For the quarter ended December 2025, Choice Hotels (CHH) reported revenue of $390.15 million, up 0.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.60, compared to $1.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $380.3 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.56, the EPS surprise was +2.38%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Choice Hotels performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- RevPAR: $49.82 versus $48.48 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Occupancy: 54% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 53.3%.
- RevPAR Growth: -4.6% compared to the -4.4% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average Daily Rate (ADR): $92.20 compared to the $91.40 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue for reimbursable costs from franchised and managed properties: $156 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $145.48 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -22.3%.
- Franchise and management fees: $157.27 million compared to the $154.04 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Revenues- Owned Hotels: $30.12 million compared to the $27.77 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.1% year over year.
- Partnership services and fees: $32.48 million compared to the $27.16 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Other: $14.29 million versus $15.94 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -13.7% change.
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Shares of Choice Hotels have returned +0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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