Chatham Lodging shows unusually strong cash conversion on an FFO basis, but a quality score just below the investment floor and an explicit yield-trap warning on its dividend argue for caution despite a still-intact long-term technical trend.
Thesis pillars
- Reit Cash Conversion Strength→Stable
- Quality Score Below Investment Floor→Stable
- Yield Trap Warning→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Chatham Lodging Trust (REIT) (CLDT) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.73: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Chatham Lodging Trust is an internally-managed hotel REIT that owns 33 upscale extended-stay and premium-branded select-service hotels with 5,021 rooms across 15 states and Washington, D.C., primarily flagged under Marriott and Hilton brands. The trust leases each hotel to a... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.73: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 30d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -1.6% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.73: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $11.87. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.27 (+4.2% upside). Prior stop was $11.87. Stop-loss: $11.87.
Target reached (-17.6% upside); Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0).
Chatham Lodging Trust (REIT) trades at a P/E of 652.0 (forward -108.7). TrendMatrix value score: 4.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
10 analysts cover CLDT with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $12.
What does Chatham Lodging Trust (REIT) do?Chatham Lodging Trust is an internally-managed hotel REIT that owns 33 upscale extended-stay and premium-branded...
Chatham Lodging Trust is an internally-managed hotel REIT that owns 33 upscale extended-stay and premium-branded select-service hotels with 5,021 rooms across 15 states and Washington, D.C., primarily flagged under Marriott and Hilton brands. The trust leases each hotel to a taxable REIT subsidiary, which contracts day-to-day operations to Island Hospitality Management, the sole manager of all 33 properties.