RLJ Stock Analysis: RLJ Lodging Trust | NYSE
REIT - Hotel & Motel | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.669m USD | 12M Return: 64% | US74965L1017 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 22.2M
EPS Trend: 63.4%
Qual. Beats: 6
Rev. Trend: 76.3%
Qual. Beats: 4
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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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: 27.4m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.01 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 33.85% < 20% (prev 17.00%; Δ 16.85% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 267.0m > Net Income 27.4m |
| Net Debt (2.00b) to EBITDA (326.3m): 6.12 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.94 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (149.6m) vs 12m ago 0.00% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: -4.99% > 18% (prev 27.80%; Δ -32.79% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 27.48% > 50% (prev 28.34%; Δ -0.87% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.26 > 6 (EBIT TTM 139.5m / Interest Expense TTM 110.8m) |
| A: 0.09 (Total Current Assets 967.6m - Total Current Liabilities 500.0m) / Total Assets 5.23b |
| B: -0.23 (Retained Earnings -1.21b / Total Assets 5.23b) |
| C: 0.03 (EBIT TTM 139.5m / Avg Total Assets 5.03b) |
| D: 0.70 (Book Value of Equity 2.15b / Total Liabilities 3.07b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.76 = B |
| DSRI: 1.07 (Receivables 30.0m/27.7m, Revenue 1.38b/1.37b) |
| GMI: 1.00 (fallback, negative margins) |
| AQI: 0.90 (AQ_t 0.79 / AQ_t-1 0.88) |
| SGI: 1.01 (Revenue 1.38b / 1.37b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 27.4m - CFO 267.0m) / TA 5.23b) |
| Beneish M = -3.02 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 17, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 10.99 with a total of 827,534 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.26%, over one month by -6.23%, over three months by +21.65% and over the past year by +64.00%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 10.40 (which is 5.4% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
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 | 11.4 | 3.8% |
P/E Trailing = 1090.0
P/E Forward = 144.9275
P/S = 1.2082
P/B = 0.9382
P/EG = 2.0614
Revenue TTM = 1.38b USD
EBIT TTM = 139.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 326.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 2.70b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 500.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.93b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 119.3m
Net Debt = 2.00b USD (calculated: Debt 2.93b - CCE 937.6m)
Enterprise Value = 3.67b USD (1.67b + Debt 2.93b - CCE 937.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.26 (Ebit TTM 139.5m / Interest Expense TTM 110.8m)
EV/FCF = 13.73x (Enterprise Value 3.67b / FCF TTM 267.0m)
FCF Yield = 7.28% (FCF TTM 267.0m / Enterprise Value 3.67b)
FCF Margin = 19.32% (FCF TTM 267.0m / Revenue TTM 1.38b)
Net Margin = 1.98% (Net Income TTM 27.4m / Revenue TTM 1.38b)
Gross Margin = -4.99% ((Revenue TTM 1.38b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.45b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 5.78% (prev 33.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.70 (Enterprise Value 3.67b / Total Assets 5.23b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.78% (Interest Expense 110.8m / Debt 2.93b)
Taxrate = 1.86% (537k / 28.8m)
NOPAT = 136.9m (EBIT 139.5m * (1 - 1.86%))
Current Ratio = 1.94 (Total Current Assets 967.6m / Total Current Liabilities 500.0m)
Debt / Equity = 1.36 (Debt 2.93b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.15b)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.12 (Net Debt 2.00b / EBITDA 326.3m)
Debt / FCF = 7.48 (Net Debt 2.00b / FCF TTM 267.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.17b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.54% (Net Income 27.4m / Total Assets 5.23b)
RoE = 1.26% (Net Income TTM 27.4m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.17b)
RoCE = 2.87% (EBIT 139.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.17b + L.T.Debt 2.70b))
RoIC = 2.65% (NOPAT 136.9m / Invested Capital 5.16b)
WACC = 5.49% (E(1.67b)/V(4.60b) * Re(8.63%) + D(2.93b)/V(4.60b) * Rd(3.78%) * (1-Tc(0.02)))
Discount Rate = 8.63% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -89.26 | Cagr: -0.98%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈239.2m ; Y1≈274.2m ; Y5≈403.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 26.76 (EV 6.07b - Net Debt 2.00b = Equity 4.08b / Shares 152.4m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 63.36 | EPS CAGR: 56.85% | SUE: 3.72 | # QB: 6
Revenue Correlation: 76.31 | Revenue CAGR: 1.33% | SUE: 2.24 | # QB: 4
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-0.06 | Chg30d=+9.57% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.08 | Chg30d=-26.38% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-900.0% | GrowthRev=+3.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.04 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-100.0% | GrowthRev=+1.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=0, down=0)