secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T12:35:12+00:00
Accession:  0001046311-26-000023
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000023/0001046311-26-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000104631126000023/chh-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046311-26-000023

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