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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001046311-26-000017
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Choice Hotels Q1: record revenue $340.6M, net income down to $20.3M; global net rooms +1.7%
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- Total revenues $340.6M (record Q1); net income $20.3M ($0.44 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $1.07.
- U.S. RevPAR -2.3% YoY; excluding prior-year hurricane impact, +1.8%. Global RevPAR -0.8%.
- Global franchise agreements awarded +72% Q1 YoY; U.S. room openings +32% (five-year high).
- Full-year 2026 outlook maintained: adjusted EPS $6.92-$7.14, adjusted EBITDA $632-$647M.
- Returned $75.2M to shareholders in Q1 ($62.1M buybacks, $13.1M dividends).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000017/0001046311-26-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000017/chh-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046311-26-000017

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