RLJ
RLJ Lodging Trust
There isn't enough reported data to score RLJ yet.
RLJ Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
RLJ's revenue and profitability are currently stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for real estate companies like RLJ.
RLJ PE Valuation
RLJ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 361x next year's earnings.
RLJ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect RLJ to return to profit, with revenue holding steady.
RLJ Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.04 | -28% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.05 | -83% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.21 | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.26 | -7.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.27 | -16% |
| Q3 2024 | $0.29 | -6.5% |
| Q2 2024 | $0.26 | -19% |
| Q1 2024 | $0.28 | +7.7% |
| Q4 2023 | $0.32 | +220% |
RLJ's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $0.05 over the past year, against $0.60 in late 2019.
RLJ Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $354.5M | +7.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $383M | +5.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $340M | +3.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $328.6M | -0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $330M | -4.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $363.1M | -1.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $328.1M | +1.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $330M | +3.2% |
RLJ's revenue has picked up after two years of holding roughly level: $354M last quarter, up 7.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.4% | +2.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 8.3% | +0.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 0% | -1.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2% | -1.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | -1.1% | -7.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 8% | -2.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 1.1% | -0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.8% | -0.8 points |
RLJ's operating margin was 1.4% last quarter, up 2.4 points from the same quarter a year ago.
RLJ Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $41.8M | +25% |
| Q2 2026 | $93.9M | +42% |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.1M | +$28.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $48.2M | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $33.6M | -26% |
| Q2 2025 | $66.1M | -12% |
| Q1 2025 | -$30.5M | -$17.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $41.6M | -29% |
RLJ's free cash flow was $182M over the past year, up 64% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for real estate companies like RLJ.
RLJ Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.7% | -1M shares |
| 1 year | +0.5% | +786K shares |
| 3 years | -3.3% | -5.2M shares |
| 5 years | -8.6% | -14.2M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -19.5M shares |
RLJ has 150M diluted shares, up 0.5% from a year ago, despite $29M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $367,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $25M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $428,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $3.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $13M |
RLJ spent $29M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 73% from the year before.
RLJ Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.7x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 8.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 8.6x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 8.3x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 8.4x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 7.6x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 7.5x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 7.3x | High |
RLJ's net debt is about 7.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 8.4 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for real estate companies like RLJ.
RLJ Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 72.6 | Overbought |
| Stochastic | 85.0 | Overbought |
RLJ's weekly RSI is 73 (overbought) and its Stochastic is 85 (overbought).
RLJ PE vs Real Estate Sector
| Metric | RLJ | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
RLJ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RLJ Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $11.9 | 8.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $11.6 | 11% above |
| 50 week MA | $9.72 | 33% above |
| 100 week MA | $8.84 | 46% above |
| 200 week MA | $9.62 | 35% above |
RLJ has climbed back above all five of its weekly moving averages, and it's now 35% above its 200-week average.
RLJ Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $18.1 | $14.3 | -21% |
| 2021 | $14.3 | $14.0 | -2% |
| 2022 | $14.0 | $10.5 | -25% |
| 2023 | $10.5 | $11.7 | +11% |
| 2024 | $11.7 | $10.2 | -13% |
| 2025 | $10.2 | $7.67 | -24% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.67 | $13.0 | +69% |
RLJ is up 69% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in five of the previous six years.