Hotel franchisor Choice Hotels (NYSE:CHH) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.
Choice Hotels met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $426.4 million, down 2% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance slightly topping analysts’ expectations but a miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Choice Hotels’s revenue to decline 2.8% year on year to $415.9 million, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.20 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Choice Hotels has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Choice Hotels’s peers in the travel and vacation providers segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. American Airlines posted flat year-on-year revenue, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Delta reported revenues up 6.4%, topping estimates by 3.8%. American Airlines traded up 14.3% following the results while Delta’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of American Airlines’s results here and Delta’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the travel and vacation providers stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.4% on average over the last month. Choice Hotels is down 11.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $117.50 (compared to the current share price of $92.37).
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