profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
RLJ Lodging
$12.94-0.08% today
+73.0% in 1 year
1-year low $7.191-year high $13.26
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, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $69.49 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 RLJ Lodging sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.19 billion in 2022 to $1.35 billion in 2025, with $28.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
RLJ Lodging handed back 61% of the cash it generated last year.
$116M
Free cash flow 2025$244M
Bought back its own shares$32M
Paid as dividends$116M
Cash vs. debt$410M vs. $2.3B
RLJ Lodging vs. similar companies
RLJ Lodging grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| RLJ Lodging | 69.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Host Hotels & Resorts | 23.2× · Fair price | ||
 Ryman Hospitality Properties | 38.3× · Expensive | ||
 Apple Hospitality REIT | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Covivio Hotels | 10.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads RLJ Lodging'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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,194 | 1,326 | 1,369 | 1,350 | |
| 362 | 391 | 384 | 361 | |
| 121 | 153 | 150 | 127 | |
| 319 | 355 | 359 | 325 | |
| 42 | 76 | 68 | 29 | |
| 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.01 | |
| 30.3% | 29.5% | 28.1% | 26.7% | |
| 10.1% | 11.5% | 11.0% | 9.4% | |
| 3.5% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 2.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,978 | 4,919 | 4,884 | 4,742 |
| Cash | 481 | 517 | 410 | 410 |
| Total debt | 2,335 | 2,343 | 2,339 | 2,315 |
| Total liabilities | 2,550 | 2,569 | 2,586 | 2,559 |
| 2,415 | 2,337 | 2,285 | 2,170 | |
| 162 | 157 | 153 | 150 | |
| 2.2% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.4% | |
| 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 1.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 315 | 285 | 244 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 257 | 315 | 285 | 244 | |
| Dividends paid | 38 | 74 | 95 | 116 |
| 61 | 80 | 31 | 32 | |
| 22 | 24 | 21 | 15 |
Valuation
- 69.5×
- –
- –
- 0.6×
- 1.5×
- 8.1×
- 12.0×
- 12.3%
- 1.4%
- 6.8%
Profitability
- 26.7%
- 9.4%
- 2.1%
- 23.6%
- 24.9%
- -0.3%
- 1.1%
- 0.5%
- 3.2%
- –
Growth
- +4.2%
- −53.6%
- −58.9%
- +71.9%
- −2.3%
Financial health
- 6.0×
- 1.08
- 49.2%
- 1.6×
- 0.53
- 0.53
- 0.29
How it ranks in Real Estate
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 4%of 743
Bottom 14%of 749
Bottom 9%of 663
Bottom 36%of 759
Top 16%of 759
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $6.00
- Range
- $6.00 – $6.00
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 0.33 | 0.27 | +22.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 0.32 | -0.07 | +561.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.27 | 0.26 | +3.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.48 | 0.46 | +4.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.31 | 0.30 | +3.3% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 0.33 | -0.03 | +1,200.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 0.40 | 0.35 | +14.3% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.51 | 0.48 | +6.3% |
6.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$68a year at today's yield, before tax
+71.9%2020 to 2025
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.32 in 2015 → $0.60 in 2025
How safe it looks
408.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 47.8%
News
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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
0/7Passes 0 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
39No pass
Benjamin Graham
32No pass
Philip Fisher
38No pass
Peter Lynch
43No pass
Joel Greenblatt
54No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about RLJ Lodging
Is RLJ Lodging a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 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 RLJ Lodging AI analysis
What does RLJ Lodging do?
RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns primarily premium-branded, high-margin, focused-service and compact full-service hotels. It is in REIT - Hotel & Motel.
Does RLJ Lodging pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.8% a year. In 2025 it paid out $116 million in dividends.
Is RLJ Lodging stock halal?
No. RLJ Lodging does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 117% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has RLJ Lodging stock done over the past year?
Up 73.0% over the past twelve months, to $12.94. It traded between $7.19 and $13.26 and is 2.4% below its high.
Who are RLJ Lodging's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Host Hotels & Resorts, Ryman Hospitality Properties, Apple Hospitality REIT and Covivio Hotels. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with RLJ Lodging's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.