Sotherly Hotels reports Q1 adjusted FFO 26c, consensus 21c

Reports Q1 revenue $46.5M vs. $43.5M last year. Room revenue per available room for the Company’s composite portfolio, which includes the rooms participating in our rental programs at the Hyde Resort & Residences and the Hyde Beach House Resort & Residences, increased 3.8% to $123.59, for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $119.06 in the comparable period in 2023.Dave Folsom, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sotherly Hotels Inc., commented, “We were pleased with our first quarter results. Total revenues exceeded prior year by 7.0%, while EBITDA exceeded prior year by over 8.0%. We continued to see improvements at the property level, with overall RevPAR increasing nearly 4.0% in the quarter as compared to the prior year, driven by a strong 4.5% pickup in occupancy. Hotel EBITDA also showed improvement over prior year. All of these results reflect both continued strength in our portfolio as well as the markets in which we own hotels. Booking of group business remains strong, with our full-year booking pace up 6.9% compared to prior year. Leisure and business travel continue to show sustainability and improvement, respectively. On the corporate front, the Company executed an important mortgage refinancing of its Hotel Alba in Tampa, Florida, in the first quarter, where we realized over $10.0 million in net cash proceeds from the new loan. The headwinds associated with commercial mortgage markets continue to present challenges to real estate borrowers, but we are confident that we will be able to navigate upcoming maturities by either extending existing mortgages or refinancing them on favorable terms with new or existing lenders. Looking forward to the remainder of the year, we are optimistic about demand trends and our portfolio’s profitability outlook.”