Source: Choice Hotels's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 03, 2026
Revenue, net income & free cash flow
Income statement
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Revenue
$807.91M
$941.30M
$1.04B
$1.11B
$772.60M
$1.07B
$1.40B
$1.54B
$1.58B
$1.60B
Selling, general & admin
$154.72M
$165.82M
$170.03M
$168.94M
$148.91M
$145.62M
$167.70M
$312.70M
$312.39M
$328.96M
Operating income
$187.06M
$289.65M
$318.47M
$318.54M
$121.67M
$428.93M
$478.60M
$375.03M
$463.77M
$448.40M
Interest expense
$44.45M
$45.04M
$45.91M
$46.81M
$49.03M
$46.68M
$43.80M
$63.78M
$87.13M
$91.15M
Pre-tax income
$148.14M
$249.22M
$273.26M
$269.93M
$53.01M
$376.49M
$436.81M
$336.96M
$395.64M
$456.89M
Income tax
$41.43M
$126.89M
$56.90M
$47.05M
-$22.38M
$87.53M
$104.65M
$78.45M
$95.98M
$86.94M
Net income
$106.71M
$122.33M
$216.35M
$222.88M
$75.39M
$288.96M
$332.15M
$258.51M
$299.67M
$369.95M
EBITDA
$194.05M
$296.33M
$332.80M
$337.37M
$147.50M
$453.71M
$509.03M
$420.07M
$515.73M
$508.11M
EPS (basic)
$2.48
—
—
$4.00
$1.36
$5.20
$6.05
$5.11
$6.26
$7.97
EPS (diluted)
$2.46
—
—
$3.98
$1.35
$5.15
$5.99
$5.07
$6.20
$7.90
Diluted shares
56.16M
56.53M
56.60M
55.67M
55.53M
55.88M
55.12M
50.70M
48.08M
46.58M
Operating margin
23.2%
30.8%
30.6%
28.6%
15.7%
40.1%
34.1%
24.3%
29.3%
28.1%
Net margin
13.2%
13.0%
20.8%
20.0%
9.8%
27.0%
23.7%
16.7%
18.9%
23.2%
Balance sheet
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Cash & equivalents
$202.46M
$235.34M
$26.64M
$33.77M
$234.78M
$511.61M
$41.57M
$26.75M
$40.18M
$45.00M
Receivables
$107.34M
$125.87M
$138.02M
$141.57M
$149.92M
$153.15M
$216.61M
$195.90M
$176.67M
$207.49M
Total current assets
$344.87M
$400.43M
$243.78M
$236.59M
$432.91M
$761.66M
$347.92M
$296.53M
$339.09M
$406.00M
Goodwill
$78.91M
$80.76M
$169.00M
$159.20M
$159.20M
$159.20M
$218.65M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$305.76M
Total assets
$908.46M
$995.19M
$1.14B
$1.39B
$1.59B
$1.93B
$2.10B
$2.39B
$2.53B
$2.92B
Total current liabilities
$263.67M
$284.65M
$318.44M
$325.89M
$255.85M
$570.29M
$435.90M
$942.69M
$462.72M
$467.29M
Short-term debt
$1.20M
$1.23M
$1.10M
$7.51M
$0
$216.35M
$2.98M
$499.27M
$0
—
Long-term debt
$839.41M
$725.29M
$753.51M
$844.10M
$1.06B
$844.12M
$1.20B
$1.07B
$1.77B
$1.91B
Total debt
$840.60M
$726.52M
$754.61M
$851.61M
$1.06B
$1.06B
$1.20B
$1.57B
$1.77B
$1.91B
Total liabilities
$1.16B
$1.25B
$1.32B
$1.41B
$1.59B
$1.67B
$1.95B
$2.36B
$2.58B
$2.74B
Shareholders' equity
-$365.28M
-$258.60M
-$183.77M
-$23.51M
-$5.75M
$265.88M
$154.66M
$35.60M
-$45.27M
$181.23M
Cash flow
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Operating cash flow
$152.03M
$257.37M
$242.90M
$270.56M
$110.06M
$383.70M
$367.06M
$296.55M
$319.40M
$270.45M
Capital expenditures
$25.19M
$23.44M
$47.67M
$57.34M
—
—
$65.81M
$68.56M
$106.75M
$106.87M
Free cash flow
$126.84M
$233.94M
$195.22M
$213.21M
$110.06M
$383.70M
$301.25M
$227.99M
$212.65M
$163.58M
Investing cash flow
-$98.47M
-$90.11M
-$321.25M
-$251.17M
-$24.48M
-$78.93M
-$442.43M
-$265.63M
-$84.57M
-$218.26M
Financing cash flow
-$44.08M
-$135.78M
-$129.42M
-$12.49M
$115.40M
-$27.72M
-$394.15M
-$45.94M
-$221.71M
-$50.10M
Dividends paid
$46.18M
$48.65M
$48.72M
$48.09M
$25.27M
$25.04M
$52.55M
$56.46M
$55.50M
$53.47M
Share buybacks
$35.93M
$9.81M
$148.68M
$50.64M
$55.45M
$13.37M
$434.77M
$362.77M
$380.74M
$138.30M
Stock-based compensation
$14.60M
$24.90M
$14.99M
$16.65M
$7.24M
$23.38M
$40.46M
$40.51M
$38.44M
$38.32M
Depreciation & amortization
$7.00M
$6.68M
$14.33M
$18.83M
$25.83M
$24.77M
$30.43M
$45.04M
$51.95M
$59.72M
Income statement
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Revenue
$358.40M
$331.95M
$435.16M
$427.96M
$389.77M
$332.86M
$426.44M
$447.34M
$390.15M
$340.57M
$440.76M
$458.33M
Selling, general & admin
$161.31M
$72.27M
$88.73M
$69.02M
$82.37M
$74.21M
$89.30M
$79.61M
$85.84M
$78.05M
$96.15M
$81.28M
Operating income
$37.75M
$60.15M
$132.62M
$151.78M
$119.22M
$79.93M
$124.60M
$142.42M
$101.45M
$60.03M
$104.14M
$106.48M
Interest expense
$17.26M
$20.18M
$23.84M
$22.04M
$21.07M
$21.24M
$22.74M
$23.49M
$23.68M
$23.96M
$24.26M
$25.57M
Pre-tax income
$35.69M
$40.21M
$116.58M
$137.15M
$101.71M
$59.76M
$108.61M
$210.92M
$77.60M
$30.31M
$85.88M
$75.04M
Income tax
$6.73M
$9.20M
$29.45M
$31.43M
$25.90M
$15.23M
$26.88M
$30.92M
$13.92M
$10.01M
$21.54M
$17.13M
Net income
$28.95M
$31.01M
$87.14M
$105.72M
$75.80M
$44.53M
$81.73M
$180.00M
$63.68M
$20.30M
$64.34M
$57.91M
EBITDA
$53.32M
$72.96M
$145.46M
$164.68M
$132.63M
$93.68M
$138.02M
$158.18M
$118.24M
$76.86M
$120.95M
$123.41M
EPS (basic)
$0.60
$0.63
$1.82
$2.24
$1.62
$0.95
$1.76
$3.89
$1.38
$0.44
$1.42
$1.29
EPS (diluted)
$0.60
$0.62
$1.80
$2.22
$1.59
$0.94
$1.75
$3.86
$1.38
$0.44
$1.41
$1.28
Diluted shares
-354.00K
49.64M
48.04M
47.36M
-264.00K
47.12M
46.59M
46.46M
-142.00K
46.03M
45.39M
45.08M
Operating margin
10.5%
18.1%
30.5%
35.5%
30.6%
24.0%
29.2%
31.8%
26.0%
17.6%
23.6%
23.2%
Net margin
8.1%
9.3%
20.0%
24.7%
19.4%
13.4%
19.2%
40.2%
16.3%
6.0%
14.6%
12.6%
Balance sheet
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Cash & equivalents
$26.75M
$42.11M
$60.41M
$58.56M
$40.18M
$40.05M
$58.61M
$52.58M
$45.00M
$43.87M
$42.83M
$170.59M
Receivables
$195.90M
$225.17M
$235.38M
$210.93M
$176.67M
$194.27M
$218.47M
$236.50M
$207.49M
$243.51M
$279.81M
$285.97M
Total current assets
$296.53M
$338.50M
$448.16M
$338.60M
$339.09M
$358.20M
$400.68M
$450.35M
$406.00M
$410.77M
$431.94M
$576.39M
Goodwill
$220.19M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$220.19M
$304.51M
$305.76M
$304.58M
$302.88M
$302.67M
Total assets
$2.39B
$2.48B
$2.52B
$2.54B
$2.53B
$2.58B
$2.66B
$2.91B
$2.92B
$2.94B
$2.99B
$3.14B
Total current liabilities
$942.69M
$919.51M
$452.09M
$478.79M
$462.72M
$427.42M
$451.93M
$468.54M
$467.29M
$433.99M
$466.47M
$458.03M
Short-term debt
$499.27M
$499.47M
$0
$0
$0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Long-term debt
$1.07B
$1.20B
$1.87B
$1.81B
$1.77B
$1.87B
$1.90B
$1.92B
$1.91B
$2.00B
$2.00B
$2.18B
Total debt
$1.57B
$1.70B
$1.87B
$1.81B
$1.77B
$1.87B
$1.90B
$1.92B
$1.91B
$2.00B
$2.00B
$2.18B
Total liabilities
$2.36B
$2.47B
$2.67B
$2.64B
$2.58B
$2.64B
$2.69B
$2.76B
$2.74B
$2.81B
$2.85B
$3.01B
Shareholders' equity
$35.60M
$6.73M
-$146.78M
-$96.15M
-$45.27M
-$63.93M
-$26.24M
$149.77M
$181.23M
$137.43M
$142.18M
$131.76M
Cash flow
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Operating cash flow
$49.36M
$1.74M
$111.85M
$122.94M
$82.86M
$20.47M
$95.60M
$68.69M
$85.69M
-$23.17M
$90.54M
$54.55M
Capital expenditures
$23.09M
$25.57M
$25.28M
$30.39M
$25.51M
$35.46M
$30.21M
$19.63M
$21.56M
$16.82M
$10.47M
$10.24M
Free cash flow
$26.27M
-$23.83M
$86.58M
$92.56M
$57.35M
-$14.99M
$65.39M
$49.06M
$64.13M
-$39.99M
$80.06M
$44.31M
Investing cash flow
-$162.36M
-$42.74M
-$19.30M
-$1.33M
-$21.21M
-$52.95M
-$42.20M
-$82.71M
-$40.41M
-$6.18M
-$27.85M
-$29.12M
Financing cash flow
$103.07M
$56.47M
-$75.04M
-$123.60M
-$79.54M
$32.21M
-$35.45M
$6.31M
-$53.17M
$28.29M
-$63.47M
$102.43M
Dividends paid
$14.38M
$14.73M
$14.13M
$13.63M
$13.01M
$13.47M
$13.40M
$13.33M
$13.28M
$13.12M
$13.22M
$12.99M
Share buybacks
$58.37M
$59.46M
$233.25M
$56.25M
$31.78M
$64.62M
$48.13M
$202.00K
$25.35M
$56.48M
$50.98M
$58.71M
Stock-based compensation
$8.55M
$9.09M
$9.28M
$9.75M
$10.32M
$10.41M
$10.95M
$11.21M
$5.75M
$8.29M
$4.24M
$2.83M
Depreciation & amortization
$15.57M
$12.81M
$12.84M
$12.89M
$13.41M
$13.75M
$13.42M
$15.76M
$16.78M
$16.82M
$16.81M
$16.93M
Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.