RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) is -26.64% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.16 and a high of $10.83 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The RLJ stock was last observed hovering at around $7.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.1%.
Currently trading at $7.49, the stock is 4.59% and -2.49% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.68 million and changing -1.32% at the moment leaves the stock -17.68% off its SMA200. RLJ registered -27.59% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.61%.
The stock witnessed a 8.71% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.57%, and is 4.32% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.73% over the week and 3.16% over the month.
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) has around 73 employees, a market worth around $1.14B and $1.37B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.69 and Fwd P/E is 57.80. Profit margin for the company is 2.94%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.59% and -30.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.88%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -49.54% this year
The shares outstanding are 151.93M, and float is at 146.63M with Short Float at 8.18%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 25.33 million shares valued at $243.93 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.4864 of the RLJ Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 21.87 million shares valued at $210.61 million to account for 14.2349 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC which holds 7.49 million shares representing 4.8742 and valued at over $72.12 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.5932 of the shares totaling 7.06 million with a market value of $68.64 million.
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Gibson Patricia L, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Gibson Patricia L bought 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 28 ’25 at a price of $8.03 per share for a total of $80298.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
RLJ Lodging Trust disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 07 ’25 that Gibson Patricia L (Director) bought a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 07 ’25 and was made at $9.38 per share for $93783.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.11 million shares of the RLJ stock.
