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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2024 RESULTS

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Full Year Results Exceed Guidance

Completes Sale of the Westin Washington D.C. City Center

Announces $0.08 First Quarter 2025 Dividend

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") (NYSE: DRH), a lodging real estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of 36 premium hotels and resorts in the United States, today announced results of operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2024.

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Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights

  • Net Loss: Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $13.7 million, or ($0.07) per diluted share compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $8.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The net loss attributable to common stockholders includes a $32.6 million impairment loss recorded on the Westin Washington D.C. City City Center.

  • Comparable Revenues: $280.5 million, an increase of 5.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable RevPAR: $200.46, an increase of 5.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $75.9 million, an increase of 16.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 27.08%, an increase of 253 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted EBITDA: $68.7 million, an increase of 19.9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted FFO per Share: $0.24, an increase of 33.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Hotel Acquisition: Acquired the AC Hotel Minneapolis Downtown for $30.0 million on November 12, 2024.

Full Year 2024 Highlights

  • Net Income: Net income attributable to common stockholders was $38.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share as compared to $76.5 million in 2023. Net income attributable to common stockholders includes a $32.6 million impairment loss recorded on the Westin Washington D.C. City Center and $20.4 million of severance costs related to the executive transition in 2024.

  • Comparable Revenues: $1.1 billion, an increase of 4.3% compared to 2023.

  • Comparable RevPAR: $205.15, an increase of 2.6% compared to 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $321.4 million, an increase of 5.3% compared to 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 28.21%, an increase of 27 basis points compared to 2023.

  • Adjusted EBITDA: $290.4 million, an increase of 6.9% compared to 2023.

  • Adjusted FFO per Share: $1.01, an increase of 8.6% to 2023.

  • Brand Conversion: The Company completed the repositioning and rebranding of the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain as the Hotel Champlain Burlington, Curio Collection by Hilton in July 2024.

  • Debt Financing: The Company repaid its $73.3 million mortgage loan secured by the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East and extended the maturity date of its $300 million unsecured term loan by one year to January 2026.

  • Share Repurchases: The Company repurchased 3.1 million shares of its common stock at a weighted average price of $8.33 per share for a total consideration of approximately $26.0 million during 2024.