Braemar Hotels & Resorts Earnings Call Transcripts
Fiscal Year 2025
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Q4 and full-year 2025 saw modest revenue and EBITDA growth, driven by strong resort performance and strategic asset sales, despite renovation and weather disruptions. The ongoing sale process and major capital investments position the portfolio for future gains.
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Q3 2025 saw 1.4% RevPAR and 15.1% EBITDA growth, led by strong resort performance and major renovations. Asset sales and refinancing improved liquidity, while group and leisure demand remained robust. The company continues to focus on portfolio quality and value creation.
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Q2 2025 saw 1.5% RevPAR and 3.7% EBITDA growth, led by strong resort and group business performance. Liquidity improved with a major asset sale and refinancing, while renovations and robust booking pace support a positive outlook.
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Q1 2025 saw record RevPAR and strong EBITDA growth, led by urban and resort hotels. Debt refinancing improved the maturity profile, while group booking pace and margin expansion remain robust. Capital deployment focuses on renovations and deleveraging.
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Luxury hotel-focused REIT highlighted stable industry recovery, strong ADR and RevPAR growth, and a balanced portfolio. Plans include asset sales, refinancing, and capital returns, with group business and limited new supply supporting future rate increases.
Fiscal Year 2024
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Q4 2024 saw a return to RevPAR growth and strong group bookings, with urban and resort segments both performing well. Net loss narrowed year-over-year, and refinancing plus capital redeployment efforts improved the balance sheet.
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Urban hotels led with 6% RevPAR growth, while group business and corporate demand strengthened. Portfolio refinancings and asset sales improved balance sheet flexibility, and hurricane impacts were limited to one property. Group pace for 2025 is up significantly.
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Urban hotels posted strong RevPAR and EBITDA growth, offsetting softness in the resort segment due to timing and weather impacts. The company completed a major asset sale, addressed all 2024 debt maturities, and is executing a shareholder value plan with further asset sales and buybacks anticipated.