RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.460-1.660 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.600. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

RLJ Lodging Trust Stock Performance

Shares of RLJ traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $9.19. The stock had a trading volume of 2,416,701 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,541,672. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 2.74 and a quick ratio of 2.74. The firm has a market cap of $1.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.69, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.68. RLJ Lodging Trust has a 52 week low of $8.74 and a 52 week high of $12.39. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $9.87 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.63.

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.36. RLJ Lodging Trust had a return on equity of 3.58% and a net margin of 5.19%. On average, equities research analysts expect that RLJ Lodging Trust will post 1.37 EPS for the current year.

RLJ Lodging Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.53%. RLJ Lodging Trust’s payout ratio is 206.90%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on RLJ shares. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of RLJ Lodging Trust from $10.50 to $9.75 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of RLJ Lodging Trust from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 28th. Oppenheimer increased their target price on shares of RLJ Lodging Trust from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of RLJ Lodging Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $10.79.

About RLJ Lodging Trust

RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns primarily premium-branded, high-margin, focused-service and compact full-service hotels. The Company's portfolio currently consists of 96 hotels with approximately 21,200 rooms, located in 23 states and the District of Columbia and an ownership interest in one unconsolidated hotel with 171 rooms.