Invests primarily in upscale, extended-stay hotels. Focuses on premium-branded, select-service hotels. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $326.3M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 40.2× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 75% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 6% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 13% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 10% a year on average.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 36 buys and 0 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $0.38 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The company’s market value is 40 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 34/100.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.