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In the latest session, Choice Hotels International, Inc (NYSE: CHH) closed at $145.90 down -0.70% from its previous closing price of $146.93. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.44 million shares were traded. CHH stock price reached its highest trading level at $149.255 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $145.84.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Choice Hotels International, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 116.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 50.26.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Morgan Stanley on January 14, 2025, Downgraded its rating to Underweight and sets its target price to $129 from $145 previously.
On December 05, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $133.
Jefferies Downgraded its Buy to Hold on November 06, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $150.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 25 ’24 when Cimerola Patrick sold 6,816 shares for $151.84 per share. The transaction valued at 1,034,975 led to the insider holds 12,616 shares of the business.
Cimerola Patrick sold 6,420 shares of CHH for $963,047 on Nov 22 ’24. The Chief Human Resources Officer now owns 16,975 shares after completing the transaction at $150.01 per share. On Nov 13 ’24, another insider, THREE GRACES FOUNDATION INC., who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, bought 22,500 shares for $145.27 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CHH now has a Market Capitalization of 6843774976 and an Enterprise Value of 8652774400. As of this moment, Choice’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 27.90, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.56. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.99. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.107 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.279.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CHH is 1.25, which has changed by 0.27870286 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22894537 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CHH has reached a high of $156.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $108.91. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.69%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, CHH has traded an average of 291.78K shares per day and 351300 over the past ten days. A total of 46.96M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 26.53M. Insiders hold about 43.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 65.98% stake in the company. Shares short for CHH as of 1738281600 were 5454604 with a Short Ratio of 18.69, compared to 1735603200 on 4920519. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5454604 and a Short% of Float of 37.240002.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CHH is 1.15, from 1.15 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.007826856The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.1. The current Payout Ratio is 22.68% for CHH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-02 with an ex-dividend date of 1735776000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-10-24 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
