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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricRLJRLJ Lodging TrustAPLEApple Hospitality REIT, Inc.PKPark Hotels & Resorts Inc.DRHDiamondRock Hospitality CoMedian of the restexcluding RLJ
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.14▼ 0.16 (1.30%)
$17.82▲ 0.62 (3.60%)
$16.66▼ 0.33 (1.94%)
$13.88▼ 0.05 (0.39%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/106.0/102.0/104.7/104.7/10
Market value$1.83B$4.20B$3.33B$2.83B
Revenue$1.35B$1.41B$2.54B$1.12B
Profit$28.5M$175.4M-$283.0M$101.4M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-1.4%-1.3%-2.2%-0.8%-1.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—40.0%——40.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—18.3%-1.3%—8.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.2.1%12.4%-11.1%9.1%9.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.8.7%20.0%4.0%14.5%14.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.1.3%5.6%-9.0%7.0%5.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—5.5%-0.4%—2.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.64.34x23.94x—27.88x25.91x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book0.85x1.33x1.06x1.95x1.33x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.18x0.56x1.48x1.07x1.07x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/75/84/76/75.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksnot reportedn/a for banks

How RLJ compares with the others

  • RLJ's profit margin of 2.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.1%).
  • Its revenue growth of -1.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-1.3%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 64.3x against 25.9x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.2x against 1.1x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.