Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CHH." As of February 10, 2026, there were 800 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The following table sets forth the purchases and redemptions of the Company's common stock made by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2025. Refer to the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Resulted of Operations for more information.
Period Total
Number of Shares
Purchased or Redeemed Average Price
Paid per Share Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or Programs (1)
Maximum
Number of Shares that
may yet be Purchased
Under the Plans or Programs,
End of Period
January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025 129,106 $ 143.45 129,106 3,648,021
February 1, 2025 through February 28, 2025 96,825 149.77 96,825 3,551,196
March 1, 2025 through
March 31, 2025 230,211 137.68 162,828 3,388,368
April 1, 2025 through
April 30, 2025 191,086 125.18 190,693 3,197,675
May 1, 2025 through
May 31, 2025 163,110 129.86 162,851 3,034,824
June 1, 2025 through
June 30, 2025 1,080 110.90 304 3,034,520
July 1, 2025 through
July 31, 2025 — — — 3,034,520
August 1, 2025 through August 31, 2025 1,619 124.50 — 3,034,520
September 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025 — — — 3,034,520
October 1, 2025 through October 31, 2025 349 106.50 — 3,034,520
November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025 31 92.13 — 3,034,520
December 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 278,333 91.79 277,757 2,756,763
Total 1,091,750 $ 124.32 1,020,364 2,756,763
(1) During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company redeemed 71,386 shares of common stock from employees to satisfy the option price and the minimum tax-withholding requirements related to the exercising of options and the vesting of performance vested restricted stock units and restricted stock grants. These redemptions were not part of the share repurchase program.
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STOCKHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE
The graph below matches Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s cumulative 5-year total shareholder return on common stock with the cumulative total returns of the NYSE Composite index, the S&P 500 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines index, and the S&P 400 Consumer Discretionary index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each index (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2025.
12/31/20 6/30/21 12/31/21 6/30/22 12/31/22 6/30/23 12/31/23 6/30/24 12/31/24 6/30/25 12/31/25
Choice Hotels International, Inc. $ 100.00 $ 111.58 $ 146.69 $ 105.54 $ 106.95 $ 111.86 $ 108.63 $ 114.36 $ 137.08 $ 123.02 $ 92.81
NYSE Composite $ 100.00 $ 115.19 $ 120.68 $ 103.11 $ 109.39 $ 115.86 $ 124.46 $ 134.68 $ 144.12 $ 155.95 $ 169.62
S&P 500 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines $ 100.00 $ 110.97 $ 119.84 $ 81.23 $ 90.79 $ 125.13 $ 150.99 $ 167.18 $ 199.57 $ 221.93 $ 226.60
S&P 400 Consumer Discretionary $ 100.00 $ 125.16 $ 127.69 $ 90.90 $ 100.83 $ 113.02 $ 125.32 $ 130.53 $ 137.12 $ 129.86 $ 129.35
The stock price performance included in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
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Item 6. Reserved