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Apple Hospitality Reit, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 23 February 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 7 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Full-year comparable RevPAR down 1.6%: Comparable Hotels RevPAR for 2025 was $117.95, down 1.6%. Occupancy was 74.1%, down 1.6%, and ADR was $159.09, down 0.1%. Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA was $474,234 thousand, down 6.4%. Source
  • Fourth-quarter hotel margin fell 210 bps: Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA was $99,179 thousand in the fourth quarter, down 8.4%, with a 31.1% margin. Comparable revenue fell 2.1% while operating expenses rose 1.0%. Source
  • Government travel pullback affected demand: Management said policy uncertainty and lower government travel disrupted demand during 2025, and that this interrupted the steady improvement in midweek occupancy seen in 2024. Source
  • January 2026 RevPAR down about 1.5%: Preliminary January 2026 Comparable Hotels RevPAR was down about 1.5% from January 2025, according to the company's preliminary figures. Source
  • 2026 guidance ranges given: Management gave 2026 ranges for net income, Comparable Hotels RevPAR change, Adjusted EBITDAre and capital expenditures, as set out in the guidance section. Source
  • Two hotels bought for $117.0 million: Two hotels were acquired in 2025 for about $117.0 million combined, including the 126-room Homewood Suites Tampa-Brandon for $18.8 million and the 260-room Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown for about $98.2 million. Source
  • Net debt at 35.5% of capitalization: Total debt net of cash was 35.5% of total capitalization at December 31, 2025, up from 34.0% at September 30, 2025. Total debt was $1,545,265 thousand and cash was $8,515 thousand. Source

“As we look ahead, we are confident we are well positioned for growth as the operating environment improves.”

Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Net income Sourcefull year 2026$133 Million to $160 MillionNew
Comparable Hotels RevPAR change Sourcefull year 2026 compared with 2025(1.00%) to 1.00%New
Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA margin Sourcefull year 202632.4% to 33.4%New
Adjusted EBITDAre Sourcefull year 2026$424 Million to $447 MillionNew
Capital expenditures Sourcefull year 2026$80 Million to $90 MillionNew
Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Sourcefull year 2026$453,900 to $478,200 (in thousands)New
Share-based compensation expense Sourcefull year 202611,800 (in thousands)New

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: Full-year 2026 ranges were given. They replace the updated 2025 ranges from the previous release. Source
  • New: Share-based compensation expense is excluded from Adjusted EBITDAre and MFFO starting January 1, 2026. Source

Full-year and fourth-quarter results

  • Full-year net income and EPS fell: Net income per share was $0.74 for 2025, down 16.9%, and net income was $175,364 thousand, down 18.1%. Fourth-quarter net income per share rose to $0.13, up 8.3%, while net income of $29,615 thousand fell 0.7%. Source
  • Full-year comparable RevPAR down 1.6%: Comparable Hotels RevPAR for 2025 was $117.95, down 1.6%. Occupancy was 74.1%, down 1.6%, and ADR was $159.09, down 0.1%. Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA was $474,234 thousand, down 6.4%. Source
  • Fourth-quarter hotel margin fell 210 bps: Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA was $99,179 thousand in the fourth quarter, down 8.4%, with a 31.1% margin. Comparable revenue fell 2.1% while operating expenses rose 1.0%. Source
  • Full-year MFFO down 7.0%: MFFO was $361,133 thousand for 2025, down 7.0%, or $1.52 per share, down 5.6%. Fourth-quarter MFFO was $73,134 thousand, down 4.4%, or $0.31 per share, down 3.1%. Source

Markets and hotel locations

  • Airports and interstates rose, resorts fell: In the fourth quarter, airport hotels had RevPAR up 2.6% and interstate hotels up 3.5%. Resort hotels fell 11.6% and suburban hotels fell 3.1%. Alaska RevPAR rose 24.5% across two hotels. Source
  • Orlando, Tampa and Panhandle fell: Orlando RevPAR fell 20.0% across three hotels, Tampa fell 23.5% across two, and the Florida Panhandle fell 17.2% across five, in the fourth quarter. Source
  • Top 30 markets RevPAR down 1.1%: The top 30 markets, 119 hotels contributing 71.9% of fourth-quarter Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, had RevPAR down 1.1%. The other 97 markets had RevPAR down 5.3%. Source
  • Urban and suburban hotels both declined: Urban hotels, 62 properties, had fourth-quarter RevPAR down 2.1%, and suburban hotels, 112 properties, were down 3.1%. For the full year, airport RevPAR rose 0.6% and resort RevPAR fell 4.7%. Source

“Importantly, we remain focused on the long term and committed to executing our strategy with discipline and patience, ensuring our portfolio is well positioned to deliver growth and value creation for shareholders over time.”

Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality

Demand and 2026 guidance

  • Government travel pullback affected demand: Management said policy uncertainty and lower government travel disrupted demand during 2025, and that this interrupted the steady improvement in midweek occupancy seen in 2024. Source
  • January 2026 RevPAR down about 1.5%: Preliminary January 2026 Comparable Hotels RevPAR was down about 1.5% from January 2025, according to the company's preliminary figures. Source
  • 2026 guidance ranges given: Management gave 2026 ranges for net income, Comparable Hotels RevPAR change, Adjusted EBITDAre and capital expenditures, as set out in the guidance section. Source
  • Management said guidance could prove conservative: Management said the guidance could prove conservative, citing easier comparisons to 2025 government spending cuts, tariff announcements and the government shutdown. Source

Costs, margins and pricing

  • Expenses rose while revenue fell: Comparable Hotels total operating expenses rose 1.0% to $220.0 million in the fourth quarter, while comparable total revenue fell 2.1% to $319.2 million. Full-year comparable operating expenses rose 1.9%. Source
  • General and administrative costs fell: General and administrative expense was $7,473 thousand in the fourth quarter, against $11,703 thousand a year earlier, and $32,293 thousand for 2025, against $42,542 thousand. Property taxes, insurance and other rose to $89,732 thousand for 2025. Source
  • ADR lower, occupancy down in quarter: Comparable Hotels ADR was $151.89 in the fourth quarter, down 0.9%, and $159.09 for 2025, down 0.1%. Fourth-quarter occupancy fell 1.7% to 70.4%. Source

“Our asset management and hotel teams adjusted strategy to optimize the mix of business at our hotels as demand trends shifted, in many cases layering on additional group business, to bolster market share and strengthen overall portfolio performance.”

Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality

Portfolio transactions

  • Two hotels bought for $117.0 million: Two hotels were acquired in 2025 for about $117.0 million combined, including the 126-room Homewood Suites Tampa-Brandon for $18.8 million and the 260-room Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown for about $98.2 million. Source
  • Seven hotels sold for $73.3 million: Seven hotels were sold in 2025 for a combined gross sales price of about $73.3 million, with a combined gain of about $13.1 million. Two sales were used in 1031 exchanges, deferring taxable gains of about $2.4 million and $4.0 million. Source
  • Anchorage and Las Vegas projects contracted: One hotel is under contract for purchase, an AC Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, for about $65.5 million. A dual-branded Las Vegas development is under a fixed-price forward-purchase contract for about $143.7 million. Source
  • Portfolio stood at 217 hotels: At December 31, 2025, the company owned 217 hotels with 29,583 guest rooms in 84 markets across 37 states and the District of Columbia. The brand mix was 96 Marriott, 115 Hilton, five Hyatt and one independent. Source

Balance sheet and capital spending

  • Net debt at 35.5% of capitalization: Total debt net of cash was 35.5% of total capitalization at December 31, 2025, up from 34.0% at September 30, 2025. Total debt was $1,545,265 thousand and cash was $8,515 thousand. Source
  • Debt averaged 4.7% with 3-year maturity: Debt carried a 4.7% weighted-average rate, with about three years of weighted-average maturity. Property-level debt was $184 million on 10 hotels, and revolver availability was about $587 million. Source
  • 2026 capex planned at $80 to $90 million: Management plans $80 million to $90 million of capital improvements in 2026, against about $88 million invested in 2025. Renovations are planned at about 21 hotels. Source

Shareholder returns

  • Share repurchases totaled $58.3 million: The company repurchased about 4.6 million shares in 2025 for about $58.3 million. In the fourth quarter it bought about 1.1 million shares for $13.1 million, and about $242.5 million remained under the program. Source
  • Monthly distribution annualizes to $0.96: Distributions paid in 2025 totaled $1.01 per share, or $240.4 million, including a $0.05 special paid January 15, 2025. The $0.96 annualized rate equals a yield of about 7.8% at the February 20, 2026 close of $12.35. Source
  • No shares sold under ATM program: The company had $500 million remaining under its at-the-market program. No shares were sold under that program in the fourth quarter or the full year 2025. Source

Strategy, reporting and property changes

  • Share-based pay excluded from Adjusted EBITDAre: Share-based compensation expense totaled $7.7 million for 2025. Management said the new treatment is consistent with most other public lodging REITs. Source
  • Rooms-focused hotels with low leverage: Management described its strategy as owning a high-quality, geographically diversified portfolio of rooms-focused hotels, with low leverage, that it said has proven effective through multiple economic cycles. Source
  • Initiatives to capitalize on dislocations: Management said 2025 initiatives maximized operating performance, took advantage of stock market dislocations, optimized the existing portfolio and positioned the company for later years. Source
  • New York hotel back under company control: The New York boutique hotel was returned to operation through a third-party manager on April 4, 2025. Its Adjusted Hotel EBITDA was a loss of $1,263 thousand in the fourth quarter. Source

Coming up, as management said on 23 February 2026

  • Anchorage hotel acquisition expected: The Anchorage AC Hotel is anticipated to be acquired in the fourth quarter of 2027, though many closing conditions have not yet been satisfied. Source
  • Las Vegas dual-branded hotels to open: The Las Vegas AC Hotel and Residence Inn are anticipated to be completed and opened in the second quarter of 2028. Source
  • World Cup travel may aid early summer: Management said early summer could benefit from incremental leisure travel tied to the FIFA World Cup 2026. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
MFFO per share Source$0.31 for fourth quarter 2025; $1.52 for full year 2025
Occupancy Source70.4% for fourth quarter 2025; 74.1% for full year 2025
Same-store Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Source$97,358 thousand for fourth quarter 2025; $462,098 thousand for full year 2025
Acquisitions Source$117.0 million for two hotels in 2025
Leverage Source35.5% total debt net of cash to total capitalization

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: Management described changes in government-dependent demand as a factor the company had to navigate during 2025. Source
  • External: Management cited winter weather travel disruption and tough comparisons to January 2025 wildfire recovery business in California as January factors. Source
  • Operational: Management said the Anchorage purchase has many closing conditions not yet satisfied, so closing is not assured. Source
  • Operational: Management said inflation, supply chain shortages and tariffs may raise costs and delay anticipated capital projects. Source
  • Financial: Each monthly distribution needs Board approval, and the Board will monitor the rate against hotel performance and capital needs. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Met: The previous release expected this acquisition in December 2025. The fourth-quarter release reports it as completed in that month. Source
  • Met: The previous release expected these sales in the fourth quarter of 2025. The fourth-quarter release reports the sale in November 2025. Source
  • Not stated: Management said it currently expects monthly distributions to continue, subject to Board approval. Source

Other quarters

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