Apple Hospitality REIT Reports Results of Operations for First Quarter 2021
Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE: APLE) reported a net loss of $46.4 million for Q1 2021, a significant decline from the loss of $2.8 million in Q1 2020. Adjusted EBITDAre dropped by 49.2% to $27.3 million. Average Daily Rate (ADR) decreased by 25.2%, and occupancy fell to 55.5%. Despite these challenges, the company noted improved occupancy rates and revenue per available room (RevPAR) in April, reaching approximately 68%. Apple Hospitality's total debt stood at $1.5 billion, with a notable focus on maintaining a robust balance sheet amid the ongoing pandemic.
- Sequential improvements in occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR during Q1 2021.
- Achieved positive cash flow from hotel operations covering all costs, including debt service.
- Improved operational efficiency with a 33% reduction in hotel operating expenses compared to Q1 2020.
- Net loss of $46.4 million compared to $2.8 million loss in Q1 2020.
- Adjusted EBITDAre decreased by 49.2% year-over-year.
- Average Daily Rate (ADR) fell by 25.2%, and occupancy declined by 8.9%.
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) (the “Company” or “Apple Hospitality”) today announced results of operations for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.
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(1) | Explanations of and reconciliations to net loss determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) of non-GAAP financial measures, Adjusted EBITDAre, Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA and MFFO, are included below. |
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Total debt outstanding, net of cash and cash equivalents ("net total debt outstanding"), divided by net total debt outstanding plus equity market capitalization based on the Company’s closing share price of |
Comparable Hotels is defined as the 232 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of March 31, 2021. For hotels acquired during the periods noted, the Company has included, as applicable, results of those hotels for periods prior to the Company's ownership, and for dispositions, results have been excluded for the Company's period of ownership. Results for periods prior to the Company's ownership have not been included in the Company's actual Consolidated Financial Statements and are included only for comparison purposes. Results included for periods prior to the Company's ownership are based on information from the prior owner of each hotel and have not been audited or adjusted.
Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality, commented, “Performance across our portfolio of hotels continued to strengthen during the first quarter of this year with occupancy growth, driven by a mix of leisure and business demand, exceeding our internal expectations and enabling us to post our best quarterly results since the beginning of the pandemic. Our outstanding operational results during these unprecedented times highlight the broad consumer appeal, geographic diversification and efficient operating model of our portfolio, as well as the merits of our conservative capital structure. We are pleased to report Adjusted EBITDAre of approximately
Mr. Knight continued, “With positive corporate level cash flow after G&A and debt service for the quarter and for last year, we have preserved the strength and flexibility of our balance sheet and the value of our equity. We remain intently focused on maximizing long-term value for our shareholders through strong operational performance and strategic capital allocation and are well positioned for growth in the early phase of the recovery.”
Operations Update
- All hotels open: All of the Company’s hotels are open with enhanced health and sanitation measures in place.
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Sequential improvement: Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR for the Company’s portfolio sequentially improved each month during the first quarter of 2021, driven by a wide variety of demand generators including leisure, government, health care, construction, disaster recovery, insurance, athletics, education, and local and regional business-related travel. Operationally, the Company produced its strongest quarterly results since the beginning of the pandemic with occupancy exceeding industry averages. Portfolio occupancy improvement and outperformance continued with the month of April reaching approximately
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Increased operational efficiencies: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company, its brands and its third-party management companies have implemented cost elimination and efficiency initiatives at each of the Company’s hotels by effectively managing labor costs, reducing or eliminating certain services and amenities, and renegotiating rates under various service contracts. Hotel operating expenses were reduced by approximately
33% and41% during the first quarter of 2021, as compared to the same periods of 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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Cash flow positive: The Company produced sufficient cash from hotel operations to cover property-level and corporate-level costs, including debt service and capital expenditures, during the first quarter of 2021, achieving Adjusted Hotel EBITDA of approximately
$35 million and MFFO of approximately$9 million .
The following table highlights the Company’s monthly performance during the first quarter of 2021, as compared to the first quarters of 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except statistical data):
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(1) See explanation and reconciliation of Adjusted Hotel EBITDA to net income (loss) included below. |
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company, its third-party management companies and the brands the Company’s hotels are franchised with aggressively worked to mitigate costs and uses of cash associated with operating the Company’s hotels in a low-occupancy environment. With the support of its brands and third-party management companies, the Company will continue to rethink brand standards, refine its operating model and allocate capital to maximize long-term profitability.
Board of Directors
On March 2, 2021, the Company announced the appointment of Howard Woolley to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2021. With Mr. Woolley’s appointment, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors increased from eight to nine members, with six members being independent. Mr. Woolley was also appointed to the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective March 1, 2021.
Portfolio Activity
Acquisitions
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company closed on the purchase of the newly developed 176-room Hilton Garden Inn in Madison, Wisconsin, which was contracted for in 2019, for a total purchase price of approximately
Dispositions
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company sold its 118-room Homewood Suites by Hilton in Charlotte, North Carolina, and its 140-room Homewood Suites by Hilton in Memphis, Tennessee, in two separate transactions for a total combined gross sales price of approximately
In April 2021, the Company sold its 102-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Overland Park, Kansas, for a gross sales price of approximately
Capital Improvements
Apple Hospitality consistently reinvests in its hotels to maintain and enhance each property’s relevance and competitive position within its respective market. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company invested approximately
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
Summary
As of March 31, 2021, Apple Hospitality had approximately
Unsecured Credit Facilities Amendments
As a result of COVID-19 and the associated disruption to the Company’s operating results, as previously disclosed, the Company entered into amendments to each of its unsecured credit facilities in June 2020 and then again in March 2021 to temporarily waive the financial covenant testing under each of its unsecured credit facilities. The March 2021 amendments suspend the testing for all but two of the Company’s existing financial maintenance covenants under the unsecured credit facilities until the date the compliance certificate is required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022 (unless the Company elects an earlier date) (the “Extended Covenant Waiver Period”). The testing for the Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio is suspended until the compliance certificate is required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022. The March 2021 amendments also include: certain restrictions on share repurchases; an allowance for cash distributions of
Capital Markets
The Company terminated its written trading plan under its Share Repurchase Program in March 2020 and has not repurchased any shares under the Share Repurchase Program since that time. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had approximately
In August 2020, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate of
Shareholder Distributions
On April 15, 2021, the Company paid a quarterly distribution of
2021 Outlook
In light of uncertainties related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Company does not expect to issue 2021 operational guidance until it has greater visibility into more predictable operating fundamentals and trends. The Company is providing the following full year 2021 outlook regarding certain corporate expenses, which is based on management’s current view and does not take into account any unanticipated developments in its business or changes in its operating environment:
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$25 million to$30 million .
The Company does not intend to provide outlook updates unless deemed appropriate.
First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call
The Company will host a quarterly conference call for investors and interested parties at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 7, 2021. The conference call will be accessible by telephone and the internet. To access the call, participants from within the U.S. should dial 877-407-9039, and participants from outside the U.S. should dial 201-689-8470. Participants may also access the call via live webcast by visiting the Investor Information section of the Company's website at ir.applehospitalityreit.com. A replay of the call will be available from approximately 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 7, 2021, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 28, 2021. To access the replay, the domestic dial-in number is 844-512-2921, the international dial-in number is 412-317-6671, and the passcode is 13717950. The archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for a limited time.
About Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that owns one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of upscale, rooms-focused hotels in the United States. Apple Hospitality’s portfolio consists of 232 hotels with more than 29,700 guest rooms located in 88 markets throughout 35 states. Concentrated with industry-leading brands, the Company’s portfolio consists of 103 Marriott-branded hotels, 124 Hilton-branded hotels, three Hyatt-branded hotels and two independent hotels. For more information, please visit www.applehospitalityreit.com.
Apple Hospitality REIT Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company considers the following non-GAAP financial measures useful to investors as key supplemental measures of its operating performance: Funds from Operations (“FFO”); Modified FFO (“MFFO”); Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”); Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (“EBITDAre”); Adjusted EBITDAre; and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss), cash flow from operations or any other operating GAAP measure. FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA are not necessarily indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions. Although FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, may not be comparable to FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as reported by other companies that do not define such terms exactly as the Company defines such terms, the Company believes these supplemental measures are useful to investors when comparing the Company’s results between periods and with other REITs. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to net income (loss) are provided in the following pages.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by use of statements that include phrases such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “goal,” “plan,” “should,” “will,” “predict,” “potential,” “outlook,” “strategy,” and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Currently, one of the most significant factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from the Company’s forward-looking statements continues to be the adverse effect of COVID-19, including resurgences and new variants, on the Company’s business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows, the real estate market and the hospitality industry specifically, and the global economy and financial markets generally. The significance, extent and duration of the continued impacts caused by the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence at this time, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, the speed of the vaccine roll-out, the efficacy, acceptance and availability of vaccines, the duration of associated immunity and efficacy of the vaccines against emerging variants of COVID-19, the potential for additional hotel closures/consolidations that may be mandated or advisable, whether based on increased COVID-19 cases, new variants or other factors, the slowing or rollback of “reopenings” in certain states, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified under the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19. Such additional factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to effectively acquire and dispose of properties; the ability of the Company to successfully integrate pending transactions and implement its operating strategy; changes in general political, economic and competitive conditions and specific market conditions; reduced business and leisure travel due to travel-related health concerns, including the widespread outbreak of COVID-19 or an increase in COVID-19 cases or any other infectious or contagious diseases in the U.S. or abroad; adverse changes in the real estate and real estate capital markets; financing risks; changes in interest rates; litigation risks; regulatory proceedings or inquiries; and changes in laws or regulations or interpretations of current laws and regulations that impact the Company’s business, assets or classification as a REIT. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that such statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. In addition, the Company’s qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes speaks only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary factors, as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
For additional information or to receive press releases by email, visit www.applehospitalityreit.com.
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. |
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Assets |
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Investment in real estate, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of |
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Assets held for sale |
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5,172 |
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5,316 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
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5,776 |
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5,556 |
Restricted cash-furniture, fixtures and other escrows |
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30,149 |
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28,812 |
Due from third party managers, net |
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38,766 |
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22,137 |
Other assets, net |
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33,589 |
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35,042 |
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Debt, net |
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Finance lease liabilities |
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221,027 |
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219,981 |
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
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80,108 |
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97,860 |
Total Liabilities |
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1,824,167 |
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1,800,412 |
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Preferred stock, authorized 30,000,000 shares; none issued and outstanding |
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Common stock, no par value, authorized 800,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 223,656,264 and 223,212,346 shares, respectively |
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4,493,422 |
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4,488,419 |
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3,029,347 |
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Note: The Consolidated Balance Sheets and corresponding footnotes can be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. |
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2,783 |
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Hotel operating expense: |
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38,150 |
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Hotel administrative |
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17,744 |
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23,643 |
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14,888 |
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10,560 |
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Repair and maintenance |
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10,225 |
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Management fees |
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5,254 |
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103,740 |
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Property taxes, insurance and other |
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General and administrative |
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191,011 |
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12,943 |
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224,294 |
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Note: The Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss and corresponding footnotes can be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. |
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