RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.18
- Estimate
- $0.11
- Surprise
- +56.5%
- Score today
- 4.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) beat the $0.11 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.18 — a large 56.5% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates RLJ Hold at 4.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +56.5% surprise compares with a +56.1% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Earnings estimates trending UP
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Counterparty: Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt (89.3%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $10.95
- Price target
- $11.54
- Stop
- $10.41
- Upside to target
- +5.4%
The stock trades at 1089.0× trailing but 817.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
RLJ at TrendMatrix's latest read
REIT quarters hinge on occupancy, rate exposure, and FFO rather than headline EPS, which mechanically distorts under depreciation.
- Industry
- REIT - Hotel & Motel
- Market cap
- $1.67B
- P/E (fwd)
- 817.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 1089.0
- 52-week range
- $6.54–$12.89
- Off 52-week high
- 15.1%
- RSI (14)
- 46
- Volume vs avg
- 0.33×
- Score today
- 4.9/10