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Choice Hotels International (Choice Hotels International) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 5.87 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Choice Hotels International's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $504 Mil. Choice Hotels International's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,178 Mil. Choice Hotels International's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $287 Mil. Choice Hotels International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.87.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.14   Med: 2.96   Max: 7.19
Current: 3.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Choice Hotels International was 7.19. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 2.96.

CHH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.22% of 623 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 2.88 vs CHH: 3.53

Choice Hotels International Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Choice Hotels International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.50 7.19 2.34 2.36 3.53

Choice Hotels International Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.15 3.59 2.46 2.41 5.87

Competitive Comparison

For the Lodging subindustry, Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Choice Hotels International Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Choice Hotels International Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Choice Hotels International's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(503.506 + 1178.234) / 476.471
=3.53

Choice Hotels International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(503.506 + 1178.234) / 286.664
=5.87

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Choice Hotels International  (NYSE:CHH) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Choice Hotels International (Choice Hotels International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Choice Hotels Circle, Suite 400, Rockville, MD, USA, 20850
As of Dec. 31, 2022, Choice Hotels operated 628,000 rooms across 13 brands addressing the economy and midscale segments. Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites are the largest brands (27% of the company's total domestic rooms), while Ascend and Cambria (7% of total domestic rooms) are newer lifestyle and select-service brands. Choice added its 13th brand with the launch of extended-stay brand Everhome in January 2020. Choice closed on its Radisson acquisition in August 2022, which will add around 70,000 rooms. Franchises are 99% of total revenue, and the United States represents 79% of total rooms in 2022.
Executives
Dominic Dragisich officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Noha Abdalla officer: Chief Marketing Officer 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
William L Jews director C/O FORTRESS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., 7226 LEE DEFOREST DRIVE, SUITE 203, COLUMBIA, MD 21046
Scott E Oaksmith officer: Controller 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Patrick Cimerola officer: Senior Vice President 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Simone Wu officer: Senior Vice President 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Brian Bainum director 8171 MAPLE LAWN BLVD, SUITE 375, FULTON MD 20759
John P Tague director
David A Pepper officer: SVP, Franchise Development 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
John Bonds officer: Senior Vice President 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Sanchez Raul Ramirez officer: Chief Strat & Intl Op Officer 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Elizabeth A Redmond officer: Principal Accounting Officer 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Donna F Vieira director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Patrick Pacious officer: Senior Vice President 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Liza Landsman director 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE, ROCKVILLE MD 20850