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DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2024 RESULTS

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BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 7, 2024 /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 ended September 30, 2024.

Third Quarter 2024 Highlights

  • Net Income: Net income was $26.6 million, or $0.11 per diluted share.

  • Comparable Revenues: $285.1 million, increased 2.5% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable RevPAR: $214.44, increased 2.8% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $82.3 million, increased 2.2% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 28.85%, decreased 9 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted EBITDA: $75.6 million, increased 3.3% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted FFO per Share: $0.26, equal to the third quarter of 2023.

  • Debt Financing: The Company repaid its $73.3 million mortgage loan secured by the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East in August 2024. Additionally, the Company extended the maturity date of its $300 million unsecured term loan by one year to January 2026.

  • Share Repurchases: The Company repurchased 0.7 million shares of its common stock at a weighted average price of $8.14 per share for a total consideration of approximately $5.4 million during the third quarter of 2024.

"Third quarter operating results were largely in line with our expectations, with group revenues increasing over 15% compared to last year. As expected, Total RevPAR growth was more closely aligned with RevPAR growth this quarter as compared to the first half of this year due to the nature of the significant concentration in citywide group business this quarter. While our hotels in South Florida, New Orleans and Charleston sustained no damage from Hurricane Helene in September, the business interruption held back our company-wide third quarter RevPAR and Total RevPAR growth by 35 basis points.

We are updating our full-year guidance range for RevPAR from a range of 1.5% to 3.0% to a range of 1.5% to 2.0% to reflect current transient trends and the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. We expect full-year Total RevPAR growth will continue to be approximately 150bp basis points higher. Importantly, we are reiterating the midpoint of our full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance and increasing the midpoint of our Adjusted FFO per share guidance.

Looking ahead, we continue to be keenly focused on maximizing free cash flow from our portfolio and a key component of that strategy is to recycle capital from non-core properties into more attractive investments such as additional on-strategy investments, share repurchases, and high return-on-investment projects."