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For the quarter ended December 2024, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) reported revenue of $214.77 million, down 2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.16, compared to $0.60 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $205.65 million, representing a surprise of +4.44%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +14.29%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.14.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Sunstone Hotel performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
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Comparable ADR: $304.85 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $305.31.
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Comparable Occupancy: 65.3% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 64.7%.
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Number of Hotels: 15 versus 16 estimated by two analysts on average.
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Number of Rooms: 7,253 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 7,255.
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Comparable RevPAR: $199.07 versus $197.35 estimated by two analysts on average.
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Revenues- Room: $133.19 million versus $126.66 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.8% change.
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Revenues- Other operating: $21.93 million compared to the $16.66 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.9% year over year.
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Revenues- Food and beverage: $59.65 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $56.34 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.7%.
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Net Earnings Per Share (Diluted): -$0.02 compared to the -$0.03 average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Sunstone Hotel have returned -3.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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