Choice Hotels International, Inc. logo CHH - Choice Hotels International, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
0
BUY 3
HOLD 18
SELL 7
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $108.17 DETAILS
HIGH: $128.00
LOW: $86.00
MEDIAN: $106.00
CONSENSUS: $108.17
DOWNSIDE: 1.54%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 579.5% above fair value
Current Price $109.86
Bear Case $5.43 95.1% downside ($5.43 - $109.86) / $109.86 = -95.1% 4% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair Value $16.17 85.3% downside ($16.17 - $109.86) / $109.86 = -85.3% 6% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull Case $25.78 76.5% downside ($25.78 - $109.86) / $109.86 = -76.5% 8% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

6.5%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (6% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 36%
Implied Market Multiple 41.7x
Market is pricing in (growth) 18.8% vs our 6.5% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 6% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $16.17 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (28 analysts) $108.17
Analyst Range $86.00 – $128.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 85%

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $108.17 (from 28 analysts). Our estimate is 85% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions