RLJ Stock Analysis: RLJ Lodging Trust | NYSE
REIT - Hotel & Motel | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.901m USD | 12M Return: 95.3% | US74965L1017 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 23.9M
EPS Trend: 85.9%
Qual. Beats: 7
Rev. Trend: 76.3%
Qual. Beats: 5
Warnings
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns 91 premium-branded, rooms-oriented, high-margin hotels concentrated in focused-service and compact full-service segments. The portfolio is geographically diversified across urban markets with multiple demand generators and attractive long-term growth prospects. The company was established in 2011 and is incorporated in Maryland.
As a Hotel & Resort REIT within the Real Estate sector, RLJ Lodging Trust generates revenue primarily through leasing and operating its hotel properties, with performance closely tied to lodging demand indicators such as occupancy, average daily rate (ADR), and revenue per available room (RevPAR). REITs in this sub-industry are generally required to distribute a significant portion of their taxable income as dividends to shareholders in exchange for pass-through tax treatment.
- Urban hotel RevPAR growth accelerates on group travel rebound
- Acquisitions expand premium-focused-service portfolio footprint
- Rising interest rates pressure REIT valuations and dividend yields
| Net Income: 36.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.53 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -1.43% < 20% (prev 16.69%; Δ -18.12% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 267.0m > Net Income 36.3m |
| Net Debt (1.99b) to EBITDA (283.9m): 7.00 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.96 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (149.9m) vs 12m ago 0.53% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 3.16% > 18% (prev 26.79%; Δ -23.63% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 29.54% > 50% (prev 28.19%; Δ 1.35% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.80 > 6 (EBIT TTM 91.6m / Interest Expense TTM 114.2m) |
| A: -0.00 (Total Current Assets 479.9m - Total Current Liabilities 500.0m) / Total Assets 4.73b |
| B: -0.25 (Retained Earnings -1.18b / Total Assets 4.73b) |
| C: 0.02 (EBIT TTM 91.6m / Avg Total Assets 4.76b) |
| D: 0.83 (Book Value of Equity 2.14b / Total Liabilities 2.57b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.16 = B |
| DSRI: 1.00 (Receivables 31.6m/30.4m, Revenue 1.41b/1.35b) |
| GMI: 8.47 (GM 26.79% / 3.16%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.87 / AQ_t-1 0.88) |
| SGI: 1.04 (Revenue 1.41b / 1.35b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 36.3m - CFO 267.0m) / TA 4.73b) |
| Beneish M = 3.76 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of November 09, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 12.54 with a total of 2,137,236 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.56%, over one month by +12.16%, over three months by +6.65% and over the past year by +95.31%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 11.70 (which is 6.7% or 2.5 ATR below the current price).
RLJ Lodging Trust has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.00. Therefore, it is recommended to hold RLJ.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 2
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 12.1 | -3.5% |
P/E Trailing = 248.2
P/E Forward = 2000.0
P/S = 1.3756
P/B = 1.0858
P/EG = 2.0614
Revenue TTM = 1.41b USD
EBIT TTM = 91.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 283.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 2.20b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 890.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 2.43b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last fiscal year) + Leases 119.3m
Net Debt = 1.99b USD (calculated: Debt 2.43b - CCE 448.3m)
Enterprise Value = 3.89b USD (1.90b + Debt 2.43b - CCE 448.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.80 (Ebit TTM 91.6m / Interest Expense TTM 114.2m)
EV/FCF = 14.56x (Enterprise Value 3.89b / FCF TTM 267.0m)
FCF Yield = 6.87% (FCF TTM 267.0m / Enterprise Value 3.89b)
FCF Margin = 18.99% (FCF TTM 267.0m / Revenue TTM 1.41b)
Net Margin = 2.58% (Net Income TTM 36.3m / Revenue TTM 1.41b)
Gross Margin = 3.16% ((Revenue TTM 1.41b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.36b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = none% (prev 5.78%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.82 (Enterprise Value 3.89b / Total Assets 4.73b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.69% (Interest Expense 114.2m / Debt 2.43b)
Taxrate = 3.87% (1.15m / 29.7m)
NOPAT = 88.1m (EBIT 91.6m * (1 - 3.87%))
Current Ratio = 0.96 (Total Current Assets 479.9m / Total Current Liabilities 500.0m)
Debt / Equity = 1.14 (Debt 2.43b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.14b)
Debt / EBITDA = 7.00 (Net Debt 1.99b / EBITDA 283.9m)
Debt / FCF = 7.44 (Net Debt 1.99b / FCF TTM 267.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.15b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.76% (Net Income 36.3m / Total Assets 4.73b)
RoE = 1.69% (Net Income TTM 36.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.15b)
RoCE = 2.11% (EBIT 91.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.15b + L.T.Debt 2.20b))
RoIC = 1.60% (NOPAT 88.1m / Invested Capital 5.50b)
WACC = 6.00% (E(1.90b)/V(4.34b) * Re(7.90%) + D(2.43b)/V(4.34b) * Rd(4.69%) * (1-Tc(0.04)))
Discount Rate = 7.90% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -83.58 | Cagr: -1.22%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈239.2m ; Y1≈274.2m ; Y5≈403.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 26.82 (EV 6.07b - Net Debt 1.99b = Equity 4.09b / Shares 152.4m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 85.89 | EPS CAGR: 92.67% | SUE: 2.19 | # QB: 7
Revenue Correlation: 76.31 | Revenue CAGR: 1.33% | SUE: 1.86 | # QB: 5
EPS current Quarter (2027-03-31): EPS=-0.04 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.03 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+212.2% | GrowthRev=+3.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.01 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-77.1% | GrowthRev=+2.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +25% (up=1, down=0)