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Choice Hotels International (Choice Hotels International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.52% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Choice Hotels International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,266 Mil. Choice Hotels International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $401 Mil. Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.52%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CHH' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31   Med: 5.78   Max: 7.96
Current: 5.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Choice Hotels International was 7.96%. The lowest was 1.31%. And the median was 5.78%.

CHH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.61% of 854 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 4.26 vs CHH: 5.32

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Choice Hotels International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.75%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Choice Hotels International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.79 1.51 4.56 6.75 5.52

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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 6.75 6.25 5.95 5.66 5.52

Competitive Comparison

For the Lodging subindustry, Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Choice Hotels International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Choice Hotels International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Choice Hotels Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=400.736/7266.30446
=5.51 %

Choice Hotels International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $401 Mil.



Choice Hotels International  (NYSE:CHH) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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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