-18
2021-09-30 $0.23 2021-09-09 2021-10-01 2021-10-15
2021-06-30 $0.23 2021-05-07 2021-07-01 2021-07-16
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