The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 3.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 38% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
PEB · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $2.4B · 52 employees
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is a publicly traded real estate investment trust and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels in the United States.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 23 Oct 2026Daily close, not a live quoteLast reviewed 6 days ago
Screened 2026-10-23 · the tape above runs as of 16:04 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price20.39 USD at the 23 Oct 2026 close
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans to puts (put/call 1.00)
- Last reviewed23 Oct 2026 (6 days ago)
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
What this means: price 20.39 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 20.00, over the last year.
- Trend Accumulation
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 1.00, read 2026-10-28
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its accumulation label.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust holds its Accumulation at $20.39. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 49 days.
| Phase | Accumulation |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 49 days |
| Price at the screen | $20.39 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -78.15 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.44 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 45.94% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 45.9% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 4.08% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 4.1% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.02% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 46% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-28. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-10-23 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 1.9% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 15 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits −2% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our model and the Street both land near the screened price: fairly valued, with no strong edge either way.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-10-23 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsHotels Struggle as Travel Recovery Stalls
Picture a string of stylish city hotels and beach resorts sitting half empty while costs keep climbing. Pebblebrook owns 43 of them across urban and resort spots, yet it is still posting losses and negative returns on equity. Revenue is edging up 8 percent, but that has not translated into profits, leaving the forward earnings multiple deep in negative territory.
We pass because the shares sit 12 percent above our fair value estimate and the business shows no durable edge. Fifteen analysts see it as a hold with a median target matching that lower value, and the negative profit margin of 3 percent underlines how little pricing power these assets currently carry.
Hotel cash flows swing hard with economic cycles and consumer spending, so even an ethical screen pass does not remove the risk of further earnings pressure. The combination of overvaluation and thin margins leaves little room for comfort.
Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | -78.1x |
| EPS, trailing | -0.70 |
| EPS, forward | -0.27 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | -3.1%currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -1.6%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| FCF yield | 10.89% |
| Dividend yield | 22.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.98moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 0.71below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 1.44moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.28% |
| 52-week range | 9.99 - 21.25 |
| Market cap | $2.4B |
| Employees | 52 |
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 38% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 38% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 38% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 10.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 4.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 29% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 77%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (15 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $15.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $14.37 | +20.3% | · | $1,203 | +20.3% |
| 2 months | $13.62 | +26.9% | · | $1,269 | +26.9% |
| 3 months | $11.83 | +46.1% | $0.01 | $1,462 | +46.2% |
| 6 months | $11.23 | +53.9% | $0.02 | $1,541 | +54.1% |
| 1 year | $9.78 | +76.8% | $0.04 | $1,772 | +77.2% |
| 2 years | $13.58 | +27.3% | $0.08 | $1,279 | +27.9% |
| 3 years | $14.09 | +22.7% | $0.12 | $1,236 | +23.6% |
| 5 years | $23.94 | -27.8% | $0.20 | $730 | -27.0% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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