SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2022 RESULTS

Fourth Quarter 2022 RevPAR Recapture Reaches New High

Operating Income Triples Driving Adjusted EBITDAre Growth of 100% to $180.8 Million in 2022

Nearly $1 Billion of Strategic Acquisitions Completed in 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the “Company”), today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.

“We are pleased with the continued improvement of our operating results during the fourth quarter which drove 2019 RevPAR recapture to a new quarterly high of 97% highlighted by December results that exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time in our pro forma portfolio. The strong fourth quarter capped off another active year for the Company as we completed nearly $1 billion of strategic transactions, reinstated our common dividend, and made our initial investment in the rapidly growing glamping segment of the hospitality space.  Operating trends have remained stable across our portfolio in early 2023 as January results were in-line with expectations and pace for February and March is accelerating,” said Jonathan P. Stanner, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Prudent capital allocation continues to be foundational to our investment strategy and subsequent to year-end we have entered into contracts to sell six hotels and a vacant land parcel for approximately $80 million. Combined with our previously completed asset sale in 2022, we have signed or closed sales totaling $155 million at a blended capitalization rate of 2.3% based on trailing twelve-month net operating income and eliminated nearly $44 million of near-term required capital expenditures. These sales will further enhance our balance sheet reducing net leverage, increasing our liquidity to nearly $500 million, and resulting in no maturities until the fourth quarter of 2024,” commented Mr. Stanner.

Fourth Quarter 2022 Summary

• Net Loss: Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $12.0 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $15.3 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Pro forma RevPAR: Pro forma RevPAR increased 17.9 percent to $109.01 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Pro forma ADR increased 14.1 percent to $159.62 compared to the same period in 2021, and pro forma occupancy increased 3.3 percent to 68.3 percent.
• Pro Forma Hotel EBITDA:  Pro forma hotel EBITDA increased 27.1 percent to $62.1 million from $48.9 million in the same period in 2021. Pro forma hotel EBITDA margin expanded 106 basis points to 36.0 percent from 35.0 percent in the same period of 2021.
• Adjusted EBITDAre:  Adjusted EBITDAre increased 61.6 percent to $46.1 million from $28.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Adjusted FFO:  Adjusted FFO was $30.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, compared to $14.8 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Capital Improvements: The Company invested $27.7 million in capital improvements during the fourth quarter and $22.2 million on a pro rata basis after consideration of joint ventures.

The Company’s results for the three months and years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Full Year 2022 Summary

• Net Loss: Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $16.9 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $83.7 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for the year ended 2021.
• Pro Forma RevPAR: Pro forma revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) increased 37.9 percent from 2021 to $110.91. Pro forma average daily rate (“ADR”) increased 25.9 percent from 2021 to $159.30, and pro forma occupancy increased 9.5 percent to 69.6 percent.
• Pro Forma Hotel EBITDA:  Pro forma hotel EBITDA increased 63.0 percent to $243.9 million from $149.7 million in 2021. Pro forma hotel EBITDA margin expanded 401 basis points to 35.4 percent from 31.4 percent in 2021.
• Adjusted EBITDAre:  Adjusted EBITDAre increased 99.8 percent to $180.8 million from $90.5 million for the year ended 2021.
• Adjusted FFO:  Adjusted FFO was $114.0 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, compared to $36.8 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the year ended 2021.
• Capital Improvements: The Company invested $76.5 million in capital improvements during 2022 and $63.6 million on a pro rata basis after consideration of joint ventures.

Onera Partnership Update

Onera Fredericksburg Acquisition and Expansion

On October 26, 2022, the Company acquired a 90 percent equity interest in the entity (the “Onera Joint Venture”) that owns Onera Fredericksburg, an 11-unit premium glamping asset located in Fredericksburg, Texas, for $4.5 million, based on a total valuation of $5.0 million, and an adjacent 6.4-acre land parcel for future expansion for $0.7 million, based on a total valuation of $0.8 million.

Onera Fredericksburg achieved 2022 RevPAR of $440, hotel EBITDA margin of more than 60%, and a net operating income yield of 17% on the Onera Joint Venture’s $5.0 million acquisition price. The Onera Joint Venture will pay a one-time incentive payment of up to $2.0 million if the property meets a certain unlevered yield threshold for the twelve-month period ending July 31, 2023.  Additionally, the Onera Joint Venture expects to begin construction on the adjacent 6.4-acre vacant land parcel in 2023, which will add an additional 15-20 premium units that are expected to achieve a mid-teens stabilized net operating income yield.

Onera Development Project Financed Utilizing Mezzanine Loan Program

Subsequent to year-end, the Company utilized its mezzanine lending platform to enter into an agreement with affiliates of Onera to provide mezzanine financing of up to $4.6 million for the future development of a high-end glamping asset. The loan has a fixed interest rate of 12% that will be paid monthly. The Company has an option to purchase 90% of the development upon its expected completion in mid-2024 at a pre-negotiated price.

Upon completion of the two development projects, the Onera Joint Venture will have invested approximately $40 to $45 million in high-end glamping projects that are estimated to achieve blended stabilized net operating income yields in the mid-teens. 

Pending Transaction Activity

The Company entered into three separate contracts subsequent to year end to dispose of an aggregate of six hotels totaling 750 guestrooms and a vacant land parcel. The aggregate gross sales price for the pending disposition activity is $79.9 million and the hotel transactions are expected to close in the second quarter of 2023 with the vacant land sale closing expected in the second half of 2023. The sales price for all transactions represents a 3.9% capitalization rate based on net operating income after a 4% FF&E reserve for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company expects to forego between $33 million and $38 million of future near-term required capital expenditures at the six hotels as a result of the sales which would reduce the all-in capitalization rate to approximately 2.6%. All of the pending dispositions are wholly owned assets and net proceeds will be used to repay outstanding debt, enhance the Company’s liquidity profile, and reduce overall balance sheet leverage.

Two-Hotel Portfolio Sale

The Company is under contract to sell two hotels totaling 283 guestrooms for a gross sales price of $50.5 million. The sales price represents a 3.9% capitalization rate based on the portfolio’s net operating income after a 4% FF&E reserve for the year ended December 31, 2022. The hotels for sale are:

• 160-guestroom – Residence Atlanta Midtown/Peachtree at 17^th
• 123-guestroom – Courtyard Kansas City Country Club Plaza

Four-Hotel Portfolio Sale

The Company is separately under contract to sell four hotels totaling 467 guestrooms for a gross sales price of $28.1 million. The sales price represents a 4.2% capitalization rate based on the portfolio’s net operating income after a 4% FF&E reserve for the year ended December 31, 2022. The hotels for sale are:

• 151-guestroom – Hyatt Place Chicago/Lombard/Oak Brook
• 126-guestroom – Hyatt Place Chicago/Hoffman Estates
• 97-guestroom – Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis/Eden Prairie
• 93-guestroom – Holiday Inn Express & Suites Eden Prairie – Minnetonka

The Company can make no assurances that it will be able to complete the sale transactions based on the current contractual terms or at all.

Capital Markets & Balance Sheet

On December 31, 2022, inclusive of its pro rata share of the GIC Joint Venture credit facility, the Company had the following:

• Outstanding debt of $1.2 billion with a weighted average interest rate of 4.53 percent. After giving effect to interest rate derivative agreements, $749.0 million, or 65 percent, of our outstanding debt had an average fixed interest rate, and $401.1 million, or 35 percent, had a variable interest rate.
• Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $38.1 million.
• Revolving credit facility availability of $385.0 million on its $400.0 million credit facility.
• Total liquidity of $423.1 million, including unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and revolving credit facility availability.

On February 10, 2023, inclusive of the recent transaction activity and its pro rata share of the GIC Joint Venture credit facility but exclusive of pending disposition activity, the Company had the following:

• Outstanding debt of $1.1 billion with a weighted average interest rate of 4.70 percent. After giving effect to interest rate derivative agreements, $748.7 million, or 65 percent, of our outstanding debt had an average fixed interest rate, and $401.0 million, or 35 percent, had a variable interest rate.
• Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $38.5 million.
• Revolving credit facility availability of $382.0 million on its $400.0 million credit facility.
• Total liquidity of $420.5 million including unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and revolving credit facility availability.
• Adjusted for pending disposition activity, an estimated total liquidity of $500 million, including unrestricted cash equivalents and revolving credit facility availability.

The Company notified lenders of its intent to exercise the first of four available maturity date extension options on its $400 million senior revolving credit facility during the fourth quarter. The extended maturity date of September 30, 2023, is expected to become effective in March of this year and the Company will have three remaining six-month extension options at the Company’s sole discretion available that result in a fully extended maturity date of March 31, 2025.

The Company also defeased its final 2023 debt maturity for $32.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, resulting in $6.7 million of restricted cash being returned to the Company. The Company does not have any remaining debt maturities after consideration of extension options until the fourth quarter of 2024.

Dividends

On January 26, 2023, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on its common stock and per common unit of limited partnership interest in Summit Hotel OP, LP.

In addition, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of:

• $0.390625 per share on its 6.25% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
• $0.3671875 per share on its 5.875% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
• $0.328125 per unit on its 5.25% Series Z Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Units

The common and preferred dividends are payable on February 28, 2023, to holders of record as of February 14, 2023.

2023 Outlook

The Company is providing its outlook for the full year 2023 based on 103 lodging assets, 61 of which were wholly owned as of February 27, 2023.  There are no pending acquisitions, dispositions, or additional capital markets activities assumed in the Company’s full year 2023 outlook.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call

The Company will conduct its quarterly conference call on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 9:00 AM ET. To participate in the conference call, please follow the steps below:

1. To access the conference call, please pre-register using this link. Registrants will receive a confirmation with dial-in details.
2. A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed using this link. A replay of the webcast will be available in the Investors section of the Company’s website, www.shpreit.com, until April 30, 2023.

Supplemental Disclosures

In conjunction with this press release, the Company has furnished a financial supplement with additional disclosures on its website.  Visit www.shpreit.com for more information.  The Company has no obligation to update any of the information provided to conform to actual results or changes in portfolio, capital structure or future expectations.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on owning premium-branded lodging assets with efficient operating models primarily in the upscale segment of the lodging industry. As of February 27, 2023, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 103 lodging assets, 61 of which are wholly owned, with a total of 15,334 guestrooms located in 24 states.

For additional information, please visit the Company’s website, www.shpreit.com, and follow on Twitter at @SummitHotel_INN and on Facebook at facebook.com/SummitHotelProperties.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “intend,” “expect,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximately,” “believe,” “could,” “project,” “predict,” “forecast,” “continue,” “plan,” “likely,” “would” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and can include future expectations, future plans and strategies, financial and operating projections, or other forward-looking information. Examples of forward-looking statements include the following: the Company’s ability to realize growth from the deployment of renovation capital; projections of the Company’s revenues and expenses, capital expenditures or other financial items; descriptions of the Company’s plans or objectives for future operations, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, redemptions or services; forecasts of the Company’s future financial performance and potential increases in average daily rate, occupancy, RevPAR, room supply and demand, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, FFO and AFFO; the Company’s outlook with respect to pro forma RevPAR, pro forma RevPAR growth, RevPAR, RevPAR growth, AFFO, AFFO per diluted share and unit and renovation capital deployed; and descriptions of assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing expectations regarding the timing of their occurrence. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, not all of which are known to the Company and many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the state of the U.S. economy, supply and demand in the hotel industry, and other factors as are described in greater detail in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

For information about the Company’s business and financial results, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC, and its quarterly and other periodic filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no duty to update the statements in this release to conform the statements to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We disclose certain “non-GAAP financial measures,” which are measures of our historical financial performance. Non-GAAP financial measures are financial measures not prescribed by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). These measures are as follows: (i) Funds From Operations (“FFO”) and Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”), (ii) Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”), Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (“EBITDAre“) and Adjusted EBITDAre, and Hotel EBITDA (as described below). We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, since not all companies calculate these non-GAAP financial measures in the same manner. Our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss) as a measure of our operating performance. Our non-GAAP financial measures may include funds that may not be available for our discretionary use due to functional requirements to conserve funds for capital expenditures, property acquisitions, debt service obligations and other commitments and uncertainties. Although we believe that our non-GAAP financial measures can enhance the understanding of our financial condition and results of operations, these non-GAAP financial measures are not necessarily better indicators of any trend as compared to a comparable measure prescribed by GAAP such as net income (loss).

Funds From Operations (“FFO”) and Adjusted FFO (“AFFO”)

As defined by Nareit, FFO represents net income or loss (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding preferred dividends, gains (or losses) from sales of real property, impairment losses on real estate assets, items classified by GAAP as extraordinary, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus depreciation and amortization related to real estate assets, and adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, and joint ventures. AFFO represents FFO excluding amortization of deferred financing costs, franchise fees, equity-based compensation expense, transaction costs, debt transaction costs, premiums on redemption of preferred shares, losses from net casualties, non-cash interest income and non-cash income tax related adjustments to our deferred tax asset. Unless otherwise indicated, we present FFO and AFFO applicable to our common shares and common units. We present FFO and AFFO because we consider FFO and AFFO an important supplemental measure of our operational performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs, many of which present FFO and AFFO when reporting their results. FFO and AFFO are intended to exclude GAAP historical cost depreciation and amortization, which assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes ratably over time. Historically, however, real estate values have risen or fallen with market conditions. Because FFO and AFFO exclude depreciation and amortization related to real estate assets, gains and losses from real property dispositions and impairment losses on real estate assets, and certain transaction costs related to lodging property acquisition activities and debt, FFO and AFFO provide performance measures that, when compared year over year, reflect the effect to operations from trends in occupancy, guestroom rates, operating costs, development activities and interest costs, providing perspective not immediately apparent from net income. Our computation of FFO differs slightly from the computation of Nareit-defined FFO related to the reporting of depreciation and amortization expense on assets at our corporate offices, which is de minimus. Our computation of FFO may also differ from the methodology for calculating FFO used by other equity REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs. FFO and AFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or make distributions.  Where indicated in this release, FFO is based on our computation of FFO and not the computation of Nareit-defined FFO unless otherwise noted. 

EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, and Hotel EBITDA

In September 2017, Nareit proposed a standardized performance measure, called EBITDAre, which is based on EBITDA and is expected to provide additional relevant information about REITs as real estate companies in support of growing interest among generalist investors. The conclusion was reached that, while dedicated REIT investors have long been accustomed to utilizing the industry’s supplemental measures such as FFO and net operating income (“NOI”) to evaluate the investment quality of REITs as real estate companies, it would be helpful to generalist investors for REITs as real estate companies to also present EBITDAre as a more widely known and understood supplemental measure of performance. EBITDAre is intended to be a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure that is independent of a company’s capital structure and will provide a uniform basis for one measurement of the enterprise value of a company compared to other REITs.

EBITDAre, as defined by Nareit, is calculated as EBITDA, excluding: (i) loss and gains on disposition of property and (ii) asset impairments, if any. We believe EBITDAre is useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because it provides investors with an indication of our ability to incur and service debt, to satisfy general operating expenses, to make capital expenditures and to fund other cash needs or reinvest cash into our business. We also believe it helps investors meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the effect of our asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results.

We make additional adjustments to EBITDAre when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional non-recurring or unusual items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDAre, when combined with the primary GAAP presentation of net income, is useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because it provides investors with an indication of our ability to incur and service debt, to satisfy general operating expenses, to make capital expenditures and to fund other cash needs or reinvest cash into our business. We also believe it helps investors meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the effect of our asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results.

With respect to hotel EBITDA, we believe that excluding the effect of corporate-level expenses and non-cash items provides a more complete understanding of the operating results over which individual hotels and operators have direct control. We believe the property-level results provide investors with supplemental information on the ongoing operational performance of our hotels and effectiveness of the third-party management companies operating our business on a property-level basis.

We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of EBITDA, EBITDAre, adjusted EBITDAre, and hotel EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, since not all companies calculate these non-GAAP measures in the same manner. EBITDA, EBITDAre, adjusted EBITDAre, and hotel EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative measure of our net income (loss) or operating performance. EBITDA, EBITDAre, adjusted EBITDAre, and hotel EBITDA may include funds that may not be available for our discretionary use due to functional requirements to conserve funds for capital expenditures and property acquisitions and other commitments and uncertainties. Although we believe that EBITDA, EBITDAre, adjusted EBITDAre, and hotel EBITDA can enhance your understanding of our financial condition and results of operations, these non-GAAP financial measures are not necessarily a better indicator of any trend as compared to a comparable GAAP measure such as net income (loss). Above, we include a quantitative reconciliation of EBITDA, EBITDAre, adjusted EBITDAre and hotel EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial performance measure, which is net income (loss) and operating income (loss).

SOURCE Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.