Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Completes Sale of Topaz Hotel

Nov 25, 2019 07:00 am
BETHESDA, Md. -- 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (the “Company”) announced that it closed on the sale of the 99-room Topaz Hotel in Washington, D.C. for $33.1 million to a third party on November 22, 2019.

The sale price of $33.1 million reflects a 19.5x EBITDA multiple and a 4.4% net operating income capitalization rate based on the hotel’s operating performance for 2018. Based on the trailing 12-month period ended September 30, 2019, the contracted sales price reflects a 17.9x EBITDA multiple and a 4.9% net operating income capitalization rate.

Following the sale of Topaz Hotel, the Company has completed a total of $1.33 billion of asset sales as part of its strategic disposition plan, and year to date, the Company has completed a total of $482.1 million of asset sales towards its goal of $600.0 million, which reflects a 16.0x EBITDA multiple and a 5.45% net operating income capitalization rate based on the hotels’ performance for 2018. The net operating income capitalization rates above are after an assumed annual capital reserve of 4.0% of total hotel revenues.

Proceeds from the sale of Topaz Hotel will be utilized for general business purposes which may include reducing the Company’s outstanding debt.

About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels in the United States. The Company owns 56 hotels, totaling approximately 14,000 guest rooms across 16 urban and resort markets with a focus on the west coast gateway cities. For more information, visit www.pebblebrookhotels.com and follow us at @PebblebrookPEB.

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Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Topaz Hotel
Reconciliation of Hotel Net Income to Hotel EBITDA and Hotel Net Operating Income
Trailing Twelve Months
(Unaudited, in millions)
 
Twelve months ended
December 31,

2018

 
Hotel net income

$0.9

 

 
Adjustment:
Depreciation and amortization

0.8

 

 
Hotel EBITDA

$1.7

 

 
Adjustment:
Capital reserve

(0.2

)

 
Hotel Net Operating Income

$1.5

 

This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as defined under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the hotel’s results of operations determined in accordance with GAAP.

The Company has presented trailing twelve-month hotel EBITDA and trailing twelve-month hotel net operating income after capital reserves because it believes these measures provide investors and analysts with an understanding of the hotel-level operating performance. These non-GAAP measures do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use, because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments and uncertainties, nor are they indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make distributions.

The Company’s presentation of the hotel’s trailing twelve-month EBITDA and trailing twelve-month net operating income after capital reserves should not be considered as an alternative to net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the hotel’s financial performance. The table above is a reconciliation of the hotel’s trailing twelve-month EBITDA and net operating income after capital reserves calculations to net income in accordance with GAAP. Any differences are a result of rounding.

 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Topaz Hotel
Reconciliation of Hotel Net Income to Hotel EBITDA and Hotel Net Operating Income
Trailing Twelve Months
(Unaudited, in millions)
 
Twelve months ended
September 30,

2019

 
Hotel net income

$1.0

 

 
Adjustment:
Depreciation and amortization

0.9

 

 
Hotel EBITDA

$1.9

 

 
Adjustment:
Capital reserve

(0.3

)

 
Hotel Net Operating Income

$1.6

 

This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as defined under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the hotel’s results of operations determined in accordance with GAAP.

The Company has presented trailing twelve-month hotel EBITDA and trailing twelve-month hotel net operating income after capital reserves because it believes these measures provide investors and analysts with an understanding of the hotel-level operating performance. These non-GAAP measures do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use, because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments and uncertainties, nor are they indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make distributions.

The Company’s presentation of the hotel’s trailing twelve-month EBITDA and trailing twelve-month net operating income after capital reserves should not be considered as an alternative to net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the hotel’s financial performance. The table above is a reconciliation of the hotel’s trailing twelve-month EBITDA and net operating income after capital reserves calculations to net income in accordance with GAAP. Any differences are a result of rounding.

 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Historical Operating Data
($ in millions, except ADR and RevPAR)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Historical Operating Data:

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Full Year

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

 
Occupancy

76%

87%

89%

77%

82%

ADR

$239

$263

$262

$248

$254

RevPAR

$182

$229

$232

$192

$209

 
Hotel Revenues

$338.9

$422.1

$423.3

$369.7

$1,554.0

Hotel EBITDA

$95.5

$156.0

$154.8

$108.7

$515.1

Hotel EBITDA Margin

28.2%

37.0%

36.6%

29.4%

33.1%

 

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

2019

2019

2019

 
Occupancy

76%

87%

87%

ADR

$251

$268

$261

RevPAR

$190

$233

$227

 
Hotel Revenues

$354.6

$431.3

$419.1

Hotel EBITDA

$98.2

$156.6

$144.7

Hotel EBITDA Margin

27.7%

36.3%

34.5%

These historical hotel operating results include information for all of the hotels the Company owned as of November 22, 2019. These historical operating results include periods prior to the Company's ownership of the hotels. The information above does not reflect the Company's corporate general and administrative expense, interest expense, property acquisition costs, depreciation and amortization, taxes and other expenses. Any differences are a result of rounding.

The information above has not been audited and has been presented only for comparison purposes.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Strategic Disposition Program Summary
(Unaudited)
 
Date of
disposition
Sales price
($ in millions)
EBITDA
multiple
Net operating
capitalization rate
Sales price
per key
($ in thousands)
 
 
Hotel dispositions:
Park Central San Francisco and Park
Central New York / WestHouse New York 11/30/2018

$

715.0

16.5x

5.1%

$

443

Gild Hall, New York 11/30/2018

 

38.8

15.8x

5.3%

 

298

Embassy Suites Philadelphia Center City 11/30/2018

 

67.0

11.0x

8.1%

 

233

The Grand Hotel Minneapolis 12/4/2018

 

30.0

8.5x

10.4%

 

214

The Liaison Capitol Hill 2/14/2019

 

111.0

16.9x

4.9%

 

324

Hotel Palomar Washington, DC 2/22/2019

 

141.5

14.9x

5.9%

 

422

Onyx Hotel 5/29/2019

 

58.3

15.3x

5.9%

 

521

Hotel Amarano Burbank 7/16/2019

 

72.9

15.8x

5.7%

 

552

Rouge Hotel 9/12/2019

 

42.0

17.4x

5.0%

 

307

Hotel Madera 9/26/2019

 

23.3

14.3x

5.7%

 

284

Topaz Hotel 11/22/2019

 

33.1

19.5x

4.4%

 

334

 
Total / Average

$

1,333

15.6x

5.52%

$

391

 
Total / Average (Completed in 2019)

$

482.1

16.0x

5.45%

$

389

The EBITDA multiple and net operating capitalization rate are based on the applicable hotel's estimated trailing twelve-month operating performance for 2018. The net operating income capitalization rate is based on an assumed annual capital reserve of 4.0% of total hotel revenues. The EBITDA Multiple and net operating capitalization rate for Hotel Amarano Burbank reflect an estimated adjustment for the annualized impact of real estate taxes for California's Proposition 13 because the Company believes the adjusted hotel results for this period provide investors and analysts with an understanding of the hotel-level operating performance.

These hotel results for the respective periods may include information reflecting operational performance prior to the Company's ownership of the hotels. Any differences are a result of rounding.

The information above has not been audited and is presented only for comparison purposes.

Raymond D. Martz, Chief Financial Officer, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust - (240) 507-1330