DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

Raises Full-Year Guidance Following Another Strong Quarter

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DiamondRock Hospitality Company (Nasdaq: DRH) (the "Company"), a lodging real estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of 35 premium hotels and resorts in the United States, today announced results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2026.

THIRD QUARTER 2026 HIGHLIGHTS

• Net Income: Net income attributable to common stockholders of $33.3 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, increased 65.7% and 60.0%, respectively, compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Adjusted EBITDA: $84.8 million, an increase of 7.2% compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Adjusted FFO per Diluted Share: $0.32, an increase of 10.3% compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Comparable RevPAR: $226.01, an increase of 6.6% compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Comparable Total RevPAR: $344.13, an increase of 6.5% compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $91.7 million, an increase of 12.5% compared to the third quarter of 2025. 
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 30.81%, an increase of 166 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2025.
• Common Dividend: The Company increased its quarterly common dividend by 22% to $0.11 per share.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT

• Hotel Acquisition: On October 1, 2026, the Company acquired The Bellmoor Inn & Spa, a 79-room independent resort in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for total consideration of $31.0 million.

"We delivered another strong quarter, exceeding our expectations with healthy demand and higher rates across both transient and group segments. Combined with the operating efficiencies we have built across the portfolio, that drove outsized Hotel Adjusted EBITDA growth and, importantly, higher free cash flow. Given the strength of our third quarter results and our fourth quarter booking pace, we are raising our 2026 guidance again.

Our growing free cash flow and conservative balance sheet provide us with substantial capacity to invest when we see compelling opportunities. We put that capacity to work in October with the acquisition of The Bellmoor Inn & Spa, a leading independent resort in a supply-constrained market. The resort was acquired at an attractive initial yield and offers meaningful upside through the DiamondRock platform.

Looking ahead to 2027, we see a constructive industry backdrop and strong earnings drivers across our portfolio. We expect to grow earnings through continued operating execution and the ramp of our recently renovated hotels, while our free cash flow and balance sheet provide significant flexibility to deploy capital at attractive returns. That is our flywheel: grow earnings, generate more free cash flow and reinvest that capital at attractive returns to drive further growth." 

- Jeffrey J. Donnelly, Chief Executive Officer of DiamondRock Hospitality Company

OPERATING RESULTS

Please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" attached to this press release for an explanation of the terms "EBITDAre," "Adjusted EBITDA," "Hotel Adjusted EBITDA," "Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin," "FFO" and "Adjusted FFO" and a reconciliation of these measures to net income.  "Comparable" operating results and statistics include all hotels owned as of September 30, 2026, for all periods presented.  See "Comparable Hotel Operating Statistics and Results" and "Reconciliation of Comparable Operating Results" attached to this press release for an explanation of the Company's comparable hotels and a reconciliation to historical amounts.  "Actual" operating results and statistics include the operating results and statistics for all hotels for only the Company's respective ownership periods. 

HOTEL ACQUISITION

On October 1, 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of The Bellmoor Inn & Spa, a 79-room independent, fee simple, third-party managed resort in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for total consideration of $31.0 million. The purchase price represents a 10.4x multiple of trailing 12-month August 2026 Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and an 8.6% capitalization rate on Hotel Net Operating Income (Hotel NOI). Following the implementation of the Company's asset management initiatives and completion of planned off-season capital improvements, the Company expects the hotel to generate a stabilized Hotel NOI yield of approximately 9.5%.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

The Company invested $59.2 million in capital improvements during the nine months ended September 30, 2026. The Company currently expects to invest approximately $75.0 to $80.0 million in capital improvements at its hotels in 2026. Significant projects in 2026 include the following:

• Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East: The Company completed a guestroom renovation during the first quarter of 2026.
• Henderson Park Inn: The Company completed a renovation of the guestrooms and bathrooms during the first quarter of 2026.
• Westin San Diego Bayview: The Company began a renovation of the hotel's entrance, lobby, and lobby bar during the third quarter of 2026 and expects to complete the project in the first quarter of 2027.
• Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta: The Company expects to begin a guestroom renovation during the fourth quarter of 2026 and expects to complete the project in the first quarter of 2027.

BALANCE SHEET

As of September 30, 2026, the Company had total debt outstanding of $1.1 billion, consisting of three unsecured term loans with a weighted average interest rate of 5.1%. The Company also had $400.0 million of available capacity under its undrawn revolving credit facility and approximately $140.0 million of unrestricted cash on hand.

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company repurchased approximately 0.2 million shares of its common stock for $1.9 million, at an average price of $9.79 per share. The Company currently has $299.4 million of remaining capacity under its $300.0 million share repurchase program, which was announced on April 30, 2026.

DIVIDENDS

The Company's Board of Directors declared a third quarter cash dividend of $0.11 per share to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026, representing a 22% increase over the prior quarterly dividend.  The third quarter dividend was paid on October 14, 2026.

The Company expects to declare a stub dividend in the fourth quarter of 2026 in addition to its regular quarterly dividend of $0.11 per common share, depending on its estimated 2026 taxable income.

GUIDANCE

The Company is raising its 2026 guidance to reflect the stronger-than-expected third quarter results and improved fourth quarter booking pace.  The outlook includes the anticipated contribution from The Bellmoor Inn & Spa but assumes no additional acquisitions, dispositions, or share repurchases. It reflects current operating trends and macroeconomic conditions. Achievement of the anticipated results is subject to the risks disclosed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results expressed or implied below.

The Company now anticipates full year 2026 results to be in the following ranges:

Full year 2026 guidance is based in part on the following assumptions:

• The Bellmoor Inn & Spa is expected to contribute approximately $0.2 million to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO in the fourth quarter of 2026;
• Full year cash corporate expenses of approximately $28.0 million, which excludes share-based compensation;
• Full year cash interest expense of approximately $58.5 million to $59.5 million; and
• Fully diluted weighted average common shares and units of 207.5 million.

EARNINGS CALL

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter results on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants may access the call by telephone or webcast. Interested individuals should register using this link to receive the dial-in and webcast information. Registration is also available through the Company's website at https://investor.drhc.com. A webcast replay will be archived on the Company's website. 

ABOUT THE COMPANY

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns a leading portfolio of geographically diversified hotels concentrated in leisure destinations and top gateway markets. The Company owns 35 premium quality hotels with 9,479 rooms. The Company has strategically positioned its portfolio to be operated both under leading global brand families as well as independent boutique hotels in the lifestyle segment. For further information on the Company and its portfolio, please visit DiamondRock Hospitality Company's website at www.drhc.com. 

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 "believe," "expect," "intend," "project," "forecast," "plan" and other similar terms and phrases, including 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 which 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: the adverse impact of any future pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of any highly infectious disease on the U.S., regional and global economies, travel, the hospitality industry, and the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its hotels; negative developments or volatility in the economy, including, but not limited to elevated inflation and interest rates, job loss or growth trends, the imposition of trade sanctions or tariffs and any potential retaliatory responses thereto, an increase in unemployment or a decrease in corporate earnings and investment; risks associated with the lodging industry overall, including, without limitation, decreases in the frequency of travel, decreases in the demand for, or frequency of, international travel as a result of evolving global trade dynamics or otherwise, and increases in operating costs; relationships with property managers; the ability to compete effectively in areas such as access, location, quality of accommodations and room rate structures; changes in taxes and government regulations which influence or determine wages, prices, construction procedures and costs; and other risk factors contained 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 information in this release 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.

    

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company uses the following non-GAAP financial measures that it believes are useful to investors as key measures of its operating performance: EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin, FFO, Adjusted FFO, Adjusted FFO Per Share, and Free Cash Flow as well as measures derived from Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Net Operating Income (Hotel NOI) such as EBITDA multiples and capitalization rates. The Company also presents Comparable Room Revenues, Comparable Total Revenues, Comparable Hotel Operating Expenses, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin, FFO, Adjusted FFO, Adjusted FFO Per Share, and Free Cash Flow, measures derived from Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel NOI, Comparable Room Revenues, Comparable Total Revenues, Comparable Hotel Operating Expenses, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin, as calculated by the Company, may not be comparable to other companies that do not define such terms exactly as the Company.

Use and Limitations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company's management and Board of Directors use EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, Adjusted FFO, Adjusted FFO Per Share, Free Cash Flow, Comparable Room Revenues, Comparable Total Revenues, Comparable Hotel Operating Expenses, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin to evaluate the performance of the Company's hotels and to facilitate comparisons between the Company and other lodging REITs, hotel owners who are not REITs and other capital intensive companies. The use of these non-GAAP financial measures has certain limitations. These non-GAAP financial measures as presented by the Company may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures as calculated by other real estate companies. These measures do not reflect certain expenses or expenditures that the Company incurred and will incur, such as depreciation, interest and capital expenditures. The Company compensates for these limitations by separately considering the impact of these excluded items to the extent they are material to operating decisions or assessments of its operating performance. The Company's reconciliations to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, and the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and consolidated statements of cash flows, include interest expense, capital expenditures, and other excluded items, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company's performance, as well as the usefulness of its non-GAAP financial measures.

These non-GAAP financial measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. They should not be considered as alternatives to operating profit, cash flow from operations, or any other operating performance measure prescribed by U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect additional ways of viewing the Company's operations that it believes, when viewed with the Company's U.S. GAAP results and the reconciliations to the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company's business than could be obtained absent this disclosure. The Company strongly encourages investors to review its financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.

EBITDA and EBITDAre

EBITDA represents net income (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP) excluding: (1) interest expense; (2) provision for income taxes, including income taxes applicable to sale of assets; and (3) depreciation and amortization. The Company computes EBITDAre in accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("Nareit") guidelines, as defined in its September 2017 white paper "Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate." EBITDAre represents net income (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP) adjusted for: (1) interest expense; (2) provision for income taxes, including income taxes applicable to sale of assets; (3) depreciation and amortization; (4) gains or losses on the disposition of depreciated property including gains or losses on change of control; (5) impairment write-downs of depreciated property and of investments in unconsolidated affiliates caused by a decrease in value of depreciated property in the affiliate; and (6) adjustments to reflect the entity's share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated affiliates.

The Company believes EBITDA and EBITDAre are useful to an investor in evaluating its operating performance because they help investors evaluate and compare the results of its operations from period to period by removing the impact of its capital structure (primarily interest expense) and its asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization, and in the case of EBITDAre, impairment and gains or losses on dispositions of depreciated property) from its operating results. In addition, covenants included in the Company's debt agreements use EBITDA as a measure of financial compliance. The Company also uses EBITDA and EBITDAre as measures in determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions.

FFO

The Company computes FFO in accordance with standards established by Nareit, which defines FFO as net income (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP) excluding gains or losses from sales of properties and impairment losses, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization. The Company believes that the presentation of FFO provides useful information to investors regarding its operating performance because it is a measure of the Company's operations without regard to specified non-cash items, such as real estate related depreciation and amortization and gains or losses on the sale of assets. The Company also uses FFO as one measure in assessing its operating results.

Adjustments to EBITDAre and FFO

The Company adjusts EBITDAre and FFO when evaluating its performance because it believes that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding its ongoing operating performance and that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO when combined with U.S. GAAP net income, EBITDAre and FFO, is beneficial to an investor's complete understanding of the Company's consolidated and property-level operating performance.  The Company adjusts EBITDAre and FFO for the following items:

• Non-Cash Lease Expense and Other Amortization: The Company excludes the non-cash expense incurred from the straight line recognition of expense from its ground leases and other contractual obligations and the non-cash amortization of its favorable and unfavorable contracts, originally recorded in conjunction with certain hotel acquisitions. The Company excludes these non-cash items because they do not reflect the actual cash amounts due to the respective lessors in the current period and they are of lesser significance in evaluating the Company's actual performance for that period.

• Cumulative Effect of a Change in Accounting Principle: The Financial Accounting Standards Board promulgates new accounting standards that require or permit the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income to reflect the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle.  The Company excludes the effect of these adjustments, which include the accounting impact from prior periods, because they do not reflect the Company's actual underlying performance for the current period.

• Gains or Losses from Debt Extinguishment: The Company excludes the effect of gains or losses recorded on debt extinguishment because these gains or losses result from transaction activity related to the Company's capital structure that it believes are not indicative of the ongoing operating performance of the Company or its hotels.

• Hotel Acquisition Costs: The Company excludes hotel acquisition costs expensed during the period because it believes these transaction costs are not reflective of the ongoing performance of the Company or its hotels.

• Severance Costs: The Company excludes corporate severance costs, or reversals thereof, incurred with the termination of corporate-level employees and severance costs incurred at its hotels related to lease terminations or structured severance programs because the Company believes these costs do not reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or its hotels.

• Hotel Manager Transition and Hotel Pre-Opening Costs: The Company excludes the transition costs associated with a change in hotel manager and the pre-opening costs associated with the redevelopment or rebranding of a hotel because it believes these items do not reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or its hotels.

• Share-Based Compensation Expense: The Company excludes share-based compensation expense as it is a non-cash item. This adjustment aligns with the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA for the Company's financial covenant ratios under its credit facility, supporting consistency in its financial reporting and covenant compliance, as well as comparability with its peers.

• Other Items: From time to time the Company incurs costs or realizes gains that it considers outside the ordinary course of business and that it does not believe reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or its hotels.  Such items may include, but are not limited to, the following: non-cash realized gains or losses on the Company's deferred compensation plan assets; management or franchise contract termination fees; terminated transaction costs; gains or losses from legal settlements; costs incurred related to natural disasters; and gains on property insurance claim settlements, other than income related to business interruption insurance.

In addition, to derive Adjusted FFO, the Company excludes any unrealized fair value adjustments to interest rate swaps and the portion of its non-cash ground lease expense recognized as interest expense.  The Company excludes these non-cash amounts because they do not reflect the underlying performance of the Company.  Adjusted FFO margins are calculated as Adjusted FFO divided by total revenues.

Adjusted FFO Per Share

The Company calculates Adjusted FFO Per Share as its Adjusted FFO (defined as set forth above) divided by the weighted-average number of fully diluted shares of common stock and operating partnership units outstanding during the applicable period. The Company believes Adjusted FFO Per Share provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding its ongoing operating performance on a per-share basis and that presentation of Adjusted FFO Per Share should be considered together with, and not as a substitute for, diluted earnings per share calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Free Cash Flow

The Company calculates Free Cash Flow (or FCF) as Adjusted FFO (defined as set forth above) less capital expenditures as reported in the Company's consolidated statement of cash flows. The Company believes the presentation of this metric provides useful information to investors regarding profitability as it reflects operating performance after capital expenditures required to maintain and enhance its portfolio.  FCF margins are calculated as FCF divided by total revenues.

Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel NOI and Associated Metrics

The Company believes that Hotel Adjusted EBITDA provides its investors a useful financial measure to evaluate its hotel operating performance, excluding the impact of its capital structure (primarily interest), its asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization), and its corporate-level expenses.  With respect to Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, the Company believes that excluding the effect of corporate-level expenses provides a more complete understanding of the operating results over which individual hotels and third-party management companies have direct control.  The Company believes property-level results provide investors with supplemental information on the ongoing operational performance of its hotels and effectiveness of the third-party management companies operating its business on a property-level basis. Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margins are calculated as Hotel Adjusted EBITDA divided by total hotel revenues. The Company also uses Hotel Adjusted EBITDA when calculating EBITDA multiples to evaluate acquisitions and dispositions. EBITDA multiples are calculated as the sales price divided by Hotel Adjusted EBITDA. The Company believes using EBITDA multiples allows for a consistent valuation method in comparing the purchase or sale value of properties. Hotel NOI is calculated as Hotel Adjusted EBITDA less the annual contractual capital reserve for renewal and replacement. The Company uses Hotel NOI when calculating capitalization rates, or cap rates, to evaluate acquisitions and dispositions. Cap rates are calculated as Hotel NOI divided by sales price. As with EBITDA multiples, the Company believes using cap rates allows for a consistent valuation method in comparing the purchase or sale value of properties. 

Comparable Hotel Operating Statistics and Results

The Company believes that presenting comparable hotel operating statistics (such as ADR, occupancy, RevPAR, Total RevPAR and Available Rooms) and results (such as Room Revenues, Total Revenues, Hotel Operating Expenses, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin) is useful to investors because these measures help facilitate year-over-year comparisons of the performance of hotels owned by the Company as of the reporting date.  The Company's comparable portfolio includes hotels (i) owned and in operation by the Company for the entirety of the periods presented and (ii) acquired by the Company during the period as though the acquisition happened at the beginning of the period presented.  The Company makes adjustments for recently acquired hotels to include operating statistics and results for periods prior to its ownership.  As a result, changes as compared to periods prior to its ownership will not necessarily correspond to changes in its actual results.  In addition, comparable metrics exclude results and operating statistics for hotels that were sold during the reporting period or held for sale at the end of the period.  The Company believes these comparable measures provide more consistent metrics for comparing the performance of its hotels. 

The Company's comparable portfolio for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 includes all of its hotels owned as of September 30, 2026 and excludes the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue sold on May 1, 2026 and the Westin Washington D.C. City Center sold on February 19, 2025.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures

EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA

The following tables are reconciliations of the Company's GAAP net income to EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):

 

FFO and Adjusted FFO

The following tables are reconciliations of the Company's GAAP net income to FFO and Adjusted FFO (in thousands except per share amounts): 

Reconciliation of Comparable Operating Results

The following presents the Room Revenues, Total Revenues, Hotel Operating Expenses, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin together with comparable prior year results (in thousands):           

Selected Quarterly Comparable Operating Information

The following tables are presented to provide investors with selected quarterly comparable operating information for the Company's current portfolio of 35 hotels with 9,479 rooms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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