What SEC filings does Choice Hotels International, Inc. submit to the SEC?

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (CHH) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about CHH?

A Form 4 for CHH discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from Choice Hotels International, Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for CHH?

The 10-K is Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all CHH SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical Choice Hotels International, Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for CHH. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does Choice Hotels International, Inc. file with the SEC?

Choice Hotels International, Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling CHH shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

CHH SEC Filing News — Choice Hotels International, Inc.

Latest SEC filings for Choice Hotels International, Inc. (CHH) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-16.

Choice Hotels International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel franchisor in the United States and internationally. It operates through Hotel Franchising & Management and Corporate & Other segments. The company franchises lodging properties under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Sleep Inn, Ascend Collection, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, MainStay Suites, Suburban Studios, WoodSpring Suites, Everhome Suites, Cambria Hotels, Radisson Blu, Radis…

Sector: Consumer Cyclical Industry: Lodging Market Cap: $5.0B

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for CHH currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 1 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

CHH Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-08-05 — 2026-10-16

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 1 sell

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$541.0K

JEWS WILLIAM L (Director) · 2026-08-19

5,057 shares · Form 4

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 14 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 14 filings in this group are Form 4s for Choice Hotels International, Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 14 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 11 compensation award, 2 tax withholding and 1 open-market sale. 1 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×11: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Tax withholding ×2: Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.
Open-market sale ×1: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

VIEIRA DONNA F (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	3	$103.61	$310.83

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: VIEIRA DONNA F (Director) Shares: 3

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Ramirez Sanchez Raul (Chief Seg & Intl Op Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	9	$103.61	$932.49

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Ramirez Sanchez Raul (Chief Seg & Intl Op Officer) Shares: 9

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Smith Gordon (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	23	$103.61	$2.4K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Smith Gordon (Director) Shares: 23

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

JEWS WILLIAM L (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	17	$103.61	$1.8K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: JEWS WILLIAM L (Director) Shares: 17

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Landsman Liza (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	21	$103.61	$2.2K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Landsman Liza (Director) Shares: 21

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Maureen Sullivan (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	29	$103.61	$3.0K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Maureen Sullivan (Director) Shares: 29

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Koch Monte JM (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	36	$103.61	$3.7K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Koch Monte JM (Director) Shares: 36

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

TAGUE JOHN P (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	70	$103.61	$7.3K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: TAGUE JOHN P (Director) Shares: 70

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Cimerola Patrick (Chief Human Resources Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	77	$103.61	$8.0K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Cimerola Patrick (Chief Human Resources Officer) Shares: 77

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-16

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

SHAMES ERVIN R (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	112	$103.61	$11.6K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SHAMES ERVIN R (Director) Shares: 112

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-01

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Dragisich Dominic (Director, President & CEO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	9,675	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Dragisich Dominic (Director, President & CEO) Shares: 9,675

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-01

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Pacious Patrick (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	46,122	$103.36	$4.77M

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Pacious Patrick (Director) Shares: 46,122

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-19

CHH insider JEWS WILLIAM L (Director) sold 5,057 shares (~$541.0K)

JEWS WILLIAM L, listed as Director at CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE, reported an open-market sale of 5,057 CHH shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	5,057	$106.98	$541.0K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: JEWS WILLIAM L (Director) Shares: 5,057 Est. Value: $541.0K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-18

CHH insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Abdalla Noha (Chief Marketing Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	503	$104.73	$52.7K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Abdalla Noha (Chief Marketing Officer) Shares: 503

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Choice Hotels International, Inc. has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-19

CHH Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by William Jews (5,057 shares) ~$540.0K

William Jews filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell CHH (CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: William Jews Shares: 5,057 Est. Value: $540.0K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 4 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 4 in this period for Choice Hotels International, Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-01

CHH filed 8-K — material company event

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-31

CHH filed 8-K — material company event

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-28

CHH filed 8-K — material company event

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-08-05

CHH filed 8-K — material company event

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for Choice Hotels International, Inc.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-08-05

CHH filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

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How we classify Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on CHH. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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