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DiamondRock Hospitality CompanyDRHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Owns upscale hotels in major US markets, operated under Marriott, Hilton and independent brands by third parties.

Momentum leader 88
Mkt cap
$2.88B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$49.6M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 8.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · USD$14.04
1D+0.4%
1W-1.5%
1M+11.4%
3M+15.8%
6M+30.1%
YTD+56.7%
1Y+71.6%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.69
52w lowhigh4.6% off high

What DiamondRock Hospitality does

Owns upscale hotels in major US markets, operated under Marriott, Hilton and independent brands by third parties.

Owns the buildings and keeps each hotel's operating profit after paying the brand operators a management fee, so revenue follows room rates, occupancy and food-and-beverage sales rather than fixed rent. With no brand of its own, it relies on the operators' booking systems and loyalty programs to fill rooms.

Products and services

  • Urban/resort hotel ownership
  • Third-party hotel management contracts

Customers

  • Leisure travelers
  • Business travelers
  • Marriott
  • Hilton

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Hospitality REITs
  • Owned full-service hotel real estate

What could go right

  • Business and group travel recovery
  • Low-leverage opportunistic acquisitions

What could go wrong

  • Highly cyclical to travel demand
  • Rising renovation and labor costs

Moat: none (scale). Owns buildings only; brand operators run hotels, so no pricing power of its own.

Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland, US · Founded: 2004 · Employees: 35

Named competitors

DiamondRock Hospitality at a glance

Size DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $2.88B, the 1578th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $14.04 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.1%, against -5.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 16.6% (peer median 50.0%).

Valuation It trades at 21.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.5× (5th most expensive of 21).

Short interest Short interest is 7.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026DRH 132Peer median 95
Six months, rebased to 100: DiamondRock Hospitality against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

DiamondRock Hospitality financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.15B$1.12B$1.13B$1.07B$1.00B
Revenue growth—-1%+5%+7%—
Gross profit$229M$198M$258M$218M$280M
EBITDA$306M$277M$259M$259M$286M
Net income$164M$101M$48.0M$86.3M$109M
Free cash flow$162M$162M$143M$151M$139M
Capital expenditure$79.9M$81.6M$81.6M$86.3M$67.7M
Total debt$1.20B$1.31B$1.30B$1.29B$1.30B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

DiamondRock Hospitality competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%0%+5%+10%DLN8963HMSODXBUOU8960AKR8954CRT-UN89858984PKT82UDIR-UNUEFCPTK71ULTCBYGDRH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. DiamondRock Hospitality is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%10×20×30×40×DLN8963HMSODXBUOU8960AKR8954CRT-UN89858984PKT82UUEFCPTLTCBYGDRHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. DiamondRock Hospitality is the large dot.

DiamondRock Hospitality competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DRH vs SHO vs PEB vs RLJ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
DiamondRock Hospitality DRH$2.88B+30%+2%17%21.5×n/a
Sunstone Hotel Investors SHO$2.33B+19%+7%10%59.0×n/a
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust PEB$2.36B+43%+3%9%n/an/a
RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ$1.92B+40%+1%10%700.2×n/a
Park Hotels & Resorts PK$3.17B+39%-1%12%29.1×n/a
Host Hotels & Resorts HST$16.9B+15%+5%14%23.2×n/a

How DiamondRock Hospitality compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

DiamondRock Hospitality against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDRHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.4%+4.3%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+30.1%-5.5%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-4.6%-13.6%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.1%+5.5%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin16.6%50.0%2nd lowest of 21
Forward P/E21.5×18.5×5th most expensive of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
DiamondRock Hospitality DRHUnited States$2.88B+30%+2%17%21.5×n/an/a
Derwent London DLN.LUnited Kingdom$2.87B+15%+45%40%20.0×n/an/a
Invincible Investment 8963.TJapan$2.94B-1%+10%57%15.3×n/an/a
Hammerson HMSO.LUnited Kingdom$2.80B+13%+92%49%15.2×n/an/a
Dynex Capital DXUnited States$2.77B-20%+142%65%6.6×n/an/a
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust BUOU.SISingapore$2.76B-6%0%64%18.1×n/an/a
United Urban Investment 8960.TJapan$3.04B-15%-2%36%16.7×n/an/a
Acadia Realty Trust AKRUnited States$2.74B-9%0%19%65.9×n/an/a
ORIX JREIT 8954.TJapan$3.06B-12%+35%51%18.1×n/an/a
CT Real Estate Investment Trust CRT-UN.TOCanada$3.11B+3%+5%75%12.0×n/an/a
Japan Hotel Reit Investment 8985.TJapan$3.14B+7%+15%67%9.4×n/an/a
Daiwa House REIT Investment 8984.TJapan$3.15B-13%-9%40%20.5×n/an/a
Park Hotels & Resorts PKUnited States$3.17B+39%-1%12%29.1×n/an/a
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust T82U.SISingapore$3.18B-7%+1%56%19.4×n/an/a
Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust DIR-UN.TOCanada$2.58B-8%+6%70%15.0×n/an/a
Urban Edge Properties UEUnited States$2.58B-6%+6%31%41.4×n/an/a
Four Corners Property Trust FCPTUnited States$2.57B-7%+10%56%21.4×n/an/a
CapitaLand Ascott Trust HMN.SISingapore$2.55B-6%+5%34%18.9×n/an/a
Keppel REIT K71U.SISingapore$3.27B-5%+5%49%19.2×n/an/a
LTC Properties LTCUnited States$2.52B+14%+69%31%22.6×n/an/a
Big Yellow BYG.LUnited Kingdom$2.50B+11%+2%62%16.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are DiamondRock Hospitality's main competitors?
Named competitors: Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Derwent London (DLN.L), Invincible Investment (8963.T), Hammerson (HMSO.L), Dynex Capital (DX), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (BUOU.SI), United Urban Investment (8960.T).
Is DiamondRock Hospitality expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.5× against a peer median of 18.5×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has DiamondRock Hospitality stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +30.1% against -5.5% for the median peer; over one year +71.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.