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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand	BAbove average Wyndham Garden Lodging Remove	DBelow average Classico Collection By Sonesta Lodging Remove	CAverage Hyatt Studios Lodging Remove	BAbove average Sonesta Simply Suites Lodging Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$15.6M – $20.3M	$1.9M – $34.0M	$13.3M – $20.7M	$14.0M – $19.2M
Liquid capital	$144K – $209K	$526K – $1.8M	$400K – $500K	$301K – $453K
Franchise fee	$35K	$75K	$50K	$50K
Royalty rate	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Ad fund rate	3.0%	2.5%	3.0%	3.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Median gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	BAbove average	DBelow average	CAverage	BAbove average
Verdict score	56 / 100	35 / 100	45 / 100	49 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	0.0%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SBA loans on record	6	N/A	N/A	3
Scale
Total units	76	1	0	67
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	4.0%	0.0%	N/A	3.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	20	20	20	20
Renewal term (years)	N/A	20	10	20
Initial training (hrs)	34	32	391	33
Contacts
Franchisee phones	78	1	9	0

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