Q4 2024 Service Properties Trust Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Service Properties Trust (SVC) reported its strongest hotel revenue growth in almost two years, with comparable hotel RevPAR growing 4.2% year over year.
- The company is successfully executing its strategy to sell 114 Sonesta hotels, expecting to net sales proceeds of at least $1 billion.
- SVC's net lease portfolio remains stable, with a 97.6% lease rate and a weighted average lease term of eight years, providing reliable cash flows.
- The select service portfolio showed exceptional growth, with RevPAR up 9.6% year over year, driven by occupancy growth.
- SVC is focusing on strengthening its balance sheet through asset sales and reinvesting in hotels with the highest opportunity for upside.
- Adjusted hotel EBITDA declined 2.4% year over year, impacted by renovation activities and pressures on expenses such as labor and real estate taxes.
- Normalized FFO decreased to $0.17 per share from $0.30 per share in the prior year quarter.
- Interest expense increased by $9.4 million, and interest income declined by $8.4 million, impacting financial results.
- The extended stay portfolio experienced a decline in ADR, with RevPAR growth of only 1.2%.
- The company faces continued disruption from hotel renovations, with 14 hotels expected to be under renovation in 2025.
Good morning and welcome to the Service Properties Trust fourth quarter 2024 earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions)
I would now like to turn the conference call over to Mr. Kevin Barry, Senior Director of Investor relations.
Thanks for joining us today. With me on the call are Todd Hargreaves, President and Chief Investment Officer; Jesse Abair, Vice President and Brian Donley, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. In just a moment they will provide details about our business and our performance for the fourth quarter of 2024, followed by a question-and-answer session with Southside analysts.
I would like to note that the recording and re-transmission of today's conference call is prohibited without the prior written consent of the company. Also note that today's conference call contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other securities laws.
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