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Leslie Hale

💼 Executive/Leader at RLJ Lodging Trust
2 stories · First covered May 4, 2026 · Latest Jun 24
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RLJ Lodging Trust Hits a 52-Week High. The Consensus Says Sell Into It.

RLJ Lodging Trust Hits a 52-Week High. The Consensus Says Sell Into It.

RLJ's stock is up 52.5% year-to-date and just touched $11.54, but the average analyst target is $10.56. When the market and the analysts disagree this loudly, one of them is pricing in something the other isn't.

RLJ Beat the Street by 22%. That's Not the Part That Should Get Your Attention.

RLJ Beat the Street by 22%. That's Not the Part That Should Get Your Attention.

RLJ Lodging Trust posted a first quarter that made Wall Street happy, with AFFO beating estimates by six cents and RevPAR outpacing the industry by 100 basis points. But the number buried in the earnings call tells you more about where this cycle is heading than the headline ever will.