A Closer Look at RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ)’s Operating Margin

At the time of writing, RLJ Lodging Trust [RLJ] stock is trading at $8.88, down -0.89%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RLJ shares have gain 4.47% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.50%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

RLJ Lodging Trust [NYSE: RLJ] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 26, 2024, when Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Underweight on September 13, 2024, and dropped its price target to $9. On August 05, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $10 on the stock. Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $15 on January 10, 2024. Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $13 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 28, 2023. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to Perform for this stock on July 20, 2023. In a note dated April 22, 2022, Oppenheimer initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $20 on this stock.

For the past year, the stock price of RLJ Lodging Trust fluctuated between $8.45 and $12.11. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $11 within the next 12 months. RLJ Lodging Trust [NYSE: RLJ] shares were valued at $8.88 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.87% based on the average RLJ price forecast.

Analyzing the RLJ fundamentals

According to RLJ Lodging Trust [NYSE:RLJ], the company’s sales were 1.37B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.22% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.03 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.02.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 8.60 points at the first support level, and at 8.32 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 9.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 9.27.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.99, the price to book ratio is 0.71 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.66.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Gibson Patricia L, Director, that happened on Mar 07 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were purchased.

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