Park Hotels & Resorts Inc vs RLJ Lodging Trust

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc (PK) is 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 +22% for PK.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc (PK)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.9% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $19.59; the price of $15.19 is 22% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 56/100 on 2 of 12 signals

RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ)

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

MetricPKRLJ
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$15.19$11.03
Intrinsic value$19.59$45.88
Margin of safety+22%+76%
Leak Score56/100 (2/12)72/100 (8/12)
Market cap$3.1B$1.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years24.4%23.3%
Operating margin11.9%9.5%
Net margin-6.5%0.1%
Return on equity-5.0%1.3%
Debt to equity1.331.31
P/E1869.5x
Forward P/E26.7x320.1x
P/B1.0x0.9x
Dividend yield6.7%5.4%

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