Real Estate
RLJ Lodging Trust(RLJ)
Live Price
Offline$11.02
+0.46% today
1Y Change
+53.96%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.26B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.4%
- EPS Growth
- -94.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 7.2%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is a Real Estate stock with a market cap of $1.26B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $11.02 and up 54.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.4%, EPS growth of -94.5%, a dividend yield of 7.2%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.4%, EPS -94.5%, free cash flow -58.9% with operating margin 9.4% and ROIC 2.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 7.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 43.4 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines RLJ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Real Estate peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.4% vs +11.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+9.4% vs +59.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
43.4 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.4% and EPS is at -94.5%, with operating margin around 9.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 7.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | +5.0% | +5.4% | +20.8% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +561.0% | -3.3% | -1.4% | -6.8% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | +3.9% | +0.0% | +9.6% | +6.0% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
RLJ Max Drawdown
-16.35%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
RLJ Lodging Trust
New York Stock Exchange
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. The Company's portfolio consists of 103 hotels with approximately 22,570 rooms, located in 23 states and the District of Columbia and an ownership interest in one unconsolidated hotel with 171 rooms.
- Leadership
- Leslie D. Hale
- IPO Date
- May 11, 2011
- Employees
- 73
- Street Address
- 3 Bethesda Metro Center
- Mailing
- Bethesda, MD, 20814
- Region
- Bethesda, MD, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 301-280-7777
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 43.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.8
- Price/Sales
- 0.9
- Price/Book
- 0.6
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.4%
- EPS
- -94.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -58.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- -0.9%
- Operating Margin
- 9.4%
- Net Margin
- 2.1%
- ROE
- 1.3%
- ROIC
- 2.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.07
- Current Ratio
- 2.04
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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