profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Choice Hotels International
$118.78+0.42% today
+24.5% in 1 year
1-year low $84.401-year high $122.08
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $14.29 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Choice Hotels International sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.40 billion in 2022 to $1.60 billion in 2025, with $370 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Choice Hotels International handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $138M$53M
Free cash flow 2025$125M
Bought back its own shares$138M
Paid as dividends$53M
Cash vs. debt$45M vs. $2.0B
Choice Hotels International vs. similar companies
Choice Hotels International grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice Hotels International | 14.3× · Cheap | ||
 Marriott International | 41.9× · Expensive | ||
 Hilton Worldwide Holdings | 57.0× · Expensive | ||
 InterContinental Hotels Group | 34.6× · Expensive | ||
 The Indian Hotels | 60.8× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Choice Hotels International's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 774 | 1,069 | 1,402 | 1,544 | 1,585 | 1,597 | |
| – | – | 700 | 792 | 845 | 842 | |
| 122 | 429 | 502 | 435 | 481 | 453 | |
| – | – | 545 | 476 | 554 | 627 | |
| 75 | 289 | 332 | 259 | 300 | 370 | |
| 1.35 | 5.15 | 5.99 | 5.07 | 6.20 | 7.90 | |
| – | – | 49.9% | 51.3% | 53.3% | 52.7% | |
| 15.7% | 40.1% | 35.8% | 28.1% | 30.4% | 28.4% | |
| 9.7% | 27.0% | 23.7% | 16.7% | 18.9% | 23.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,587 | 1,932 | 2,102 | 2,395 | 2,531 | 2,918 |
| Cash | 235 | 512 | 42 | 27 | 40 | 45 |
| Total debt | 1,071 | 1,096 | 1,285 | 1,682 | 1,887 | 2,022 |
| Total liabilities | 1,593 | 1,666 | 1,948 | 2,359 | 2,576 | 2,737 |
| -6 | 266 | 155 | 36 | -45 | 181 | |
| 56 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 48 | 47 | |
| 7.6% | 24.5% | 26.4% | 18.4% | 20.7% | 19.6% | |
| -1,310.6% | 108.7% | 214.8% | 726.2% | -661.9% | 204.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 384 | 367 | 297 | 319 | 270 | |
| – | – | 90 | 116 | 146 | 146 | |
| – | – | 277 | 180 | 174 | 125 | |
| Dividends paid | 25 | 25 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 53 |
| 55 | 13 | 435 | 363 | 381 | 138 | |
| 7 | 23 | 43 | 47 | 43 | 38 |
Valuation
- 14.3×
- 16.7×
- 0.34
- 29.5×
- 3.3×
- 42.4×
- 11.6×
- 2.4%
- 7.0%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 52.7%
- 28.4%
- 23.2%
- 38.7%
- 20.1%
- 21.8%
- 312.7%
- 11.7%
- 17.3%
- –
Growth
- +15.6%
- +42.4%
- −28.2%
- +38.6%
- −5.5%
Financial health
- 3.2×
- 11.16
- 71.6%
- 6.0×
- 0.87
- 0.95
- 0.54
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 11%of 976
Top 5%of 992
Top 31%of 852
Top 24%of 992
Bottom 32%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $108.13
- Range
- $87.00 – $126.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.07 | 1.35 | −20.7% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 1.60 | 1.56 | +2.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 2.10 | 2.18 | −3.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 1.92 | 1.90 | +1.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | 1.34 | 1.38 | −2.9% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 1.55 | 1.45 | +6.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2.23 | 1.92 | +16.1% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 1.84 | 1.86 | −1.1% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
+38.6%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.79 in 2015 → $1.15 in 2025
How safe it looks
14.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 42.9%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
90Pass
Peter Lynch
92Pass
Joel Greenblatt
58No pass
Charlie Munger
70Pass
Terry Smith
58No pass
Questions about Choice Hotels International
Is Choice Hotels International a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Choice Hotels International AI analysis
What does Choice Hotels International do?
Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor in the United States and internationally. It operates through Hotel Franchising & Management and Corporate & Other segments. It is in Lodging, based in North Bethesda, MD, United States, with 1,754 employees.
Does Choice Hotels International pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 14% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $53.5 million in dividends.
Is Choice Hotels International stock halal?
No. Choice Hotels International does not pass our halal screen: it was reviewed by hand and does not pass. How we check
How has Choice Hotels International stock done over the past year?
Up 24.5% over the past twelve months, to $118.78. It traded between $84.40 and $122.08 and is 2.7% below its high.
Who are Choice Hotels International's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, InterContinental Hotels Group and The Indian Hotels. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Choice Hotels International's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.