Choice Hotels International, Inc. CHH

Consumer Cyclical · Lodging · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$2.03B
Market Cap
$4.89B
Margin of Safety
-140.9%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.41

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

3.20B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

142.32M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

2.74B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

2.03B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

2.03B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

4.89B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.41×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -140.9% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 3.20B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)5.27B USD
−②Net Debt Today2.07B USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value3.20B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

5.27B USD

Net debt today

-2.07B USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

3.20B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

5.27B USD

②Net Debt Today

2.07B USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap4.89B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-52.5%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 142.32M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (no book value at the start of the latest year), so the value is the book value today, 142.32M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap4.89B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-3334.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 2.74B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF3.31B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today1.50B USD
−③Net Debt Today2.07B USD
=Value2.74B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

3.31B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

1.50B USD

③Net Debt Today

2.07B USD

Market value

Market Cap4.89B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-78.4%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 7.20%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.71×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 8.79%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 87.03M USDPretax Income 457.35M USD= 19.03%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 548.59M USD−Pretax Income 457.35M USD= 91.24M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 91.24M USDTotal Debt 2.11B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 19.03%)= 3.50%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 2.11B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 4.89B USD + 2.11B USD= 30.14%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 69.86%×Cost of Equity 8.79%+Debt Weight 30.14%×Cost of Debt 3.50%= 7.20%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 2.99B USD − Total Liabilities 2.85B USD = Book Value Today 142.32M USD

Total Debt 2.11B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 42.87M USD = Net Debt Today 2.07B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-8.8%at most 5%passes45,179,440 / 49,526,245
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets-3.3%at least -10.0%passes(270.72M USD − 370.32M USD) ÷ 2.99B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today34.34×at most 3×does not pass4.89B USD ÷ 142.32M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue28.4%above 10.0%passes453.55M USD ÷ 1.60B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 10.8%above 10.0%does not pass1.60B USD / 1.59B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-42.3%above -30%does not pass(42.87M USD − 2.11B USD) ÷ 4.89B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit53.8%above 25.0%passes453.55M USD ÷ 842.61M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

109 USD

Enterprise value

6.91B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

14.56×

Price / book

34.17×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

15.32×

Return on equity

566.4%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

32.6%

Revenue growth

7.1%

Analyst target, mean

115 USD

Analysts

17

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

1.40B1.55B1.59B1.60B

Gross profit

700.75M793.07M846.19M842.61M

Operating income

502.43M434.98M481.49M453.55M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

545.06M476.95M554.19M627.94M

Pretax income

437.24M337.29M396.04M457.35M

Net income

332.48M258.77M299.96M370.32M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

350.24M301.07M313.27M292.45M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

2.10B2.40B2.53B2.92B

Total liabilities

1.95B2.36B2.58B2.74B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

154.81M35.63M-45.32M181.41M

Total debt

1.29B1.68B1.89B2.02B

Cash and equivalents

41.61M26.78M40.22M45.04M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

517.11M599.48M688.48M727.69M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

-88.06M-646.81M-123.76M-61.35M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

367.43M296.85M319.72M270.72M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-90.04M-116.39M-146.00M-145.94M

Depreciation and amortisation

63.98M75.81M70.93M79.35M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

277.38M180.46M173.72M124.78M