Apple Hospitality REIT Reports Results of Operations for Third Quarter 2017

 

 

RICHMOND, Va. (November 6, 2017) – Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) (the “Company” or “Apple Hospitality”) today announced results of operations for the third quarter of 2017.

 

Selected Statistical and Financial Data

As of and For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30

(Unaudited) (in thousands, except statistical and per share amounts)⁽¹⁾

 

 

(1) Explanations of and reconciliations to net income of Adjusted EBITDA, Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA and MFFO are included below.

(2) Total debt outstanding divided by total debt outstanding plus equity market capitalization based on the Company’s closing share price of $18.91 on September 30, 2017.

 

Comparable Hotels is defined as the 236 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of September 30, 2017. For hotels acquired during the periods noted, the Company has included, as applicable, results of those hotels for periods prior to the Company's ownership, and for dispositions and assets held for sale, results have been excluded for the Company's period of ownership. Results for periods prior to the Company's ownership have not been included in the Company's actual Consolidated Financial Statements and are included only for comparison purposes. Results included for periods prior to the Company's ownership are based on information from the prior owner of each hotel and have not been audited or adjusted.

Justin Knight, President and Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality REIT, commented, “We are pleased to have produced solid Comparable Hotels RevPAR growth of 1.3 percent and a strong Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Margin of 38.9 percent during the third quarter of this year, despite modest growth in business travel. We continue to enhance our portfolio through strategic transactions that we believe will increase shareholder value over the long term and are pleased to have acquired five well-located, select-service hotels and sold three full-service assets in the last year. With locations in 88 markets and a focus on the upscale segment of the industry, we believe we are well positioned for any economic environment.”

Mr. Knight continued, “While the damage to our hotels from hurricanes Harvey and Irma was not material, the storms had a devastating impact on numerous communities. We are incredibly proud of the operating teams at our hotels in the paths of the storms. Our hotel associates, some with catastrophic damage to their own homes, worked tirelessly to ensure the safety and comfort of our guests and we commend them for their hard work and continued efforts to aid in the rebuilding of their communities.”

 

Apple Hospitality owns a highly diversified hotel portfolio, which helps insulate the revenue stream of the Company from regional economic dislocations that may occur from time to time. As of October 31, 2017, Apple Hospitality owned 238 hotels with 30,187 rooms, comprised of 117 Marriott® branded hotels and 121 Hilton® branded hotels, with locations in 88 markets throughout 34 states.

 

 

On October 13, 2017, the Company acquired an existing 179-room Residence Inn by Marriott® in Portland, Maine, for a gross purchase price of approximately $56 million.

 

On October 20, 2017, the Company acquired an existing 136-room Residence Inn by Marriott® in the Murray suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, for a gross purchase price of approximately $26 million.

 

Effective September 1, 2016, Apple Hospitality completed its merger with Apple REIT Ten, Inc. (“Apple Ten”).  The merger added 56 Marriott® and Hilton® branded primarily select-service and extended-stay hotels with 7,209 guestrooms to the Company’s portfolio. As consideration in the merger, the Company issued approximately 49 million common shares and paid approximately $94 million to the Apple Ten shareholders, and assumed approximately $257 million of debt.

 

On October 5, 2017, the Company completed the sale of the 316-room Marriott® in Fairfax, Virginia, for a gross sales price of approximately $42 million. The sale resulted in an estimated gain of approximately $0.3 million, which will be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2017.

 

Apple Hospitality consistently reinvests in its hotels to maintain and enhance each property’s relevance and competitive position within its respective market. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company invested approximately $42 million in capital expenditures. The Company plans to continue to reinvest in its hotels and anticipates investing an additional $25 million in capital improvements during the remainder of 2017, which includes various scheduled renovation projects for approximately 15 properties.

As of September 30, 2017, Apple Hospitality had approximately $1.3 billion of total outstanding indebtedness with a current combined weighted average interest rate of approximately 3.5 percent for the remainder of 2017. Excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments, the Company’s total outstanding indebtedness is comprised of approximately $430 million in property-level debt secured by 28 hotels and $877 million outstanding on its unsecured credit facilities. In July 2017, the Company entered into an unsecured $85 million seven-year term loan. The net proceeds from the term loan were used to pay down borrowings on the Company’s revolving credit facility. The term loan is subject to requirements and covenants similar to the Company’s unsecured $965 million credit facility.  The interest rate for the term loan is equal to an annual rate of the one month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.80 percent to 2.60 percent, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio. In conjunction with the term loan, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to effectively fix the interest rate on the $85 million term loan at 3.76 percent. Apple Hospitality’s undrawn capacity on its unsecured credit facilities at September 30, 2017, was approximately $323 million. The Company’s total debt to total capitalization at September 30, 2017, was approximately 24 percent, which provides Apple Hospitality with financial flexibility to fund capital requirements and pursue opportunities in the marketplace.

 

Apple Hospitality paid distributions of $0.30 per common share during the three-month period ended September 30, 2017. Based on the Company’s common share closing price of $18.92 on November 2, 2017, the annualized distribution of $1.20 per common share represents an annual yield of approximately 6.3 percent. The Company’s Board of Directors, in consultation with management, will continue to regularly monitor the Company’s distribution rate relative to the performance of its hotels, capital improvement needs, varying economic cycles, acquisitions, and dispositions. At its discretion, the Company’s Board of Directors may make adjustments as determined to be prudent in relation to other cash requirements of the Company.

 

Apple Hospitality is providing its operational and financial outlook for 2017. This outlook, which is based on management’s current view of both operating and economic fundamentals of the Company’s existing portfolio of hotels, does not take into account any unanticipated developments in its business or changes in its operating environment, nor does it take into account any unannounced hotel acquisitions or dispositions. Comparable Hotels RevPAR Growth and Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Margin % guidance include properties acquired, including those acquired through the Apple Ten merger, as if the hotels were owned as of January 1, 2016, and exclude completed dispositions since January 1, 2016. For the full year 2017, the Company anticipates:

 

 

(1)	Explanations of and reconciliations to net income guidance of Adjusted EBITDA guidance are included below.

 

 

The Company considers the following non-GAAP financial measures useful to investors as key supplemental measures of its operating performance:  Funds from Operations (“FFO”); Modified FFO (“MFFO”); Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”); Adjusted EBITDA (“Adjusted EBITDA”); and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA (“Adjusted Hotel EBITDA”). These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss), cash flow from operations, or any other operating GAAP measure. FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA are not necessarily indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions. Although FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, may not be comparable to FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as reported by other companies that do not define such terms exactly as the Company defines such terms, the Company believes these supplemental measures are useful to investors when comparing the Company’s results between periods and with other REITs. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to net income (loss) are provided in the following pages.

 

Certain statements contained in this press release other than historical facts may be considered forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are predictions and generally can be identified by use of statements that include phrases such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “goal,” “plan,” “should,” “will,” “predict,” “potential,” “outlook,” “strategy,” and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes.  Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Apple Hospitality to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Such factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of Apple Hospitality to effectively acquire and dispose of properties; the ability of Apple Hospitality to successfully integrate pending transactions and implement its operating strategy; changes in general political, economic and competitive conditions and specific market conditions; adverse changes in the real estate and real estate capital markets; financing risks; the outcome of current and future litigation, including any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against Apple Hospitality or others; regulatory proceedings or inquiries; and changes in laws or regulations or interpretations of current laws and regulations that impact Apple Hospitality’s business, assets or classification as a real estate investment trust.  Although Apple Hospitality believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could

be inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that such statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate.  In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by Apple Hospitality or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or the objectives and plans of Apple Hospitality will be achieved.  In addition, Apple Hospitality’s qualification as a real estate investment trust involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.  Readers should carefully review Apple Hospitality’s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in Apple Hospitality’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.  Any forward-looking statement that Apple Hospitality makes speaks only as of the date of such statement.  Apple Hospitality undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary factors, as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Kelly Clarke, Vice President, Investor Relations

(804) 727-6321

kclarke@applereit.com

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

 

Note:

The Consolidated Balance Sheets and corresponding footnotes can be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited) (in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Note:

The Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and corresponding footnotes can be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

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Comparable Hotels Operating Metrics and Statistical Data

(Unaudited) (in thousands except statistical data)

 

Note:

Comparable Hotels is defined as the 236 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of September 30, 2017. For hotels acquired during the periods noted, the Company has included, as applicable, results of those hotels for periods prior to the Company's ownership, and for dispositions and assets held for sale, results have been excluded for the Company's period of ownership. Results for periods prior to the Company's ownership have not been included in the Company's actual Consolidated Financial Statements and are included only for comparison purposes. Results included for periods prior to the Company's ownership are based on information from the prior owner of each hotel and have not been audited or adjusted.

 

Reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the following pages.

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Comparable Hotels Quarterly Operating Metrics and Statistical Data

(Unaudited) (in thousands except statistical data)

 

Note:

Comparable Hotels is defined as the 236 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of September 30, 2017. For hotels acquired during the periods noted, the Company has included, as applicable, results of those hotels for periods prior to the Company's ownership, and for dispositions and assets held for sale, results have been excluded for the Company's period of ownership. Results for periods prior to the Company's ownership have not been included in the Company's actual Consolidated Financial Statements and are included only for comparison purposes. Results included for periods prior to the Company's ownership are based on information from the prior owner of each hotel and have not been audited or adjusted.

 

Reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the following pages.

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Same Store Hotels Operating Metrics and Statistical Data

(Unaudited) (in thousands except statistical data)

Note:

Same Store Hotels is defined as the 177 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of January 1, 2016 and during the entirety of the periods being compared. This information has not been audited.

Reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the following pages.

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Same Store Hotels Quarterly Operating Metrics and Statistical Data

(Unaudited) (in thousands except statistical data)

 

Note:

Same Store Hotels is defined as the 177 hotels owned and held for use by the Company as of January 1, 2016 and during the entirety of the periods being compared. This information has not been audited.

Reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the following pages.

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Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA

(Unaudited) (in thousands)

 

EBITDA is a commonly used measure of performance in many industries and is defined as net income (loss) excluding interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.  The Company believes EBITDA is useful to investors because it helps the Company and its investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of the Company by removing the impact of its capital structure (primarily interest expense) and its asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization).  In addition, certain covenants included in the agreements governing the Company’s indebtedness use EBITDA, as defined in the specific credit agreement, as a measure of financial compliance.

 

The Company considers the exclusion or inclusion of certain additional items from EBITDA (Adjusted EBITDA) useful, including (i) the exclusion of transaction and litigation costs (reimbursements), gains or losses from sales of real estate, and the loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets, as these items do not represent ongoing operations, and (ii) the exclusion of non-cash straight-line ground lease expense, as this expense does not reflect the underlying performance of the related hotels.

 

The Company further excludes actual corporate-level general and administrative expense for the Company from Adjusted EBITDA (Adjusted Hotel EBITDA) to isolate property-level operational performance over which the Company’s hotel operators have direct control. The Company believes Adjusted Hotel EBITDA provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding operating performance and is used by management to measure the performance of the Company’s hotels and effectiveness of the operators of the hotels.

 

The following table reconciles the Company’s GAAP net income (loss) to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA on a quarterly basis from December 31, 2015 through September 30, 2017.