Choice Hotels adds shares to its repurchase program

Choice Hotels International Inc. said Friday that it will add 2.3 million shares to what remains of its share repurchase program. In total, the program will include four million shares to repurchase. Choice Hotels also announced a dividend of $0.215 per share, paying on October 17, 2019 to stockholders of record as of October 2, 2019. Choice Hotels stock has rallied 32.1% for the year to date while the S&P 500 index is up 20.3% for the period.

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