DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS

Comparable Total RevPAR Growth, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted FFO Per Share Exceed High End of Guidance

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 26, 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 and year ended December 31, 2025.

FOURTH QUARTER  2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• Net Income: Net income attributable to common stockholders was $23.8 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, an increase of 273.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Adjusted EBITDA: $71.9 million, an increase of 3.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Adjusted FFO per Diluted Share: $0.27, an increase of 12.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Comparable RevPAR: $201.83, a decrease of 0.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Comparable Total RevPAR: $311.00, an increase of 0.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, driven by a 2.3% increase in out-of-room revenues.
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $76.6 million, an increase of 3.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 27.92%, an increase of 83 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
• Transferred Listing to Nasdaq: On December 1, 2025, the Company voluntarily transferred the listing of its Class A Common Stock to Nasdaq, on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, from the New York Stock Exchange.
• Preferred Stock Redemption: On December 31, 2025, the Company redeemed the 4.76 million outstanding shares of its 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for $121.5 million, inclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends.
• Common Share Repurchases: During the quarter ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 0.2 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.93 per share for a total purchase price of $1.6 million.

FULL YEAR 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• Net Income: Net income attributable to common stockholders was $91.6 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, an increase of 139.8% compared to 2024.
• Adjusted EBITDA: $297.6 million, a decrease of 0.1% compared to 2024.
• Adjusted FFO per Diluted Share: $1.08, an increase of 3.8% compared to 2024.
• Comparable RevPAR: $207.38, an increase of 0.4% compared to 2024.
• Comparable Total RevPAR: $319.06, an increase of 1.2% compared to 2024, driven by a 2.6% increase in out-of-room revenues.
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA: $316.5 million, an increase of 1.1% compared to 2024.
• Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 28.32%, an increase of 2 basis points compared to 2024.
• Sedona Repositioning: The Company completed its $25 million return on investment project in Sedona, repositioning the former Orchards Inn as The Cliffs at L'Auberge and integrating it into the adjacent L'Auberge de Sedona. The two hotels now operate as one property.
• Hotel Disposition: The Company completed the sale of the Westin Washington D.C. City Center for $92.0 million on February 19, 2025.
• Credit Facility Refinanced and Upsized, Remaining Secured Debt Repaid: On July 22, 2025, the Company completed a $1.5 billion refinancing of its senior unsecured credit facility, increasing its size and extending its maturity schedule. The Company utilized the proceeds of the refinancing to repay its outstanding mortgage loans resulting in a fully unencumbered portfolio.
• Common Share Repurchases: During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 4.8 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.72 for a total purchase price of $37.1 million.

"A stronger than anticipated re-acceleration in transient demand and out-of-room spend following the end of the federal government shutdown, combined with our disciplined approach to right-sized property level and corporate costs, enabled the Company to exceed the high end of our 2025 guidance for comparable total RevPAR growth, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted FFO per share.

Throughout the year, both transient and group travelers continued to prioritize elevated travel experiences, even amid periods of economic uncertainty.  Our thoughtfully curated portfolio of high quality hotels, in desirable destinations, benefited from this commitment in 2025 and is well positioned to carry that momentum into 2026. 

While the political and economic backdrop warrants a degree of caution as we assess 2026, several distinct factors do support DiamondRock being constructive on the year including a holiday calendar that favors extended gatherings, our key markets hosting the majority of FIFA World Cup matches, America 250 celebrations, and post renovation tailwinds.   

I am particularly proud of our team and operating partners for their unwavering focus on driving free cash flow per share growth - our north star at DiamondRock - as we work to deliver compelling total returns for our shareholders.  Our free cash flow per share, defined as Adjusted FFO less total capital expenditures per share, surpassed 22% growth since 2023. We expect to build on this progress once again in 2026."      

- 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 December 31, 2025 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 our 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. 

The Company's 2025 actual results compare to the previously provided guidance ranges as follows: 

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

The Company invested approximately $81.6 million in capital improvements at its hotels during the year ended December 31, 2025.  Significant projects in 2025 included the following:

• Hilton Garden Inn New York / Times Square Central: The Company completed a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms during the first quarter of 2025.
• Sedona Repositioning: The Company completed the repositioning of Orchards Inn as The Cliffs at L'Auberge during the third quarter 2025, which integrated the hotel with the adjacent L'Auberge de Sedona and included construction of a new hillside pool and path connecting the two properties, renovation of the guestrooms and creation of a new arrival experience and new outdoor event space. The renovation of the guestrooms, arrival experience and event space was completed in May 2025 and the pool and path connection were completed in September 2025. The two hotels now operate as one property.
• Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix: The Company completed a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms during the third quarter of 2025.

The Company expects to invest approximately $80 to $90 million in capital improvements at its hotels in 2026.  Significant projects in 2026 include the following:

• Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East: The Company commenced a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms, which is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2026.
• Henderson Park Inn: The Company commenced a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms and bathrooms, which is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2026.
• Westin San Diego Bayview: The Company expects to commence a renovation of the hotel's entrance and public spaces throughout the lobby, including lobby bar in mid-2026.
• Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta: The Company expects to commence a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms during the fourth quarter of 2026.
• Kimpton Shorebreak Huntington Beach Resort: The Company expects to commence a renovation of the hotel's guestrooms during the fourth quarter of 2026.

HOTEL DISPOSITION

On February 19, 2025, the Company completed the sale of the 410-room Westin Washington D.C. City Center for a contract price of $92.0 million. The sale price represented an 11.2x multiple on 2024 Hotel EBITDA and a 7.5% capitalization rate on 2024 hotel net operating income, or a capitalization rate of 5.6% inclusive of the Company's projected capital expenditures. Excluding a one-time property tax credit and temporary discount on franchise fees the Hotel received in 2024, the sales price represented an 11.9x multiple on 2024 Hotel EBITDA and a 7.0% capitalization rate on 2024 Hotel net operating income, or a capitalization rate of 5.2% inclusive of the Company's projected capital expenditures.

DEBT REFINANCING

On July 22, 2025, the Company successfully refinanced, upsized, and extended the maturities under its senior unsecured credit facility (the "Amended Credit Facility"), further enhancing the strength and flexibility of its conservative balance sheet.  The Amended Credit Facility was increased from $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion and is comprised of (i) a $400 million revolving credit facility maturing in January 2030, with two six-month extension options exercisable at the Company's option, (ii) a $500 million term loan maturing in January 2028, with two six-month extension options exercisable at the Company's option, (iii) a $300 million term loan maturing in January 2029, with two six-month extension options exercisable at the Company's option, and (iv) a $300 million term loan maturing in January 2030. The Amended Credit Facility bears interest pursuant to a leverage-based pricing grid ranging from 1.35% to 2.25% over SOFR. Based upon the Company's current leverage, the pricing is at the lowest end of the grid.

The Company utilized the incremental proceeds from the Amended Credit Facility to repay the $71.1 million mortgage loan secured by the Worthington Renaissance in May 2025, the $53.9 million mortgage loan secured by the Hotel Clio in July 2025, and the $166.2 million mortgage loan secured by the Westin Boston Seaport District in September 2025.  Following these repayments, the Company has no debt maturities until January 2028, its portfolio is fully unencumbered of secured debt, and its debt is fully prepayable without penalty.

BALANCE SHEET

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had total debt outstanding of $1.1 billion, consisting of three unsecured term loans bearing a weighted average interest rate of 5.0%, $400 million available under its undrawn revolving credit facility, and approximately $68.1 million of unrestricted cash on hand.

COMMON SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During the quarter ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 0.2 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.93 per share for a total purchase price of $1.6 million.  During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 4.8 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.72 for a total purchase price of $37.1 million.  The Company currently has $137.0 million of remaining capacity under its $200.0 million share repurchase program.

PREFERRED STOCK REDEMPTION

On December 31, 2025, the Company redeemed all 4,760,000 outstanding shares of its 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, utilizing approximately $121.5 million cash on hand to fund the redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.  The Company no longer has preferred stock outstanding. 

DIVIDENDS

On February 26, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on April 14, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026. The Company expects to declare regular quarterly dividends of $0.09 per common share in 2026 and, depending on its 2026 operating income, a stub dividend in the fourth quarter of 2026.  

The Company paid a fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its common stock, which included the Company's regular quarterly dividend of $0.08 per common share, along with a stub dividend of $0.04 per common share on January 14, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025.  Additionally, the Company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.515625 per share on its 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock on December 31, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 19, 2025.

GUIDANCE

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

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

• Full year cash corporate expenses of approximately $25.0 million to $26.0 million, which excludes share-based compensation;
• Full year cash interest expense of approximately $57.5 million to $58.5 million; and
• Fully diluted weighted average common shares and units of 208.0 million.

EARNINGS CALL

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year results on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will be accessible by telephone and through the internet. Interested individuals are requested to register for the call using this link to obtain dial-in and webcast details. Registration details are also available by visiting https://investor.drhc.com. A replay of the conference call webcast will be archived and available online. 

ABOUT THE COMPANY

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that is an owner of a leading portfolio of geographically diversified hotels concentrated in leisure destinations and top gateway markets. The Company currently owns 35 premium quality hotels with approximately 9,600 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

We use the following non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are useful to investors as key measures of our operating performance: EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, FFO and Adjusted FFO. We also present Comparable Total Revenue, Comparable Room Revenues, 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, FFO, Adjusted FFO, Comparable Total Revenue, Comparable Room Revenues, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin, as calculated by us, 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

Our management and Board of Directors use EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDA, Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, FFO, Adjusted FFO, Comparable Total Revenue, Comparable Room Revenues, Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA and Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA Margin, to evaluate the performance of our hotels and to facilitate comparisons between us 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 us, 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 we incurred and will incur, such as depreciation, interest and capital expenditures. We compensate for these limitations by separately considering the impact of these excluded items to the extent they are material to operating decisions or assessments of our operating performance. Our reconciliations to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, and our 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 our performance, as well as the usefulness of our 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 our operations that we believe, when viewed with our 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 our business than could be obtained absent this disclosure. We strongly encourage investors to review our 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.

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

We adjust EBITDAre and FFO when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our 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 our consolidated and property-level operating performance.  We adjust EBITDAre and FFO for the following items:

• Non-Cash Lease Expense and Other Amortization: We exclude the non-cash expense incurred from the straight line recognition of expense from our ground leases and other contractual obligations and the non-cash amortization of our favorable and unfavorable contracts, originally recorded in conjunction with certain hotel acquisitions. We exclude 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 our 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. We exclude 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: We exclude 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 we believe are not indicative of the ongoing operating performance of the Company or our hotels.
  
  
  
  
• Hotel Acquisition Costs: We exclude hotel acquisition costs expensed during the period because we believe these transaction costs are not reflective of the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels.
  
  
  
  
• Severance Costs: We exclude corporate severance costs, or reversals thereof, incurred with the termination of corporate-level employees and severance costs incurred at our hotels related to lease terminations or structured severance programs because we believe these costs do not reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels.
  
  
  
  
• Hotel Manager Transition and Hotel Pre-Opening Costs: We exclude 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 we believe these items do not reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels.
  
  
  
  
• Share-Based Compensation Expense: We exclude share-based compensation expense as it is a non-cash item. This adjustment aligns with the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA for our financial covenant ratios under our credit facility, supporting consistency in our financial reporting and covenant compliance, as well as comparability with our peers.
  
  
  
  
• Other Items: From time to time we incur costs or realize gains that we consider outside the ordinary course of business and that we do not believe reflect the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels. Such items may include, but are not limited to, the following: non-cash realized gains or losses on our 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, we exclude any unrealized fair value adjustments to interest rate swaps and the portion of our non-cash ground lease expense recognized as interest expense.  We exclude these non-cash amounts because they do not reflect the underlying performance of the Company.

Hotel Adjusted EBITDA

We believe that Hotel Adjusted EBITDA provides our investors a useful financial measure to evaluate our hotel operating performance, excluding the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest), our asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization), and our corporate-level expenses.  With respect to Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, we believe 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.  We believe property-level results provide investors with supplemental information on the ongoing operational performance of our hotels and effectiveness of the third-party management companies operating our business on a property-level basis. Hotel Adjusted EBITDA margins are calculated as Hotel Adjusted EBITDA divided by total hotel revenues. 

Comparable Hotel Operating Statistics and Results

We believe 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 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 us as of the reporting date.  Our comparable portfolio includes hotels (i) owned and in operation by us for the entirety of the periods presented and (ii) acquired by us during the period as though the acquisition happened at the beginning of the period presented.  We make adjustments for recently acquired hotels to include operating statistics and results for periods prior to our ownership.  As a result, changes as compared to periods prior to our ownership will not necessarily correspond to changes in our actual results.  In addition, comparable metrics excludes results and operating statistics for hotels that were sold during the reporting period or held for sale at the end of the period.  We believe these comparable measures provide more consistent metrics for comparing the performance of our hotels. 

Our comparable portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2025 includes all of our hotels owned as of December 31, 2025 and excludes 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 our GAAP net income to EBITDA, EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):       

FFO and Adjusted FFO

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

Reconciliation of Comparable Operating Results

The following presents the revenues, 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 9,595 rooms.