---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001046311-26-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHH"
cik: "0001046311"
company_name: "CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T12:35:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T12:40:11.752264+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Choice Hotels Q2 net income down 21% to $64M; adjusted EBITDA up 6%; guidance mixed

## Summary
- Net income $64M ($1.41 diluted EPS) vs $82M in Q2 2025; adjusted diluted EPS $2.02 vs $1.92.
- Adjusted EBITDA $175M (+6% YoY); total revenues $441M (+3.5%).
- U.S. RevPAR +1.3%; global net rooms +2.6% with extended stay +13% double-digit growth.
- Full-year 2026 net income guidance lowered to $230-241M from $265-275M; adjusted EBITDA guidance raised to $635-650M.
- Returned $139M to shareholders YTD; plans to sell owned hotels starting H1 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001046311-26-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHH
- cik: 0001046311
- company_name: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T12:35:12+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000023/0001046311-26-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000023/chh-20260805.htm

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