Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reports First Quarter 2023 Results

Selected Statistical and Financial Information

(unaudited, amounts in millions, except RevPAR, ADR, Total RevPAR and per share data)

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Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am pleased to report another very strong quarter where we exceeded expectations and continued to execute against our strategic priorities. Results were driven by on-going improvements at our urban hotels and sustained strength in our resort markets, while an acceleration in group trends helped to drive healthy margin gains during the quarter. As we anticipated, the rebound at our urban hotels was very robust, with RevPAR for the first quarter of 2023 increasing 81% compared to the first quarter of 2022, while RevPAR at our resort hotels increased 13% compared to the first quarter of 2022. Hawaii continues to outperform despite the absence of notable Japanese demand with RevPAR up 26% during the first quarter of 2023 over the first quarter of 2022. Group performance was also better than expected and is forecasted to be one of the main drivers of Park’s outsized growth this year, with quarterly group revenues exceeding our forecast by 15%, while 2023 Group Revenue Pace now stands at 82% of 2019. Additionally, we made significant progress during the quarter on the capital allocation front, repurchasing approximately 8.8 million shares of our common stock at a significant discount to Net Asset Value and increasing our recurring quarterly dividend to $0.15 per share. Finally, we remain laser-focused on continuing to reshape and improve our portfolio through value-enhancing ROI projects with more than $300 million of projects currently underway. Despite increased macroeconomic uncertainty, Park remains very well-positioned to execute on our strategic initiatives and create long-term value for shareholders with approximately $1.8 billion of liquidity.”

Additional Highlights

• Increased Park’s recurring quarterly dividend to $0.15 per share during the first quarter of 2023;
• Repurchased a total of 8.8 million shares during the first quarter of 2023 at an average price of $11.84 per share, or approximately $105 million;
• In February 2023, sold the 508-room Hilton Miami Airport hotel for gross proceeds of $118.25 million, or $233,000 per key, 14.0x the hotel’s 2019 Adjusted EBITDA (or 11.1x when excluding anticipated capital expenditures), and at a capitalization rate of 6.2% on the hotel’s 2019 net operating income (or 7.9% excluding anticipated capital expenditures). Park utilized $50 million of the net proceeds to fully repay the outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility (“Revolver”);
• In March 2023, purchased two parcels of land, including all improvements, adjacent to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, for approximately $18 million, which are intended for the development of an additional tower at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort; and
• In March 2023, received the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Energy Management from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Park was the only hotel company to receive this award for 2023.

Operational Update

Changes in Park’s 2023 Comparable ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR compared to the same periods in 2022 and 2019, and 2023 Comparable Occupancy were as follows:

Changes in Park’s 2023 Comparable ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR for the three months ended March31,2023 compared to the same periods in 2022 and 2019, and 2023 Comparable Occupancy for the three months ended March31,2023 by hotel type were as follows:

For the first quarter of 2023 as compared to the first quarter of 2019, excluding Park’s San Francisco hotels, Comparable Occupancy was 67.7%, or approximately 92% of 2019 levels, with an increase in Comparable rate of 13.4% and an increase in Comparable RevPAR of 1.4%. Additionally, for the first quarter of 2023, Comparable Occupancy at Park’s urban hotels, excluding its San Francisco hotels, was 58.1%, or approximately 87% of 2019 levels, with an increase in Comparable rate of 9.6% and Comparable RevPAR at approximately 90% of 2019 levels.

The Comparable Rooms Revenue mix for the three months ended March31,2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Park continued to see improvements in demand as business travel accelerated and group demand continued to return to its urban hotels. Park continues to see group business increase, and during the first quarter of 2023, group bookings for 2023 increased by $66 million, or approximately 300,000 room nights, as compared to the end of December 2022, of which $14 million was recognized during the first quarter. As of the end of March 2023, group bookings for 2023 were 79% of what 2019 group bookings were as of the end of March 2019, an increase of over 400 basis points from the end of December 2022, with average group rates exceeding 2019 average group rates by over 4% for the same time period. In addition, Group Revenue Pace for 2023, as of the end of March 2023, was 82% as compared to 2019 as of the end of March 2019.

Results for Park’s Comparable hotels in each of the Company’s key markets are as follows:

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Balance Sheet and Liquidity

Park’s Net Debt as of March31, 2023 was $3.9 billion. In February 2023, Park fully repaid the $50 million outstanding under the Revolver with a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Hilton Miami Airport hotel. Park has no significant maturities until the fourth quarter of 2023 and is currently exploring options to extend the maturity of the $725 million mortgage loan secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco due in November 2023, and expects to have the matter addressed by the end of the second quarter of 2023.

As of March31, 2023, the weighted average maturity of Park’s consolidated debt is 3.5 years. Park’s current liquidity is approximately $1.8 billion, including approximately $950 million of available capacity under the Company’s Revolver.

Park had the following debt outstanding as of March31, 2023:

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Capital Investments

During the first quarter of 2023, Park spent $54 million on capital improvements at its hotels. Park expects to invest approximately $350 million to $375 million in capital improvements during 2023, consisting of $109 million to $116 million on return on investment projects and $241 million to $259 million on maintenance projects. Key current and upcoming projects are summarized below:

Dividends and Share Repurchases

Park declared a first quarter 2023 cash dividend of $0.15 per share to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2023. The first quarter 2023 cash dividend was paid on April 17, 2023.

Park currently expects to declare a second quarter 2023 cash dividend of $0.15 per share in June 2023, subject to approval by its Board of Directors.

Park repurchased 8.8 million shares during the first quarter of 2023 at an average price of $11.84 per share, or approximately $105 million.

Full-Year 2023 Outlook

Park expects full-year 2023 operating results to be as follows:

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Park’s outlook is based in part on the following assumptions:

• Fully diluted weighted average shares are expected to be 216 million;
• RevPAR growth for the second quarter of 2023 is expected to be between 7% to 11% as compared to the second quarter of 2022;
• The repayment of the $75 million mortgage loan secured by the W Chicago – City Center;
• The mortgage loan secured by the Hilton Denver City Center is not called by the lender during 2023;
• Includes $14 million of Hotel Adjusted EBITDA disruption from a full-scale renovation at the Casa Marina Key West, Curio Collection, which is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023; and
• Current portfolio as of May 1, 2023 and does not take into account potential future acquisitions and dispositions, which could result in a material change to Park’s outlook.

Park’s full-year 2023 outlook is based on a number of factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, including uncertainty surrounding macro-economic factors, including inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions and the possibility of an economic recession or slowdown, as well as the assumptions set forth above, all of which are subject to change.

Supplemental Disclosures

In conjunction with this release, Park has furnished a financial supplement with additional disclosures on its website. Visit www.pkhotelsandresorts.com for more information. Park has no obligation to update any of the information provided to conform to actual results or changes in Park’s portfolio, capital structure or future expectations.

Conference Call

Park will host a conference call for investors and other interested parties to discuss first quarter 2023 results on May 1, 2023 beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants may listen to the live webcast by logging onto the Investors section of the website at www.pkhotelsandresorts.com. Alternatively, participants may listen to the live call by dialing (877) 451-6152 in the United States or (201) 389-0879 internationally and requesting Park Hotels & Resorts’ First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Participants are encouraged to dial into the call or link to the webcast at least ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

A replay of the webcast will be available within 24 hours after the live event on the Investors section of Park’s website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to Park’s current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, including anticipated repayment of certain of the Company’s indebtedness, the completion of capital allocation priorities, the expected repurchase of the Company’s stock, the impact to the Company’s business and financial condition and that of its hotel management companies, the impact from macroeconomic factors (including inflation, increases in interest rates, potential economic slowdown or a recession and geopolitical conflicts), the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations, the expected completion of anticipated dispositions, the declaration and payment of future dividends and other non-historical statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “hopes” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and which could materially affect its results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance or future achievements or events.

Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations of management and therefore involve estimates and assumptions that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and Park urges investors to carefully review the disclosures Park makes concerning risk and uncertainties in Item 1A: “Risk Factors” in Park’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December31, 2022, as such factors may be updated from time to time in Park’s filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, Park undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Park presents certain non-GAAP financial measures in this press release, including Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders, Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin and Net debt. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss) as a measure of its operating performance. Please see the schedules included in this press release including the “Definitions” section for additional information and reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures.

About Park

Park is one of the largest publicly-traded lodging REITs with a diverse portfolio of iconic and market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. Park’s portfolio currently consists of 46 premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 29,000 rooms primarily located in prime city center and resort locations. Visit www.pkhotelsandresorts.com for more information.

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
DEFINITIONS

Comparable Hotels

The Company presents certain data for its consolidated hotels on a Comparable basis as supplemental information for investors: Comparable Hotel Revenues, Comparable RevPAR, Comparable Total RevPAR, Comparable Occupancy, Comparable ADR, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin. The Company presents Comparable hotel results to help the Company and its investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of its hotels. The Company’s Comparable metrics exclude results from property dispositions that have occurred through March31, 2023 and include results from property acquisitions as though such acquisitions occurred on the earliest period presented.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin

Earnings (loss) before interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), presented herein, reflects net income (loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, interest income, interest expense, income taxes and interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization included in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates.

Adjusted EBITDA, presented herein, is calculated as EBITDA, as previously defined, further adjusted to exclude the following items that are not reflective of Park’s ongoing operating performance or incurred in the normal course of business, and thus, excluded from management’s analysis in making day-to-day operating decisions and evaluations of Park’s operating performance against other companies within its industry:

• Gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments;
• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;
• Severance expense;
• Share-based compensation expense;
• Impairment losses and casualty gains or losses; and
• Other items that management believes are not representative of the Company’s current or future operating performance.

Hotel Adjusted EBITDA measures hotel-level results before debt service, depreciation and corporate expenses of the Company’s consolidated hotels, which excludes hotels owned by unconsolidated affiliates, and is a key measure of the Company’s profitability. The Company presents Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to help the Company and its investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of the Company’s consolidated hotels.

Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as Hotel Adjusted EBITDA divided by total hotel revenue.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin are not recognized terms under United States (“U.S.”) GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) or other measures of financial performance or liquidity derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, the Company’s definitions of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

The Company believes that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin provide useful information to investors about the Company and its financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin are among the measures used by the Company’s management team to make day-to-day operating decisions and evaluate its operating performance between periods and between REITs by removing the effect of its capital structure (primarily interest expense) and asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from its operating results; and (ii) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results or estimate valuations across companies in the industry.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margin have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or other methods of analyzing the Company’s operating performance and results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Because of these limitations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as discretionary cash available to the Company to reinvest in the growth of its business or as measures of cash that will be available to the Company to meet its obligations.

Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders, Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders, Nareit FFO per share – diluted and Adjusted FFO per share – diluted

Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Nareit FFO per diluted share (defined as set forth below) are presented herein as non-GAAP measures of the Company’s performance. The Company calculates funds from (used in) operations (“FFO”) attributable to stockholders for a given operating period in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), as net income (loss) attributable to stockholders (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP), excluding depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on sales of assets, impairment, and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect the Company’s pro rata share of the FFO of those entities on the same basis. As noted by Nareit in its December 2018 “Nareit Funds from Operations White Paper – 2018 Restatement,” since real estate values historically have risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. For these reasons, Nareit adopted the FFO metric in order to promote an industry-wide measure of REIT operating performance. The Company believes Nareit FFO provides useful information to investors regarding its operating performance and can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between REITs. The Company’s 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. The Company calculates Nareit FFO per diluted share as Nareit FFO divided by the number of fully diluted shares outstanding during a given operating period.

The Company also presents Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO per diluted share when evaluating its performance because management believes that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding the Company’s ongoing operating performance. Management historically has made the adjustments detailed below in evaluating its performance and in its annual budget process. Management believes that the presentation of Adjusted FFO provides useful supplemental information that is beneficial to an investor’s complete understanding of operating performance. The Company adjusts Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders for the following items, which may occur in any period, and refers to this measure as Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders:

• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;
• Severance expense;
• Share-based compensation expense;
• Casualty gains or losses; and
• Other items that management believes are not representative of the Company’s current or future operating performance.

Net Debt

Net debt, presented herein, is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company uses to evaluate its financial leverage. Net debt is calculated as (i) long-term debt, including current maturities and excluding unamortized deferred financing costs; and (ii) the Company’s share of investments in affiliate debt, excluding unamortized deferred financing costs; reduced by (a) cash and cash equivalents; and (b) restricted cash and cash equivalents.

The Company believes Net debt provides useful information about its indebtedness to investors as it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties to compare the indebtedness of companies. Net debt should not be considered as a substitute to debt presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Net debt may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure of other companies.

Occupancy

Occupancy represents the total number of room nights sold divided by the total number of room nights available at a hotel or group of hotels. Occupancy measures the utilization of the Company’s hotels’ available capacity. Management uses Occupancy to gauge demand at a specific hotel or group of hotels in a given period. Occupancy levels also help management determine achievable Average Daily Rate (“ADR”) levels as demand for rooms increases or decreases.

Average Daily Rate

ADR (or rate) represents rooms revenue divided by total number of room nights sold in a given period. ADR measures average room price attained by a hotel and ADR trends provide useful information concerning the pricing environment and the nature of the customer base of a hotel or group of hotels. ADR is a commonly used performance measure in the hotel industry, and management uses ADR to assess pricing levels that the Company is able to generate by type of customer, as changes in rates have a more pronounced effect on overall revenues and incremental profitability than changes in Occupancy, as described above.

Revenue per Available Room

Revenue per Available Room (“RevPAR”) represents rooms revenue divided by the total number ofroom nights available to guests for a given period.Management considers RevPAR to be a meaningful indicator of the Company’s performance as it provides a metric correlated to two primary and key factors of operations at a hotel or group of hotels: Occupancy and ADR. RevPAR is also a useful indicator in measuring performance over comparable periods.

Total RevPAR

Total RevPAR represents rooms, food and beverage and other hotel revenues divided by the total number ofroom nights available to guests for a given period.Management considers Total RevPAR to be a meaningful indicator of the Company’s performance as approximately one-third of revenues are earned from food and beverage and other hotel revenues. Total RevPAR is also a useful indicator in measuring performance over comparable periods.

Group Revenue Pace

Group Revenue Pace represents bookings for future business and is calculated as group room nights multiplied by the contracted room rate expressed as a percentage of a prior period relative to a prior point in time.