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RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) closed the day trading at $8.50 down -4.60% from the previous closing price of $8.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.6 million shares were traded. RLJ stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.98 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.455.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of RLJ, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.00 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.94.
On September 13, 2024, Wells Fargo Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Equal Weight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $11 to $9.
Compass Point Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on August 05, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $18 to $10.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 07 ’25 when Gibson Patricia L bought 10,000 shares for $9.38 per share. The transaction valued at 93,783 led to the insider holds 114,217 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, RLJ now has a Market Capitalization of 1298238976 and an Enterprise Value of 3573829632. As of this moment, RLJ’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 31.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 44.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.95 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.68. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.609 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.659.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for RLJ is 1.47, which has changed by -0.2772109 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, RLJ has reached a high of $12.11, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.74. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.18%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, RLJ traded about 1.76M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, RLJ traded about 2517830 shares per day. A total of 153.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 147.71M. Insiders hold about 2.80% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.07% stake in the company. Shares short for RLJ as of 1740700800 were 12879429 with a Short Ratio of 7.33, compared to 1738281600 on 12660738. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12879429 and a Short% of Float of 12.839999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
RLJ’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.50, up from 0.5 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.056116723The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.73.
