IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the "Company" or "Sunstone") (NYSE: SHO), the owner of Long-Term Relevant Real Estate® in the hospitality sector, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Second Quarter 2019 Operational Results (as compared to Second Quarter 2018):

  • Net income decreased 10.4% to $45.9 million. Excluding the effect of the four hotels sold subsequent to the second quarter of 2018, net income would have decreased 5.2%.
  • Income attributable to common stockholders per diluted common share decreased 10.0% to $0.18. Excluding the effect of the four hotels sold subsequent to the second quarter of 2018, income attributable to common stockholders per diluted common share would have decreased 5.3%.
  • 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio RevPAR increased 2.1% to $212.76.
  • 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre increased 2.6% to $103.7 million.
  • 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin, excluding prior year property tax adjustments, net decreased 30 basis points to 34.3%.
  • Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest decreased 2.1% to $99.1 million. Excluding the effect of the four hotels sold subsequent to the second quarter of 2018, Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest would have increased 4.4%.
  • Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share decreased 2.7% to $0.36. Excluding the effect of the four hotels sold subsequent to the second quarter of 2018, Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share would have increased 5.9%.

John Arabia, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Second quarter Comparable Portfolio RevPAR increased by 2.1%, driven by strong transient demand, exceeding the high-end of our previously provided guidance range. Comparable property-level Adjusted EBITDA increased 2.6%, benefiting from a 4.9% increase in food and beverage revenue and an 11.9% increase in other operating income. Better-than-expected revenue growth resulted in quarterly earnings materially above the high-end of our previously provided guidance range."

Mr. Arabia added, "Our pristine balance sheet and significant liquidity provide us with substantial flexibility and the ability to create long-term shareholder value through the acquisition of additional Long-Term Relevant Real Estate or the repurchase of our common stock at a discount to net asset value. We remain opportunistic as we expect to continue to recycle capital and redeploy those proceeds into value-creating opportunities."

UNAUDITED SELECTED STATISTICAL AND FINANCIAL DATA

($ in millions, except RevPAR, ADR and per share amounts)




















Three Months Ended June 30,



Six Months Ended June 30,



2019


2018


Change



2019


2018


Change




















Net Income

$

45.9


$

51.3


(10.4)

%


$

63.8


$

89.7


(28.8)

%

Income Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share

$

0.18


$

0.20


(10.0)

%


$

0.24


$

0.35


(31.4)

%



















21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio RevPAR (1)

$

212.76


$

208.39


2.1

%


$

195.05


$

189.13


3.1

%



















21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Occupancy (1)


87.4

%


87.1

%

30

bps



83.3

%


83.1

%

20

bps

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio ADR (1)

$

243.43


$

239.25


1.7

%


$

234.15


$

227.59


2.9

%



















21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin (1) (2)


34.3

%


34.6

%

(30)

bps



30.6

%


30.6

%

bps



















Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest

$

99.1


$

101.2


(2.1)

%


$

163.6


$

163.6


%

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders

$

81.7


$

83.7


(2.3)

%


$

129.2


$

129.6


(0.3)

%

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share

$

0.36


$

0.37


(2.7)

%


$

0.57


$

0.58


(1.7)

%

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(1)

The 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio is comprised of all hotels owned by the Company as of June 30, 2019.

(2)

The 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margins exclude any prior year property tax adjustments, net.

Information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release is provided below in "Non-GAAP Financial Measures." Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure for each of the periods presented are included later in this release.

The Company's actual results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 compare to its guidance originally provided as follows:








Metric


Quarter Ended

June 30, 2019

Guidance (1)


Quarter Ended

June 30, 2019

Actual Results
(unaudited)


Performance
Relative to Prior
Guidance Midpoint

Net Income ($ millions)


$44  to  $48


$46


21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio RevPAR Growth


 0.0% to + 2.0%


2.1%


+ 1.1%

Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest ($ millions)


$93  to  $96


$99


+ $5

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders ($ millions)


$74  to  $77


$82


+ $6

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share


$0.32  to  $0.34


$0.36


+ $0.03

Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding


227,700,000


227,500,000


- 200,000

____________________

(1)  Reflects guidance presented on May 6, 2019.

Recent Developments

During the second quarter of 2019, the Company repurchased 432,464 shares of its common stock at an average price of $13.24 per share for a total purchase price of $5.7 million. Year-to-date through July 31, 2019, including shares repurchased subsequent to the end of the second quarter, the Company has repurchased 3,777,309 shares of its common stock at an average price of $13.22 per share for a total purchase price of approximately $50 million, leaving approximately $250 million of remaining authorized capacity under its $300.0 million stock repurchase program.

Balance Sheet/Liquidity Update

As of June 30, 2019, the Company had $787.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $46.2 million, total assets of $3.9 billion, including $2.9 billion of net investments in hotel properties, total consolidated debt of $979.0 million and stockholders' equity of $2.7 billion.

Capital Improvements

The Company invested $28.2 million into capital improvements of its portfolio during the quarter ended June 30, 2019. In 2019, the Company expects to invest approximately $115 million to $135 million into its portfolio. Based on the expected timing and scope of the 2019 projects, the Company expects $5 million of total revenue displacement related to its major capital improvement projects in 2019, of which approximately $2.6 million of total revenue displacement was incurred in the second quarter of 2019. A selection of the Company's planned 2019 capital improvement projects include:

  • Hilton San Diego Bayfront: The Company invested approximately $23 million, with a portion spent in 2018, to renovate all 1,190 guestrooms and suites. The work included the replacement of guestroom soft goods and renovation of corridors. The renovation began during the fourth quarter of 2018, and was completed during the third quarter of 2019. The Company incurred approximately $3 million of total revenue displacement in connection with the renovation work. In addition, the Company expects to reposition the food and beverage offerings at the hotel, which will allow for the conversion of certain existing restaurant space into additional meeting space. The food and beverage repositioning work is currently anticipated to occur in 2020.
  • Renaissance Harborplace: The Company invested approximately $21 million, with a portion spent in 2018, to renovate all 622 guestrooms and suites. The renovation included the complete redesign of all guestrooms and bathrooms, including the conversion of 445 bathtubs to showers. The renovation began during the fourth quarter of 2018, and was completed during the second quarter of 2019. The Company incurred approximately $2 million of total revenue displacement in connection with the renovation work.
  • Hyatt Regency San Francisco: The Company expects to invest approximately $5.5 million to convert currently under-utilized corridor space into 17 new guestrooms. The conversion includes the addition of 15 rooms that will offer striking views of the San Francisco bay and surrounding area. Construction of the new guestrooms began during the second quarter of 2019, and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. The Company does not anticipate any material revenue displacement related to the construction.
  • Environmental and Sustainability Projects: The Company expects to invest approximately $3 million to $6 million into additional environmental and sustainability projects in 2019, including the installation of solar panels at certain hotels in the portfolio, additional LED lighting retrofits and the modernization of other mechanical equipment intended to reduce its overall energy consumption.

2019 Outlook

The Company's achievement of the anticipated results is subject to risks and uncertainties, including those disclosed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's guidance does not take into account the impact of any unanticipated developments in its business, changes in its operating environment, or any unannounced hotel acquisitions, dispositions, re-brandings, management changes, transition costs, noncash impairment expense, changes in deferred tax assets or valuation allowances, severance costs associated with restructuring hotel services, uninsured property losses, early lease termination costs, prior year property tax assessments or credits, debt repurchases/repayments, stock repurchases or unannounced financings during 2019.

For the third quarter of 2019, the Company expects:




Metric


Quarter Ended

September 30, 2019

Guidance (1)

Net Income ($ millions)


$32  to  $36

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio RevPAR Growth


- 0.5% to + 1.5%

Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest ($ millions)


$79  to  $82

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders ($ millions)


$62  to  $65

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share


$0.27  to  $0.29

Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding


225,000,000

For the full year of 2019, the Company expects:








Metric


Full Year 2019

Guidance (2)


Current

Full Year 2019

Guidance (1)


Change in

Full Year 2019

Guidance Midpoint

Net Income ($ millions)


$118  to  $135


$117  to  $130


- $3

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio RevPAR Growth


 0.5% to + 3.0%


+ 0.75% to + 2.75%


Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest ($ millions)


$308  to  $324


$312  to  $324


+ $2

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders ($ millions)


$238  to  $254


$243  to  $255


+ $3

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Diluted Share


$1.04  to  $1.11


$1.07  to  $1.13


+ $0.02

Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding


228,000,000


226,200,000


- 1,800,000

____________________

(1)  Detailed reconciliations of Net Income to non-GAAP financial measures are provided later in this release.

(2)  Reflects guidance presented on May 6, 2019.

Third quarter and full year 2019 guidance are based in part on the following assumptions:

  • Full year total revenue displacement of approximately $5 million, related to planned 2019 capital investment projects.
  • Full year Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest displacement of approximately $4 million related to planned 2019 capital investment projects.
  • Full year 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin is expected to decline 25 basis points to 75 basis points.
  • Full year corporate overhead expense (excluding deferred stock amortization) of approximately $22 million.
  • Full year amortization of deferred stock compensation expense of approximately $9 million.
  • Full year interest expense of approximately $56 million, including approximately $3 million in amortization of deferred financing costs, approximately $3 million of finance lease obligation interest and approximately $6 million of noncash loss on derivatives.
  • Full year total preferred dividends of $13 million, which includes the Series E and Series F cumulative redeemable preferred stock.

Dividend Update

The Company's board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, as well as cash dividends of $0.434375 per share payable to its Series E cumulative redeemable preferred stockholders and $0.403125 per share payable to its Series F cumulative redeemable preferred stockholders. The dividends will be paid on October 15, 2019 to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2019.

The Company expects to continue to pay a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock throughout 2019. Consistent with the Company's past practice and to the extent that the expected regular quarterly dividends for 2019 do not satisfy the annual distribution requirements, the Company expects to satisfy the annual distribution requirement by paying a "catch-up" dividend in January 2020. The level of any future quarterly dividends will be determined by the Company's board of directors after considering long-term operating projections, expected capital requirements, and risks affecting the Company's business.

Supplemental Disclosures

Contemporaneous with this release, the Company has furnished a Form 8-K with unaudited financial information. This additional information is being provided as a supplement to the information in this release and other filings with the SEC. The Company has no obligation to update any of the guidance or other information provided to conform to actual results or changes in the Company's portfolio, capital structure or future expectations.

Earnings Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2019 financial results on August 2, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Pacific Time). A live web cast of the call will be available via the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. Alternatively, investors may dial 1-786-789-4783 and reference confirmation code 8370438 to listen to the live call. A replay of the web cast will also be archived on the website.

About Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. is a lodging real estate investment trust ("REIT") that as of August 1, 2019 has interests in 21 hotels comprised of 10,780 rooms. Sunstone's business is to acquire, own, asset manage and renovate or reposition hotels considered to be Long-Term Relevant Real Estate®, the majority of which are operated under nationally recognized brands, such as Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt. For further information, please visit Sunstone's website at www.sunstonehotels.com.

Sunstone's mission is to create meaningful value for our stockholders by producing superior long-term returns through the ownership of Long-Term Relevant Real Estate® in the hospitality sector. Our values include transparency, trust, ethical conduct, honest communication and discipline. As demand for lodging generally fluctuates with the overall economy, we seek to own a portfolio of hotels that will maintain a high appeal with travelers over long periods of time and will generate economic earnings materially in excess of recurring capital requirements.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will" and other similar terms and phrases, including opinions, references to assumptions and forecasts of future results. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks include, but are not limited to: volatility in the debt or equity markets affecting our ability to acquire or sell hotel assets; international, national and local economic and business conditions, including the likelihood of a U.S. recession, government shutdown, changes in the European Union or global economic slowdown, as well as any type of flu, disease-related pandemic or the adverse effects of climate change, affecting the lodging and travel industry; the ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and our access to capital markets; terrorist attacks or civil unrest, which would affect occupancy rates at our hotels and the demand for hotel products and services; operating risks associated with the hotel business; risks associated with the level of our indebtedness and our ability to meet covenants in our debt and equity agreements; relationships with property managers and franchisors; our ability to maintain our properties in a first-class manner, including meeting capital expenditure requirements; our ability to compete effectively in areas such as access, location, quality of accommodations and room rate structures; changes in travel patterns, taxes and government regulations, which influence or determine wages, prices, construction procedures and costs; our ability to identify, successfully compete for and complete acquisitions; the performance of hotels after they are acquired; necessary capital expenditures and our ability to fund them and complete them with minimum disruption; our ability to continue to satisfy complex rules in order for us to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes; severe weather events or other natural disasters; risks impacting our ability to pay anticipated future dividends; and other risks and uncertainties associated with our business described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. All forward-looking information provided herein is as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.

This release should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies of these reports are available on our website at www.sunstonehotels.com and through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") at www.sec.gov.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We present the following non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are useful to investors as key supplemental measures of our operating performance: earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate, or EBITDAre; Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest (as defined below); funds from operations attributable to common stockholders, or FFO attributable to common stockholders; Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders (as defined below); hotel Adjusted EBITDAre; and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margin. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our calculation of these measures may not be comparable to other companies that do not define such terms exactly the same as the Company. These non-GAAP measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. They should not be considered as alternatives to net income, cash flow from operations, or any other operating performance measure prescribed by GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect additional ways of viewing our operations that we believe, when viewed with our GAAP results and the reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than could be obtained absent this disclosure. We strongly encourage investors to review our financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.

We present EBITDAre in accordance with guidelines established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), as defined in its September 2017 white paper "Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate." We believe EBITDAre is a useful performance measure to help investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period in comparison to our peers. NAREIT defines EBITDAre as net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on the disposition of depreciated property (including gains or losses on change in control), impairment write-downs of depreciated property and of investments in unconsolidated affiliates caused by a decrease in the value of depreciated property in the affiliate, and adjustments to reflect the entity's share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated affiliates.

We make additional adjustments to EBITDAre when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance, and that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest, when combined with the primary GAAP presentation of net income, is beneficial to an investor's complete understanding of our operating performance. In addition, we use both EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest as measures in determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions.

We believe that the presentation of FFO attributable to common stockholders provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance because it is a measure of our operations without regard to specified noncash items such as real estate depreciation and amortization, any real estate impairment loss and any gain or loss on sale of real estate assets, all of which are based on historical cost accounting and may be of lesser significance in evaluating our current performance. Our presentation of FFO attributable to common stockholders conforms to NAREIT's definition of "FFO applicable to common shares." Our presentation may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the terms in accordance with the current NAREIT definition, or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do.

We also present Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders when evaluating our operating performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance, and may facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and our peer companies.

We adjust EBITDAre and FFO attributable to common stockholders for the following items, which may occur in any period, and refer to these measures as either Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest or Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders:

  • Amortization of favorable and unfavorable contracts: we exclude the noncash amortization of the favorable management contract asset recorded in conjunction with our acquisition of the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile, along with the favorable and unfavorable tenant lease contracts, as applicable, recorded in conjunction with our acquisitions of the Boston Park Plaza, the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco and the Wailea Beach Resort. We exclude the noncash amortization of favorable and unfavorable contracts because it is based on historical cost accounting and is of lesser significance in evaluating our actual performance for the current period.
  • Gains or losses from debt transactions: we exclude the effect of finance charges and premiums associated with the extinguishment of debt, including the acceleration of deferred financing costs from the original issuance of the debt being redeemed or retired because, like interest expense, their removal helps investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure.
  • Acquisition costs: under GAAP, costs associated with completed acquisitions that meet the definition of a business are expensed in the year incurred. We exclude the effect of these costs because we believe they are not reflective of the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels.
  • Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle: from time to time, the FASB promulgates new accounting standards that require the consolidated statement of operations to reflect the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. We exclude these one-time adjustments, which include the accounting impact from prior periods, because they do not reflect our actual performance for that period.
  • Other adjustments: we exclude other adjustments that we believe are outside the ordinary course of business because we do not believe these costs reflect our actual performance for the period and/or the ongoing operations of our hotels. Such items may include: lawsuit settlement costs; prior year property tax assessments or credits; the write-off of development costs associated with abandoned projects; property-level restructuring, severance and management transition costs; lease terminations; and property insurance proceeds or uninsured losses.

In addition, to derive Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest we exclude the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of the net income (loss) allocated to the Hilton San Diego Bayfront partnership, as well as the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of any EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre components. We also exclude the noncash expense incurred with the amortization of deferred stock compensation as this expense is based on historical stock prices at the date of grant to our corporate employees and does not reflect the underlying performance of our hotels. In addition, we exclude the amortization of our right-of-use assets, which includes the amortization of our operating lease intangible, as well as the noncash expense incurred from straight-lining our lease obligations, as these expenses are based on historical cost accounting and do not reflect the actual rent amounts due to the respective lessors or the underlying performance of our hotels. Additionally, we include an adjustment for the cash finance lease expenses recorded on the ground lease at the Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles and the building lease at the Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile. We determined that both of these leases are finance leases, and, therefore, we include a portion of the lease payments each month in interest expense. We adjust EBITDAre for these two finance leases in order to more accurately reflect the actual rent due to both hotels' lessors in the current period, as well as the operating performance of both hotels. We also exclude the effect of gains and losses on the disposition of undepreciated assets because we believe that including them in Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest is not consistent with reflecting the ongoing performance of our assets.

To derive Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders, we also exclude the noncash interest on our derivatives and finance lease obligations as we believe that these items are not reflective of our ongoing finance costs. Additionally, we exclude the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of any FFO adjustments related to our consolidated Hilton San Diego Bayfront partnership. We also exclude the real estate amortization of our right-of-use assets, which includes the amortization of both our finance and operating lease intangibles, as well as the noncash expense incurred from straight-lining our lease obligations (with the exception of our corporate operating lease), as these expenses are based on historical cost accounting and do not reflect the actual rent amounts due to the respective lessors or the underlying performance of our hotels. In addition, we exclude changes to deferred tax assets, liabilities or valuation allowances, and income tax benefits or provisions associated with the application of net operating loss carryforwards, uncertain tax positions or with the sale of assets other than real estate investments.

In presenting hotel Adjusted EBITDAre and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins, miscellaneous non-hotel items have been excluded. We believe the calculation of hotel Adjusted EBITDAre results in a more accurate presentation of the hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins for our hotels, and that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in evaluating our property-level operating performance.

Our 21 Hotel Actual/Comparable Portfolio is comprised of all hotels owned by the Company as of June 30, 2019. We believe that providing comparable hotel data is useful to us and to investors in evaluating our operating performance because this measure helps us and investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the fluctuations caused by any acquisitions or dispositions, as well as by those hotels that we classify as held for sale, those hotels that are undergoing a material renovation or repositioning and those hotels whose room counts have materially changed during either the current or prior year. We strongly encourage investors to review our financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.

Reconciliations of net income to EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest, FFO attributable to common stockholders and Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders, as well as reconciliations and the components of hotel Adjusted EBITDAre and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margin are set forth in the following pages of this release.

For Additional Information:
Bryan Giglia
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
(949) 382-3036

Aaron Reyes
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
(949) 382-3018

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)










June 30,


December 31,



2019


2018



(unaudited)



Assets







Current assets:







Cash and cash equivalents


$

741,503


$

809,316

Restricted cash



46,199



53,053

Accounts receivable, net



48,240



33,844

Prepaid expenses and other current assets



8,720



12,261

Total current assets



844,662



908,474








Investment in hotel properties, net



2,936,678



3,030,998

Finance lease right-of-use assets, net



54,991



Operating lease right-of-use assets, net



62,380



Deferred financing costs, net



3,131



3,544

Other assets, net



23,898



29,817








Total assets


$

3,925,740


$

3,972,833








Liabilities and Equity







Current liabilities:







Accounts payable and accrued expenses


$

32,092


$

30,425

Accrued payroll and employee benefits



20,407



25,039

Dividends and distributions payable



14,618



126,461

Other current liabilities



47,907



44,962

Current portion of notes payable, net



6,167



5,838

Total current liabilities



121,191



232,725








Notes payable, less current portion, net



968,090



971,225

Finance lease obligations, less current portion



27,120



27,009

Operating lease obligations, less current portion



52,097



Other liabilities



19,176



30,703

Total liabilities



1,187,674



1,261,662








Commitments and contingencies














Equity:







Stockholders' equity:







Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized:







6.95% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 4,600,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, stated at liquidation preference of $25.00 per share



115,000



115,000

6.45% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, stated at liquidation preference of $25.00 per share



75,000



75,000

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 228,206,823 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019 and 228,246,247 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018



2,282



2,282

Additional paid in capital



2,723,737



2,728,684

Retained earnings



1,243,002



1,182,722

Cumulative dividends and distributions



(1,469,456)



(1,440,202)

Total stockholders' equity



2,689,565



2,663,486

Noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint venture



48,501



47,685

Total equity



2,738,066



2,711,171








Total liabilities and equity


$

3,925,740


$

3,972,833


 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)
















Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,



2019


2018


2019


2018






Revenues













Room


$

208,735


$

220,304


$

380,593


$

400,580

Food and beverage



75,704



79,292



144,817



153,558

Other operating



18,457



17,851



35,166



34,755

Total revenues



302,896



317,447



560,576



588,893

Operating expenses













Room



51,846



54,900



100,092



105,995

Food and beverage



48,399



50,885



95,221



101,039

Other operating



4,367



4,357



8,332



8,298

Advertising and promotion



14,149



14,316



27,713



28,222

Repairs and maintenance



10,193



10,851



20,475



21,954

Utilities



6,533



6,974



13,198



14,449

Franchise costs



8,579



9,961



15,418



17,814

Property tax, ground lease and insurance



20,614



21,508



40,962



43,289

Other property-level expenses



34,015



35,518



66,855



69,425

Corporate overhead



8,078



7,594



15,594



14,696

Depreciation and amortization



36,524



37,334



72,911



74,022

Impairment loss





1,394





1,394

Total operating expenses



243,297



255,592



476,771



500,597

Interest and other income



4,811



2,966



9,735



4,457

Interest expense



(15,816)



(11,184)



(30,142)



(20,060)

Gain on sale of assets









15,659

Income before income taxes



48,594



53,637



63,398



88,352

Income tax (provision) benefit, net



(2,676)



(2,375)



436



1,365

Net income



45,918



51,262



63,834



89,717

Income from consolidated joint venture attributable to noncontrolling interest



(1,955)



(2,374)



(3,554)



(4,813)

Preferred stock dividends



(3,207)



(3,207)



(6,414)



(6,414)

Income attributable to common stockholders


$

40,756


$

45,681


$

53,866


$

78,490














Basic and diluted per share amounts:













Basic and diluted income attributable to common stockholders per common share


$

0.18


$

0.20


$

0.24


$

0.35














Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding



227,389



225,232



227,305



224,760














Distributions declared per common share


$

0.05


$

0.05


$

0.10


$

0.10

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited and in thousands)


Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre, Excluding Noncontrolling Interest
















Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,



2019


2018


2019



2018














Net income


$

45,918


$

51,262


$

63,834


$

89,717

Operations held for investment:













Depreciation and amortization



36,524



37,334



72,911



74,022

Interest expense



15,816



11,184



30,142



20,060

Income tax provision (benefit), net



2,676



2,375



(436)



(1,365)

Loss (gain) on sale of assets





6





(15,663)

Impairment loss





1,394





1,394

EBITDAre



100,934



103,555



166,451



168,165














Operations held for investment:













Amortization of deferred stock compensation



2,900



2,865



5,022



4,865

Amortization of favorable and unfavorable contracts, net





2





5

Amortization of right-of-use assets (1)



(251)



(229)



(270)



(447)

Finance lease obligation interest - cash ground rent



(590)



(589)



(1,179)



(1,178)

Hurricane-related insurance proceeds net of uninsured losses





(1,084)





(1,015)

Prior year property tax adjustments, net



109



136



298



117

Prior owner contingency funding



(900)





(900)



Noncontrolling interest:













Income from consolidated joint venture attributable to noncontrolling interest



(1,955)



(2,374)



(3,554)



(4,813)

Depreciation and amortization



(640)



(640)



(1,279)



(1,278)

Interest expense



(558)



(489)



(1,118)



(924)

Amortization of right-of-use asset (1)



73



73



145



145




(1,812)



(2,329)



(2,835)



(4,523)














Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest


$

99,122


$

101,226


$

163,616


$

163,642



(1)

Amounts originally reported for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 for amortization of lease intangibles and noncash ground rent have been reclassified to amortization of right-of-use assets to conform to the current year's reporting.

 


Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share amounts)


Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and

Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders
















Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,



2019


2018


2019



2018














Net income


$

45,918


$

51,262


$

63,834


$

89,717

Preferred stock dividends



(3,207)



(3,207)



(6,414)



(6,414)

Operations held for investment:













Real estate depreciation and amortization (1)



35,900



36,876



71,670



73,104

Loss (gain) on sale of assets





6





(15,663)

Impairment loss





1,394





1,394

Noncontrolling interest:













Income from consolidated joint venture attributable to noncontrolling interest



(1,955)



(2,374)



(3,554)



(4,813)

Real estate depreciation and amortization



(640)



(640)



(1,279)



(1,278)

FFO attributable to common stockholders



76,016



83,317



124,257



136,047














Operations held for investment:













Amortization of favorable and unfavorable contracts, net





2





5

Real estate amortization of right-of-use assets (1)



146



138



297



286

Noncash interest on derivatives and finance lease obligations, net



3,634



(1,040)



5,753



(4,177)

Hurricane-related insurance proceeds net of uninsured losses





(1,084)





(1,015)

Prior year property tax adjustments, net



109



136



298



117

Prior owner contingency funding



(900)





(900)



Noncash income tax provision (benefit), net



2,648



2,147



(636)



(1,819)

Noncontrolling interest:













Real estate amortization of right-of-use asset (1)



73



73



145



145

Noncash interest on derivative, net





(4)





(1)




5,710



368



4,957



(6,459)














Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders


$

81,726


$

83,685


$

129,214


$

129,588














FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share


$

0.33


$

0.37


$

0.55


$

0.60














Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share


$

0.36


$

0.37


$

0.57


$

0.58














Basic weighted average shares outstanding



227,389



225,232



227,305



224,760

Shares associated with unvested restricted stock awards



145



277



202



310

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding



227,534



225,509



227,507



225,070



(1)

Amounts originally reported for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 for real estate depreciation and amortization related to finance leases, amortization of lease intangibles and noncash ground rent have been reclassified to real estate amortization of right-of-use assets to conform to the current year's reporting.

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Guidance for Third Quarter and Full Year 2019

(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share amounts)


Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDAre, Excluding Noncontrolling Interest
















Quarter Ended


Year Ended



September 30, 2019


December 31, 2019




Low



High



Low



High














Net income


$

31,900


$

35,500


$

117,200


$

130,200

Depreciation and amortization



36,400



36,200



145,600



145,200

Interest expense



13,200



13,000



56,200



55,800

Income tax provision (benefit), net



100



100



(200)



(200)

Amortization of deferred stock compensation



2,100



2,100



9,300



9,300

Amortization of right-of-use assets



(300)



(300)



(800)



(800)

Finance lease obligation interest - cash ground rent



(600)



(600)



(2,400)



(2,400)

Prior year property tax adjustments, net







300



300

Prior owner contingency funding







(900)



(900)

Noncontrolling interest



(3,800)



(4,000)



(12,300)



(12,500)

Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest


$

79,000


$

82,000


$

312,000


$

324,000


Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders














Net income


$

31,900


$

35,500


$

117,200


$

130,200

Preferred stock dividends



(3,200)



(3,200)



(12,800)



(12,800)

Real estate depreciation and amortization



35,700



35,500



143,100



142,700

Real estate amortization of right-of-use assets



200



200



600



600

Noncash interest on derivatives and finance lease obligations, net



100



100



5,900



5,900

Prior year property tax adjustments, net







300



300

Noncash income tax benefit, net







(600)



(600)

Prior owner contingency funding







(900)



(900)

Noncontrolling interest



(3,200)



(3,400)



(10,000)



(10,200)

Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders


$

61,500


$

64,700


$

242,800


$

255,200














Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share


$

0.27


$

0.29


$

1.07


$

1.13














Diluted weighted average shares outstanding



225,000



225,000



226,200



226,200

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre and Margins

(Unaudited and in thousands)

















Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,




2019


2018


2019


2018
















21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin (1)



34.3%



34.5%



30.6%



30.6%


21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin, excluding prior year property tax adjustments, net  (2)



34.3%



34.6%



30.6%



30.6%






























Total revenues


$

302,896


$

317,447


$

560,576


$

588,893


Non-hotel revenues (3)



(25)



(21)



(48)



(41)


Hurricane-related business interruption insurance proceeds (4)









(812)


Total Actual Hotel Revenues



302,871



317,426



560,528



588,040


Sold hotel revenues (5)





(24,514)





(48,124)


Total 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Revenues


$

302,871


$

292,912


$

560,528


$

539,916






























Net income


$

45,918


$

51,262


$

63,834


$

89,717


Non-hotel revenues (3)



(25)



(21)



(48)



(41)


Non-hotel operating expenses, net (6)



(778)



(785)



(1,545)



(1,558)


Hurricane-related business interruption insurance proceeds (4)









(812)


Hurricane-related uninsured losses (7)





16





85


Taxes assessed on commercial rents (8)



348





708




Corporate overhead



8,078



7,594



15,594



14,696


Depreciation and amortization



36,524



37,334



72,911



74,022


Impairment loss





1,394





1,394


Interest and other income



(4,811)



(2,966)



(9,735)



(4,457)


Interest expense



15,816



11,184



30,142



20,060


Gain on sale of assets









(15,659)


Income tax provision (benefit), net



2,676



2,375



(436)



(1,365)


Actual Hotel Adjusted EBITDAre



103,746



107,387



171,425



176,082


Sold hotel Adjusted EBITDAre (5)





(6,308)





(10,977)


21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre



103,746



101,079



171,425



165,105


Prior year property tax adjustments, net (9)



109



136



298



122


21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding prior year property tax adjustments, net


$

103,855


$

101,215


$

171,723


$

165,227



* Footnotes on following page.



(1)

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin is calculated as 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre divided by Total 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Revenues.

(2)

21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre Margin, excluding prior year property tax adjustments, net is calculated as 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding prior year property tax adjustments, net divided by Total 21 Hotel Comparable Portfolio Revenues.

(3)

Non-hotel revenues include the amortization of favorable and unfavorable tenant lease contracts recorded in conjunction with the Company's acquisitions of the Boston Park Plaza, the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco and the Wailea Beach Resort.

(4)

Hurricane-related business interruption insurance proceeds include $0.8 million received in the first quarter of 2018 at the Oceans Edge Resort & Marina related to Hurricane Irma disruption in 2017 and 2018.

(5)

Sold hotel includes hotel revenues and Adjusted EBITDAre generated during the Company's ownership periods for the Marriott Philadelphia and the Marriott Quincy, both of which were sold in January 2018, the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach sold in July 2018, two Houston hotels sold in October 2018, and the Marriott Tysons Corner sold in December 2018.

(6)

Non-hotel operating expenses, net include the following: the amortization of real estate-related right-of-use assets; the amortization of a favorable management agreement; and finance lease obligation interest - cash ground rent.

(7)

Hurricane-related uninsured losses for the second quarter of 2018 include $16,000 at the Oceans Edge Resort & Marina. Hurricane-related uninsured losses for the first six months of 2018 include $0.1 million at the Oceans Edge Resort & Marina and a total of $5,000 at two Houston hotels, which the Company sold in October 2018.

(8)

Taxes assessed on commercial rents for the second quarter and first six months of 2019 include $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

(9)

Prior year property tax adjustments, net for both the second quarters of 2019 and 2018 exclude the additional net expense of $0.1 million. Prior year property tax adjustments, net for the first six months of 2019 and 2018 exclude the additional net expense of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

 

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