Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) is slightly undervalued and RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, RLJ trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +76%, against +14% for APLE.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $18.37; the price of $15.78 is 14% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 30/100 on 2 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 8.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $45.88; the price of $11.03 is 76% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 72/100 on 8 of 12 signals
| Metric | APLE | RLJ |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Slightly undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $15.78 | $11.03 |
| Intrinsic value | $18.37 | $45.88 |
| Margin of safety | +14% | +76% |
| Leak Score | 30/100 (2/12) | 72/100 (8/12) |
| Market cap | $3.7B | $1.7B |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 18.6% | 23.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 9.5% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 0.1% |
| Return on equity | 5.5% | 1.3% |
| Debt to equity | 0.51 | 1.31 |
| P/E | 21.3x | 1869.5x |
| Forward P/E | 21.3x | 320.1x |
| P/B | 1.2x | 0.9x |
| Dividend yield | 6.1% | 5.4% |