Choice Hotels vs Sabre
Sabre reported revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.7 times Choice Hotels' $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025. Choice Hotels' revenue grew 0.8% in its latest year, and Sabre's grew 0.9%. Choice Hotels had an operating margin of 28.1%, against 10.7% at Sabre. Free cash flow was $164 million at Choice Hotels and −$192 million at Sabre.
Side by side
| Choice Hotels | Sabre | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $1.6B | $2.8B |
| Revenue growth | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 15.6% | 15.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 56.4% |
| Operating margin | 28.1% | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 23.2% | 18.9% |
| Free cash flow | $164M | −$192M |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.2% | −6.9% |
| Return on capital | 19.5% | 8.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.7x | 8.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $192M | $0M |
| Change in diluted share count | −3.1% | 2.1% |
| Last close | $108.95 | $1.64 |
| P/E at the last close | 15.4× | 1.0× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $4.8 million | bought $12.3 million, sold $0 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 8 | 5 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Choice Hotels and Sabre pages.