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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Choice Hotels (CHH)

Choice Hotels Q1 revenue hits record $340.6 million; net income falls to $20.3 million

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Choice Hotels reported first-quarter 2026 total revenues of a company record $340.6 million, up from $332.9 million a year earlier. Net income fell to $20.3 million from $44.5 million, and diluted EPS fell to $0.44 from $0.94, while the company maintained its full-year 2026 outlook.

Key points

  • Total revenues of $340.6 million vs. $332.9 million in Q1 2025; net income of $20.3 million vs. $44.5 million
  • Adjusted diluted EPS of $1.07 vs. $1.34 and adjusted EBITDA of $125.7 million vs. $129.6 million, which the company attributed to timing-related factors
  • Full-year 2026 outlook maintained: diluted EPS of $5.72 to $5.94 and adjusted diluted EPS of $6.92 to $7.14
  • Returned $75.2 million to shareholders in the quarter, including $62.1 million in share repurchases and $13.1 million in dividends

The filing

CompanyChoice Hotels (CHH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 30, 2026, 8:33 AM ET
Accession number0001046311-26-000017

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 30, 2026.

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