RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) Increases 11.92% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.67M but it saw 1761564 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.57B USD, the company’s current market price of $10.14 came rising about 0.80 while comparing to the previous closing price of $10.06. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.39 and as low as $8.74. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $10.05 while lowest mark touched by it was $10.21.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) gives us an average price of $9.59, while its current price level is -18.16% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 15.95% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $9.41 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $10.12. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.00% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.77%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 69.10 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Wells Fargo downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Underweight” from “Equal Weight” on September 13, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $11-$9. Compass Point also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $18 and $10.

Over the week, RLJ’s stock price is moving 5.52% up while it is 11.92% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -13.48% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -3.89%.

Currently, RLJ Lodging Trust’s total number of outstanding shares is 155.30M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.96% and return on equity (ROE) at 3.03%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 35.04 while having a 63.68 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.71. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.81 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.16. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.44% on average.