RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Stock Analysis
Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.15: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality.
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust. It owns 92 premium-branded, rooms-oriented, high-margin, urban-centric hotels located within the heart of demand locations. Our hotels are geographically diverse and concentrated in major... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.15: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 78d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — RLJ Lodging Trust
Latest news
- Reported earlier, RLJ Lodging Trust Raises FY2026 FFO Guidance from $1.21-$1.41 to $1.29-$1.45 vs $1.34 Est — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
- RLJ Lodging Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga May 4, 2026 positive
- RLJ Lodging Trust Reports Q1 2026 Comparable RevPAR Of $148.55, Up 4.8% YoY — benzinga May 4, 2026 positive
- RLJ Lodging Q1 EPS $(0.05) Misses $(0.00) Estimate, Sales $339.977M Beat $324.382M Estimate — benzinga May 4, 2026 negative
- Earnings Scheduled For May 4, 2026 — benzinga May 4, 2026 neutral
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.15: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $8.61. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $9.07 (-0.9% upside). Prior stop was $8.61. Stop-loss: $8.61.
Target reached (-19.0% upside); Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0).
RLJ Lodging Trust trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -161.5). TrendMatrix value score: 5.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
19 analysts cover RLJ with a consensus score of 2.8/5. Average price target: $9.
What does RLJ Lodging Trust do?RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust. It owns 92 premium-branded,...
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust. It owns 92 premium-branded, rooms-oriented, high-margin, urban-centric hotels located within the heart of demand locations. Our hotels are geographically diverse and concentrated in major urban markets that provide multiple demand generators from business, leisure, and other travelers. RLJ Lodging Trust was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Bethesda, United States.