Choice Hotels International, Inc [NYSE: CHH] loss -0.57% or -0.81 points to close at $141.74 with a heavy trading volume of 240471 shares.
The daily chart for CHH points out that the company has recorded 9.51% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 317.30K shares, CHH reached to a volume of 240471 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Choice Hotels International, Inc [CHH]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CHH shares is $136.36 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CHH stock is a recommendation set at 3.47. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Choice Hotels International, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underweight, with their previous recommendation back on January 14, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price to Underweight. The new note on the price target was released on December 05, 2024, representing the official price target for Choice Hotels International, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $150, while Jefferies analysts kept a Hold rating on CHH stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Choice Hotels International, Inc is set at 3.13, with the Price to Sales ratio for CHH stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 4.28. Price to Free Cash Flow for CHH in the course of the last twelve months was 48.83.
Trading performance analysis for CHH stock
Choice Hotels International, Inc [CHH] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.58. With this latest performance, CHH shares dropped by -2.34% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 9.51% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 24.17% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CHH stock in for the last two-week period is set at 47.56, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 48.34, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 48.46 for Choice Hotels International, Inc [CHH]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 144.64, while it was recorded at 142.00 for the last single week of trading, and 129.08 for the last 200 days.
Choice Hotels International, Inc [CHH]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CHH. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Choice Hotels International, Inc go to 16.63%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Choice Hotels International, Inc [CHH]
There are presently around $68.95%, or 117.77%% of CHH stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CHH stocks are: BAMCO INC /NY/ with ownership of 4.77 million shares, which is approximately 9.6751%. KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, holding 4.11 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$488.59 million in CHH stocks shares; and KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, currently with $$486.21 million in CHH stock with ownership which is approximately 8.2873%.
