Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Misses Q3 EPS by 10c, Revenues Miss

Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE: SHO) reported Q3 EPS of ($0.43), $0.10 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.33). Revenue for the quarter came in at $28.91 million versus the consensus estimate of $52.15 million.

John Arabia, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "While uncertainty abounds, there are signs that the hotel recovery is gaining steam, and we believe better days lie ahead. We resumed operations at several hotels in the third quarter, and in October and November resumed operations at four additional hotels, including our sizable Renaissance Orlando, Hyatt Regency San Francisco and Wailea Beach Resort. The 16 hotels currently open make up 88% of our total rooms and generated 96% of our total 2019 property-level EBITDAre. Not only have more hotels resumed operations, but those hotels that have been open, in general, have posted sequential monthly RevPAR gains. The combination of more open hotels, increased RevPAR at open hotels, and continued aggressive cost containment has further reduced our cash burn rate. Assuming no change to current operating fundamentals, our cash burn rate has been reduced to between $16 million and $20 million per month before capital investment. We expect this figure to decline further, and eventually return to profitability, as recently reopened hotels ramp up and as portfolio occupancy and profits gradually increase."

"Looking forward, we remain focused on minimizing near-term losses while continuing to restructure our operations and invest in our portfolio to maximize long-term hotel profitability. With significant liquidity, nothing outstanding on our sizable credit facility, manageable near-term debt maturities and low leverage, our balance sheet strength should allow us not only to avoid costly defensive measures, such as raising expensive capital to shore up liquidity, but also to go on offense with or without incremental borrowing. We are in an enviable position shared by few others, and we intend to take advantage of it."

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