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Choice Hotels International (CHH) FY2021 results: revenue $1.1 billion, up 38.1% on the year

Choice Hotels International Inc. (CHH) reported revenue of $1.1 billion for fiscal 2021, the year ended 31 December 2021, up 38.1% on the year before. Net income was $289 million, up 283.3%, and diluted earnings per share $5.15. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 24 February 2022.

Revenue
$1.1 billion
+38.1% on the year
FY2014FY2021
Operating margin
40.1%
15.7% a year earlier
FY2014FY2021
Net income
$289 million
+283.3% on the year
FY2014FY2021
Diluted EPS
$5.15
+281.5% on the year
FY2014FY2021

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

The quarters: Q3 FY2021 · Q4 FY2021

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue1,0697741,115+38.1%
Selling, general and administrative146149169-2.2%
Operating income429122319+252.5%
Operating margin40.1%15.7%28.6%
Interest expense46.749.046.8-4.8%
Pre-tax income37653.0270+610.3%
Income tax87.5-22.447.1
Effective tax rate23.3%-42.2%17.4%
Net income28975.4223+283.3%
Net margin27.0%9.7%20.0%
Diluted EPS$5.15$1.35$3.98+281.5%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow384110271+248.6%
Capital expenditure74.333.657.3+121.1%
Free cash flow30976.5213+304.7%
Free cash flow margin28.9%9.9%19.1%
Cash from investing-78.9-24.5-251
Cash from financing-27.7115-12.5
Depreciation and amortisation24.825.818.8-4.1%
Share-based compensation23.47.216.6+222.9%
Buybacks13.455.550.6-75.9%
Dividends paid25.025.348.1-0.9%
Dividend per sharen/an/a$0.87
Diluted shares, weighted56m56m56m+0.6%
Shares outstanding at period end56m56m56m+0.1%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity266-5.8-23.5
Debt1,0601,059844+0.2%
Operating lease liabilities35.512.721.3+178.6%
Other liabilities570522545+9.3%
Total liabilities and equity1,9321,5871,387+21.7%
Fixed assets377335352+12.7%
Goodwill1591591590.0%
Intangible assets312304290+2.9%
Cash and equivalents51223533.8+117.9%
Receivables153150142+2.2%
Other assets418405410+3.3%
Total assets1,9321,5871,387+21.7%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2021, filed 24 February 2022: the filing.