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CHOICE HOTELS FRANCHISING INC

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Signs6 good1 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.60B$1.58B$1.54B$1.40B$1.07B$772.6M
Operating income$448.4M$463.8M$375.0M$478.6M$428.9M$121.7M
Net income$369.9M$299.7M$258.5M$332.2M$289.0M$75.4M
Total assets$2.92B$2.53B$2.39B$2.10B$1.93B$1.59B
Total liabilities$2.74B$2.58B$2.36B$1.95B$1.67B$1.59B
Equity$181.2M−$45.3M$35.6M$154.7M$265.9M−$5.8M
EPS (diluted)$7.90$6.20$5.07$5.99$5.15$1.35
Shares out.46.7M49.6M51.4M55.6M55.5M55.7M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
28.1%
Net margin
23.2%
Return on equity
204.1%
Return on assets
12.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
18.3%
Liabilities / assets
93.8%
Debt / equity
15.10×
Book value / share
$3.88
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
23.5%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
3.55safe
Accruals / assets
3.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
70
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 warning6 good
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
11 acquisitions1 disposalsnet +29,357.05 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Dragisich DominicOfficer — Interim CEOMay 26, 2026Option exercise12,796$91.28
Vieira Donna FDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Tague John PDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Maureen SullivanDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Smith GordonDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Shames Ervin RDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Landsman LizaDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Koch Monte JmDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Jews William LDirectorMay 21, 2026Grant1,570$0.00
Bainum BrianDirectorMay 15, 2026J455$0.00
Dragisich DominicOfficer — Interim CEOMay 20, 2026Grant4,454$0.00
Vieira Donna FDirectorApr 15, 2026Grant2.05$117.65

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • 4May 28, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 26, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 8-KMay 21, 2026
  • DEFA14AMay 20, 2026
  • 8-KMay 20, 2026
  • 10-QApr 30, 2026

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