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RLJ Lodging Trust

RLJ

NYSE·Real Estate·REIT - Hotel & Motel·Mkt cap $1.8B

$11.78

+0.77%

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52-Week Range

$6.54 - $12.03

P/E

Fwd P/E

Beta

1.15

Div Yield

5.13%

Avg Vol

2.5M

Shares Out

151.9M

Mkt Cap

$1.8B

Price action

Price chart

Up 55.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

5 reasons

  • Self-advised structure reducing operating costs and improving decision-making speed
  • Premium brand partnerships providing customer loyalty and centralized distribution
  • High-margin focused-service hotel model with lower operating expenses
  • Geographically diversified portfolio across 23 states reducing concentration risk
  • Experienced management team with deep hospitality real estate expertise

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Stable outlook

Recovery and growth in domestic travel and business lodging demand

Value

Valuation data unavailable

Momentum

Hot

+59.0% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Solid business

Dividend

High yield

5.13% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 6, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 4, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.05 vs -$0.07 consensus (+32.4% surprise). Revenue of $340.0M vs $323.5M expected (+5.1%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +32.4%
Rev beat +5.1%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+32.4%

Next: Aug 6, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+3%

+1%

-2%

-5%

-0%

+4%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$369.3M

$345.7M

$330.0M

$328.1M

$363.1M

$330.0M

$328.6M

$340.0M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

-0.1%

Wall Street consensus

3 analysts · 67% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

2

67%

Hold

1

33%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$10.00

-15.1% vs $11.78

Low $9.00
Median $10.00
High $11.00

Latest: Oppenheimer · Jun 18, 2026

2 analysts covering

vs Industry

How RLJ stacks vs REIT - Hotel & Motel

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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