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) Free cash flow margin

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Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.80%, down 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.70% (fiscal 2020) to 34.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Lodging industry median of 9.93% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.1% 0.11
FY2024 11.0% (0.59)
FY2023 11.5% (23.30)
FY2022 34.8% 5.67
FY2021 29.2% 19.47
FY2020 9.70% (9.77)
FY2019 19.5% 0.60
FY2018 18.9% (5.82)
FY2017 24.7% 7.89
FY2016 16.8% 0.18

Against its own ten years

Low 9.70% High 34.8%
Ten-year median 16.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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