RLJ Lodging Trust Valuation

Is RLJ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RLJ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RLJ ($10.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($13.63)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RLJ is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RLJ?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

RLJ key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.3x
PEG Ratio3.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RLJ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RLJ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average36.9x
XHR Xenia Hotels & Resorts
75.5x21.2%US$1.5b
DRH DiamondRock Hospitality
24.2x12.9%US$1.9b
SHO Sunstone Hotel Investors
10.7x-57.7%US$2.1b
PK Park Hotels & Resorts
37.3x25.3%US$3.4b
RLJ RLJ Lodging Trust
36.7x10.5%US$1.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RLJ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.7x) compared to the peer average (36.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RLJ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Hotel and Resort REITs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RLJ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.7x) compared to the Global Hotel and Resort REITs industry average (15.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RLJ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RLJ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.7x
Fair PE Ratio32.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RLJ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst RLJ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$10.70
US$14.25
+33.2%
11.2%US$18.00US$12.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$11.69
US$14.25
+21.9%
11.2%US$18.00US$12.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$12.18
US$14.15
+16.2%
11.2%US$18.00US$12.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$11.80
US$14.05
+19.1%
11.1%US$18.00US$12.00n/a10
Jan ’25US$11.72
US$13.72
+17.1%
12.0%US$18.00US$12.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$10.94
US$13.44
+22.9%
13.6%US$18.00US$11.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$9.35
US$13.50
+44.4%
14.3%US$18.00US$11.00n/a8
Oct ’24US$9.79
US$13.50
+37.9%
14.3%US$18.00US$11.00n/a8
Sep ’24US$9.98
US$13.88
+39.0%
13.7%US$18.00US$11.00n/a8
Aug ’24US$10.24
US$13.89
+35.6%
13.3%US$18.00US$11.00n/a9
Jul ’24US$10.27
US$14.28
+39.0%
13.9%US$18.00US$10.50n/a9
Jun ’24US$10.50
US$14.28
+36.0%
13.9%US$18.00US$10.50n/a9
May ’24US$10.12
US$14.28
+41.1%
13.9%US$18.00US$10.50US$10.969
Apr ’24US$10.60
US$14.39
+35.7%
13.9%US$18.00US$10.50US$11.699
Mar ’24US$11.41
US$14.67
+28.5%
10.7%US$18.00US$12.00US$12.189
Feb ’24US$12.60
US$15.00
+19.0%
11.2%US$18.00US$12.00US$11.8010
Jan ’24US$10.59
US$15.10
+42.6%
11.3%US$18.00US$12.00US$11.7210
Dec ’23US$12.19
US$15.70
+28.8%
9.9%US$18.00US$13.00US$10.9410
Nov ’23US$12.26
US$16.15
+31.7%
13.3%US$21.00US$13.50US$9.3510
Oct ’23US$10.12
US$16.85
+66.5%
13.0%US$21.00US$13.50US$9.7910
Sep ’23US$11.85
US$17.15
+44.7%
14.6%US$21.00US$13.50US$9.9810
Aug ’23US$12.49
US$17.50
+40.1%
12.6%US$21.00US$15.00US$10.2410
Jul ’23US$11.06
US$17.80
+60.9%
11.5%US$21.00US$15.00US$10.2710
Jun ’23US$13.86
US$18.40
+32.8%
10.4%US$21.00US$15.00US$10.5010
May ’23US$14.02
US$18.50
+32.0%
10.0%US$21.00US$15.00US$10.1210

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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