(RLJ) RLJ Lodging Trust - NYSE
Sector: Real Estate | Industry: REIT - Hotel & Motel | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 1.719m USD | Total Return: 72.3% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 19.0M
EPS Trend: 36.4%
Qual. Beats: 5
Rev. Trend: 78.0%
Qual. Beats: 3
Warnings
High Debt/EBITDA (6.3) with thin interest coverage (1.2)
Beneish M-Score 1.00 > -1.5 - likely earnings manipulation
Altman Z'' -0.24 < 1.0 - financial distress zone
Tailwinds
Supp Ema8, Rs Leader, Tailwind
RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns 92 premium-branded, rooms-oriented, urban-centric hotels concentrated in major U.S. urban markets with diverse business and leisure demand generators. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. As a REIT, it operates under the U.S. tax structure that requires the distribution of at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends, and as a hotel REIT, it typically leases its properties to third-party operators under franchise and management agreements rather than operating them directly.
- Urban RevPAR growth accelerates on group and corporate demand recovery
- Interest rate cuts support hotel REIT valuation expansion
- Operating margins pressured by wage inflation and elevated labor costs
| Net Income: 24.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.70 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -25.01% < 20% (prev 16.56%; Δ -41.57% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 253.7m > Net Income 24.8m |
| Net Debt (2.04b) to EBITDA (321.4m): 6.34 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.53 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (149.3m) vs 12m ago -1.05% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 1.43% > 18% (prev 28.05%; Δ -26.63% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 28.63% > 50% (prev 28.50%; Δ 0.13% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.22 > 6 (EBIT TTM 134.7m / Interest Expense TTM 110.5m) |
| A: -0.07 (Total Current Assets 384.5m - Total Current Liabilities 725.0m) / Total Assets 4.70b |
| B: -0.26 (Retained Earnings -1.21b / Total Assets 4.70b) |
| C: 0.03 (EBIT TTM 134.7m / Avg Total Assets 4.76b) |
| D: 0.84 (Book Value of Equity 2.14b / Total Liabilities 2.54b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -0.24 = B |
| DSRI: 1.15 (Receivables 31.4m/27.5m, Revenue 1.36b/1.37b) |
| GMI: 19.66 (GM 28.05% / 1.43%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.89 / AQ_t-1 0.88) |
| SGI: 0.99 (Revenue 1.36b / 1.37b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 24.8m - CFO 253.7m) / TA 4.70b) |
| Beneish M = 14.00 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of June 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 11.43 with a total of 2,667,337 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +4.19%,
over one month by +24.92%,
over three months by +52.65% and
over the past year by +72.32%.
RLJ Lodging Trust has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.30. Therefore, it is recommended to hold RLJ.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 9.8 | -14.3% |
P/E Forward = 144.9275
P/S = 1.2629
P/B = 0.9627
P/EG = 2.0614
Revenue TTM = 1.36b USD
EBIT TTM = 134.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 321.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 2.19b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 725.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.43b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 118.0m
Net Debt = 2.04b USD (calculated: Debt 2.43b - CCE 387.5m)
Enterprise Value = 3.76b USD (1.72b + Debt 2.43b - CCE 387.5m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.22 (Ebit TTM 134.7m / Interest Expense TTM 110.5m)
EV/FCF = 14.81x (Enterprise Value 3.76b / FCF TTM 253.7m)
FCF Yield = 6.75% (FCF TTM 253.7m / Enterprise Value 3.76b)
FCF Margin = 18.63% (FCF TTM 253.7m / Revenue TTM 1.36b)
Net Margin = 1.82% (Net Income TTM 24.8m / Revenue TTM 1.36b)
Gross Margin = 1.43% ((Revenue TTM 1.36b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.34b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 33.82% (prev -87.06%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.80 (Enterprise Value 3.76b / Total Assets 4.70b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.56% (Interest Expense 110.5m / Debt 2.43b)
Taxrate = 2.26% (590k / 26.2m)
NOPAT = 131.7m (EBIT 134.7m * (1 - 2.26%))
Current Ratio = 0.53 (Total Current Assets 384.5m / Total Current Liabilities 725.0m)
Debt / Equity = 1.13 (Debt 2.43b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.14b)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.34 (Net Debt 2.04b / EBITDA 321.4m)
Debt / FCF = 8.04 (Net Debt 2.04b / FCF TTM 253.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.18b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.52% (Net Income 24.8m / Total Assets 4.70b)
RoE = 1.14% (Net Income TTM 24.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.18b)
RoCE = 3.08% (EBIT 134.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.18b + L.T.Debt 2.19b))
RoIC = 2.85% (NOPAT 131.7m / Invested Capital 4.63b)
WACC = 6.32% (E(1.72b)/V(4.15b) * Re(8.95%) + D(2.43b)/V(4.15b) * Rd(4.56%) * (1-Tc(0.02)))
Discount Rate = 8.95% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -82.22 | Cagr: -1.48%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈223.5m ; Y1≈256.2m ; Y5≈377.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = 23.93 (EV 5.67b - Net Debt 2.04b = Equity 3.64b / Shares 151.9m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 36.41 | EPS CAGR: 27.07% | SUE: 1.28 | # QB: 5
Revenue Correlation: 77.97 | Revenue CAGR: 1.65% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 3
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.11 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+20% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-0.07 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.06 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+33% | GrowthEPS=-733.3% | GrowthRev=+2.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.04 | Chg30d=+8.25% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-100.0% | GrowthRev=+1.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +33%