Choice Hotels International, Inc.

CHH Consumer Cyclical Lodging

Choice Hotels International, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 0.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+2.46%
EPS
−66.7%
Free cash flow
−60.4%
Total debt
+13.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

117.45 2.88 −2.39%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
25.9×
Fwd P/E
21.1×
Dividend yield
0.98%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.11
Beneish M
−2.10
Dividend safety
71/100

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (CHH) Debt to equity

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Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 16.5×, up 6.0× from fiscal 2025 (10.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −186× (fiscal 2020) to 44.0× (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Lodging industry median of 0.1× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 10.5× —
FY2024 −39.1× —
FY2023 44.0× 466.05%
FY2022 7.8× 95.10%
FY2021 4.0× —
FY2020 −186× —
FY2019 −36.2× —
FY2018 −4.1× —
FY2017 −2.8× —
FY2016 −2.7× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 16.5× 17.33%
Jun 2026 14.1× (3.38%)
Mar 2026 14.6× 38.59%
Dec 2025 10.5× (17.89%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −186× High 44.0×
Ten-year median −2.7×
Current reading's percentile 91

Debt to equity against peers

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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