Q1 2025 Chartwell Retirement Residences Earnings Call Transcript

May 09, 2025 / 02:00PM GMT

Release Date Price: €11.07 (+0.80%)

Transcript

Key Points

Positve

Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) reported a strong 21.3% growth in same-property net operating income for Q1 2025.
The company achieved a 110 basis points sequential quarter occupancy gain, reaching 91.5% in Q1 2025.
Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) reduced staffing agency costs by 50% compared to Q1 2024, bringing them below pre-pandemic levels.
The company successfully acquired several high-quality properties at attractive pricing, significantly below replacement costs.
Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) improved its leverage metrics, with an interest coverage ratio of 2.8 times and a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of 8.2 times.

Negative

The Duke of Devonshire property in Ottawa has been underperforming, necessitating a lease agreement with the Ottawa Hospital.
Despite strong occupancy gains, some markets like Ottawa remain competitive and challenging.
The company faces a 20-25% gap between current market rents and the rents needed to justify new developments.
Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) anticipates potential impacts on demand due to a slowing housing market.
The company acknowledges that achieving a 95% occupancy target across all residences may be overly ambitious.

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Chartwell Retirement Residences Q1 2025 financial results conference call. I would now like to turn the meeting over to the CEO, Vlad Volodarski. Please go ahead, sir.

Vlad Volodarski

Chartwell Retirement Residences - Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Trustee

Thank you (inaudible) Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. There is a slide presentation to accompany this conference call available on our website at chartwell.com under the Investor Relations tab. Joining me are Karen Sullivan, President and Chief Operating Officer; Jeffrey Brown, Chief Financial Officer; and Jonathan Boulakia, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Legal Officer.

Before we begin, I direct you to the cautionary statements on slide 2. Because during this call, we will make statements containing forward-looking information and non-GAAP and other financial measures. Our MD&A and other securities filings contain information about the risks, assumptions and uncertainties inherent in such forward-looking

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