Choice Hotels
About: As of Dec. 31, 2024, Choice Hotels operated 654,000 rooms across the economy, midscale, upscale, and extended-stay segments. Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites are the largest brands (26% of the company's total domestic rooms), while Ascend and Cambria (10% of total domestic rooms) are newer lifestyle and select-service brands. Choice closed on its Radisson acquisition in August 2022, which added about 70,000 rooms. Franchises account for 100% of total revenue, and the United States represented 78% of total rooms in 2024.
Employees: 1,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
853% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.87M | Put options by funds: $406K
2.68% more ownership
Funds ownership: 68.53% [Q1] → 71.21% (+2.68%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q1] → 1 (+0) [Q2]
1% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.25B [Q1] → $4.19B (-$59.2M) [Q2]
7% less funds holding
Funds holding: 375 [Q1] → 348 (-27) [Q2]
24% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 108 | Existing positions reduced: 143
34% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 39 | Existing positions closed: 59
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
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Baird
Micheal Bellisario
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$136
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Outperform
Maintained
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22 Aug 2025 |
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Barclays
Anthony Powell
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$117
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Underweight
Maintained
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7 Aug 2025 |
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UBS
Robin Farley
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$149
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Neutral
Maintained
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10 Jul 2025 |
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JP Morgan
Daniel Politzer
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$124
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Underweight
Initiated
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23 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about CHH published over the past 30 days
