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RLJ Lodging Trust offers a concentrated, Sunbelt-focused hotel portfolio with strong brand exposure, benefiting from vibrant markets and demographic tailwinds. The REIT demonstrates healthy cash flow, prudent capital allocation, and a manageable payout ratio, despite sector cyclicality. Debt is well-managed with ample liquidity, but refinancing risk and rising interest expenses warrant caution, especially given short average debt maturities.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants John Paul Austin - Corporate Participant Leslie D. Hale - President, CEO & Trustee Nikhil Bhalla - Corporate Participant Treasurer & SVP of Finance - Corporate Participant Thomas J.
Although the revenue and EPS for RLJ Lodging (RLJ) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
RLJ Lodging (RLJ) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.48 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.46 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.51 per share a year ago.
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Second Quarter Highlights Portfolio Comparable RevPAR of $155.08, a decrease of 2.1% over the prior year Total Revenues of $363.1 million Net Income of $28.6 million Comparable Hotel EBITDA of $113.0 million Adjusted EBITDA of $104.0 million Adjusted FFO per diluted common share and unit of $0.48 Repurchased 0.8 million shares for approximately $.
REITs had another month of recovery in June (+2.56% average total return), but despite back-to-back gains remain in negative territory YTD (-5.65%). Micro cap REITs (+7.19%) outperformed for the first time this year in June, while small caps (+2.99%), mid caps (+1.80%) and large caps (+0.03%) saw smaller gains. 63.87% of REIT securities had a positive total return in June.
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RLJ Lodging Trust holds a sizable, diversified hotel portfolio with solid asset coverage and moderate leverage, but faces weak liquidity and a challenging operating environment. After applying Moody's REIT methodology and market adjustments, I assign RLJ a Ba1 credit rating, reflecting both strengths and notable risks. RLJ's preferred stock (RLJ.PR.A) and OTC bonds, offer yields but lack sufficient downside protection for the risk involved.
Eighteen publicly traded US real estate investment trusts are expected to raise dividend payouts in the third quarter, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts. Analysts forecast that hotel REIT RLJ Lodging Trust is likely to increase its dividend by an estimated 13.3% to 17 cents per share in August. Alexander & Baldwin Inc. is expected to announce an 11.1% dividend payout increase to 25 cents per share in late July.