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Choice Hotels
Guidance from Choice Hotels’s last 8 earnings releases. Every value links to its sentence in the filing. See something wrong? Tell us.
Releases tracked
8
Latest release
Aug 5, 2026
Data checked
Aug 5, 2026
What changed in the Aug 5, 2026 release
Each item compared with the same item in the previous release (Apr 30, 2026). Values in quotation marks are the company’s words.
New — first stated in this releaseRaised / Lowered / Narrowed / Widened — changed from the prior releaseRevised — wording changed, direction not determinableChanged — value changed; the comparison couldn’t be parsed to a directionReiterated — restated unchangedNot restated — stated before, absent nowRaised and lowered describe the number, not whether the change is favorable.
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | First asset sales timing | for FY2027 | — | “first half of 2027” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | Adjusted diluted EPS | for FY2026 | “$6.92 to $7.14” | “$6.86 to $7.10” | Filing ↗ |
| Raised | Adjusted EBITDA | for FY2026 | “$632 to $647 million” | “$635 to $650 million” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | Adjusted net income | for FY2026 | “$320 to $330 million” | “$312 to $323 million” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | Diluted EPS | for FY2026 | “$5.72 to $5.94” | “$5.07 to $5.31” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | Net income | for FY2026 | “$265 to $275 million” | “$230 to $241 million” | Filing ↗ |
| New | Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA target range | for the long term | — | “3.0x to 4.0x” | Filing ↗ |
| Raised | Effective tax rate | for FY2026 | “25%” | “26%” | Filing ↗ |
| Raised | Global net system rooms growth | for FY2026 | “Approximately 1%” | “Approximately 1.5%” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | Global RevPAR growth | for FY2026 | “-2% to 1%” | “0% to 1%” | Filing ↗ |
| New | Total post-employment benefits expected to be recognized | for FY2026 | — | “approximately $2.7 million” | Filing ↗ |
| Lowered | U.S. RevPAR growth | for FY2026 | “-2% to 1%” | “0% to 1.25%” | Filing ↗ |
| New | U.S. royalty rate growth | for FY2026 | — | “7 bps to 9 bps” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | Adjusted SG&A | for FY2026 | “Mid-single digits” | “Mid-single digits” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | Net capital outlays for hotel development-related activities | for FY2026 | “$20 million to $45 million” | “$20 million to $45 million” | Filing ↗ |
Show 2 items not restated in this release
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not restated | Master franchising agreement with SSAW Hotels & Resorts room additions | No period stated | “approximately 10,000 rooms” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | SSAW Hotels & Resorts master franchising agreement expected room additions | No period stated | “approximately 10,000 rooms” | — | Filing ↗ |
Current guidance
Guidance for periods that have not yet ended, at its most recent value, grouped by horizon.
Current fiscal year
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted diluted EPS | “$6.86 to $7.10” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Adjusted EBITDA | “$635 to $650 million” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Adjusted net income | “$312 to $323 million” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Diluted EPS | “$5.07 to $5.31” | for FY2026 | GAAP-tied | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Net income | “$230 to $241 million” | for FY2026 | GAAP-tied | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Adjusted SG&A | “Mid-single digits” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Apr 30, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Effective income tax rate | “approximately 25%” | for FY2026 | GAAP-tied | Apr 30, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Effective tax rate | “26%” | for FY2026 | GAAP-tied | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Global net system rooms growth | “Approximately 1.5%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Global RevPAR growth | “0% to 1%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| Net capital outlays for hotel development-related activities | “$20 million to $45 million” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Total post-employment benefits expected to be recognized | “approximately $2.7 million” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Aug 5, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| U.S. RevPAR growth | “0% to 1.25%” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Feb 19, 2026 | 3 | Filing ↗ |
| U.S. royalty rate growth | “7 bps to 9 bps” | for FY2026 | Company-defined | Aug 5, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
Next year and medium term
Long term
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA target range | “3.0x to 4.0x” | for the long term | Company-defined | Aug 5, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
No period stated
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share repurchase authorization remaining | “3.0 million shares” | — | Declared action | Nov 5, 2025 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
How one item moved
Adjusted Diluted EPS, for FY2025 — every statement across the year, each linked to its filing.
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Full history
Every metric, every release, eight quarters — the complete record as one table.
| Metric | FY2027 | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | Long-term | No period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted diluted EPS | — | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
| Adjusted EBITDA | — | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
| Adjusted EBITDA outlook incremental contribution from Choice Hotels Canada acquisition | — | — | 1 statement | — | — | — |
| Adjusted net income | — | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
| Diluted EPS | — | 3 statements | 4 statements | 1 statement | — | — |
The full record for Choice Hotels and its Online travel & lodging peers, delivered as a Peer Guidance Briefing — PDF and Excel, every value linked to its filing.
Filings
The 8 earnings releases this page is built from.
| Filed | Fiscal period | Accession | Guidance items | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | FY2026 Q2 | 0001046311-26-000023 | 15 | Open filing ↗ |
| Apr 30, 2026 | FY2026 Q1 | 0001046311-26-000017 | 11 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 19, 2026 | FY2025 Q4 | 0001046311-26-000006 | 10 | Open filing ↗ |
| Nov 5, 2025 | FY2025 Q3 | 0001046311-25-000028 | 13 | Open filing ↗ |
| Aug 6, 2025 | FY2025 Q2 | 0001046311-25-000021 | 14 | Open filing ↗ |
| May 8, 2025 | FY2025 Q1 | 0001046311-25-000013 | 9 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 20, 2025 | FY2024 Q4 | 0001046311-25-000005 | 9 | Open filing ↗ |
| Nov 4, 2024 | FY2024 Q3 | 0001046311-24-000034 | 9 | Open filing ↗ |
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