RLJ Lodging Trust Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

In This Article:

Q1 RevPAR increased 1.6%

Addressed all 2025 debt maturities

Repurchased 2.7 million shares for $24.3 million year-to-date

BETHESDA, Md., May 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RLJ Lodging Trust (the "Company") (NYSE: RLJ) today reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Highlights

  • Portfolio Comparable RevPAR of $141.23; an increase of 1.6% over the prior year

  • Total Revenues of $328.1 million

  • Net Income of $3.2 million

  • Comparable Hotel EBITDA of $85.3 million

  • Adjusted EBITDA of $77.6 million

  • Adjusted FFO per diluted common share and unit of $0.31

  • Sold one non-core hotel for $24.3 million

  • Recycled proceeds from asset sale to repurchase 2.7 million shares for approximately $24.3 million

  • Addressed all 2025 debt maturities and fully paid down our revolver following recent term loan refinancing

"We are pleased with our solid first quarter results which exceeded our expectations and were driven by our robust performance in urban markets and our strong momentum from conversions. Our ability to drive rate in this environment and control costs allowed us to exceed our EBITDA outlook. Additionally, we successfully recycled capital from disposition proceeds towards accretive share repurchases and further strengthened our balance sheet as we addressed all near-term debt maturities," commented Leslie D. Hale, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The heightened macroeconomic uncertainty has tempered our near-term view on fundamentals. Therefore, we are updating our outlook to reflect the current environment, which we assume will persist for the remainder of the year. Relative to this backdrop, we are well-positioned to navigate this choppy environment given our diversified urban-centric portfolio, our lean operating model and a favorable capital structure."

The prefix "comparable" as defined by the Company, denotes operating results which include results for periods prior to its ownership and excludes sold hotels. Explanations of EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel EBITDA, Hotel EBITDA Margin, FFO, and Adjusted FFO, as well as reconciliations of those measures to net income or loss, if applicable, are included within this release.

Financial and Operating Highlights

($ in thousands, except ADR, RevPAR, Change, and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

For the three months ended March 31,

 

2025

2024

Change

Operational Overview: (1)

 

 

 

Comparable ADR

$204.31

$200.07

2.1%

Comparable Occupancy

69.1%

69.5%

(0.5)%

Comparable RevPAR

$141.23

$138.97

1.6%

 

 

 

 

Financial Overview:

 

 

 

Total Revenue

$328,119

$324,410

1.1%

Comparable Hotel Revenue

$327,000

$323,230

1.2%

 

 

 

 

Net Income

$3,172

$4,746

(33.2)%

 

 

 

 

Comparable Hotel EBITDA

$85,297

$88,337

(3.4)%

Comparable Hotel EBITDA Margin

26.1%

27.3%

(124) bps

Adjusted EBITDA

$77,594

$79,594

(2.5)%

 

 

 

 

Adjusted FFO

$46,920

$51,854

(9.5)%

Adjusted FFO Per Diluted Common Share and Unit

$0.31

$0.33

(6.1)%

Note:

(1) Comparable statistics reflect the Company's 94 hotel portfolio owned as of March 31, 2025.

Disposition

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company sold the 181-room Courtyard Atlanta Buckhead for $24.3 million, reflecting a 18.0x multiple based on projected 2025 Hotel EBITDA. The Company recorded a gain on the sale of $1.3 million.