Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc · NYSE:AHT
Ashford Hospitality Trust — Credit Suisse Conference - August 2013
43 slides from Ashford Hospitality Trust's conference presentation, Aug 1, 2013
Slide 1: Credit Suisse Conference - August 2013
Credit Suisse Conference - August 2013 1
Slide 2: Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor 2 In keeping with the SEC's "Safe Harbor" guidelines, certain statements made during this presentation could be considered forward-looking and subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those projected. When we use the words "will likely
Slide 3: Total Shareholder Return
Total Shareholder Return 3 57% 3% 47% 33% 40% 51% 35% 23% 43% 25% -36% -27% -11% 13% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1-Yr 2-Yr 3-Yr 4-Yr 5-Yr 6-Yr 7-Yr 8-Yr 9-yr AHT Peer Avg 350% 331% 213% Peer average includes: BEE, CHSP, CLDT, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, INN, LHO, PEB, RLJ, SHO Trailing Total Shareholde
Slide 4: Total Shareholder Return - Volatility
Total Shareholder Return - Volatility 4 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 1-Yr 2-Yr 3-Yr 4-Yr 5-Yr 6-Yr 7-Yr 8-Yr 9-yr AHT Peer Avg Peer average includes: BEE, CHSP, CLDT, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, INN, LHO, PEB, RLJ, SHO Trailing Volatility as of 7/24/13 Source: Bloomberg − Ashford's volatility has been lower t
Slide 5: Real RevPAR Growing
Real RevPAR Growing 5 Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA & Historical Statistics of the United States: - Cambridge $54.00 $56.00 $58.00 $60.00 $62.00 $64.00 $66.00 $68.00 $70.00 $72.00 $74.00 $76.00 Seasonally-Adjusted Real RevPAR (as of June 2013) Average 3-mo Avg
Slide 6: Hotel Demand Driven by Economy
Hotel Demand Driven by Economy 6 -8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 Real GDP Growth Hotel Demand Growth R-squared = 0.58 Source: Smith Travel Research & U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA
Slide 7: Historically Low Supply Growth
Historically Low Supply Growth 7 (1.0) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Supply Growth Supply Growth Y e a r- o v e r- Y e ar % Gr o w th Source: Smith Travel Research & PKF * PKF Forecast
Slide 8: Historical Stock Returns
Historical Stock Returns 8 − Historically, attractive returns from this point in the cycle 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350% 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 Months from Peak to Peak 1989-1997 1997-2007 2007-? Index includes AHT, BEE, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, LHO, and SHO. * Companies are included in the
Slide 9: RevPAR Forecast - PKF
7.7% 6.1% -2.0% -16.7% 5.4% 8.2% 6.8% 6.1% 7.7% 8.5% 5.3% 2.3% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% Historical RevPAR Growth Forecasted RevPAR Growth RevPAR Forecast - PKF 9 5-Year RevPAR Growth CAGR: 6.0% Source: Smith Travel Research & PKF
Slide 10: Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates
Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates 10 − With strong potential RevPAR gains, those companies with reasonable flow-throughs could experience significant EBITDA growth − PKF estimates 2-year cumulative EBITDA growth of about 29%* *Based on PKF RevPAR/ADR/Occupancy projections and EBITDA growth resu
Slide 11: Company Highlights
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Slide 12: Company Snapshot
Company Snapshot 12 Portfolio Statistics* Total Enterprise Value $4.4 B Total Gross Assets $4.9 B Peer Comparison 2nd Largest # of Hotels 123 # of Owned Rooms 25,715 # of Property Managers 5 $ ADR $139.27 $ RevPAR $102.36 RevPAR Growth % 4.2% Financial Statistics* Recent Share Price $11.40 (7/24/13)
Slide 13: Portfolio Overview
Portfolio Overview 13 2% 59% 2% 37% Chain Scale* Luxury Upper Upscale Upper Midscale Upscale 30% 4% 5% 53% 4% 4% Brand Family* Hilton Hyatt Starwood Marriott IHG Independent 24% 4% 23% 49% Segmentation** Group Contract Leisure Transient Corporate Transient 74% 16% 10% MSA* Top 25 Top 50 Other *TTM 3
Slide 14: Asset Management Outperformance
Asset Management Outperformance 14 39% 8% 49% 41% 50% 53% 51% 37% 53% 104% 63% 65% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Peer Avg AHT − Ashford consistently beats peers in hotel EBITDA flow throughs Peers include: BEE, CHSP, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, LHO, PEB, SHO Source: Company Filin
Slide 15: Attractive Dividend Yield & Coverage
4.7% 4.5% 4.2% 4.1% 4.0% 3.4% 3.2% 3.0% 2.7% 2.4% 2.2% - - - 1.9x 1.7x 3.5x 1.7x 1.4x 2.3x 2.2x 2.6x 2.4x 2.4x 4.4x - 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% INN CLDT AHT CHSP HT RLJ DRH LHO Peer Avg PEB HST BEE FCH SHO A F F O C ove ra g e Divid e n d Yiel d
Slide 16: Most Highly-Aligned Management
Most Highly-Aligned Management 16 19% 4% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0% 20.0% 22.0% AHT HT FCH CLDT CHSP INN RLJ Peer Avg HST SHO BEE PEB DRH LHO Insider ownership % Source: Company Filings & SNL
Slide 17: Compelling Valuation
Compelling Valuation 17 − Ashford currently trades at about 12.1x 2013 Consensus EBITDA − Multiple discount relative to peers has expanded over the past several months Source: Citi Equity Research 2013 Consensus EBITDA Multiple As of 10/26/12 As of 7/25/13 Ashford 11.2x 11.7x Hotel REIT Peer Avg. 11
Slide 18: Low Risk on Balance Sheet
Low Risk on Balance Sheet 18 Strong liquidity • Excess cash flow • Undrawn $165m credit facility • $275m of unrestricted cash & marketable securities at the end of Q2 Highest leveraged loans have longest time to maturity Upcoming maturities have solid debt yields • No remaining 2013 maturities • 201
Slide 19: Pier House Resort & Spa Acquisition
Pier House Resort & Spa Acquisition Highlights: • Purchase Price of $90 million • $634,000/key • 6.2% TTM Cap Rate After Operational Synergies/Remington Mgmt: • Pro forma 8.4% Cap Rate • Pro forma 10.5x EBITDA Multiple 19
Slide 20: Pier House Resort & Spa
Pier House Resort & Spa 20 • Hotel has been owner-managed • Remington manages 3 other hotels in Key West Operational Synergies • Hotel had $275 RevPAR in 2012 • Recently renovated; very little capex needed High Quality Asset • Key West has 2nd highest RevPAR in US • Very high barriers to entry Great
Slide 21: Ashford Hospitality Prime Spin-Off Overview
NS ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME Spin-Off Overview
Slide 22: Ashford Hospitality Prime Spin-Off
22 Ashford Hospitality Prime Spin-Off • AHT plans to transfer ownership interest in an 8-hotel portfolio to a newly formed company, Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. ("Ashford Prime"), which is expected to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust and intends to file an application to list its shares
Slide 23: Strategic Rationale
23 Strategic Rationale Creation of Two Focused Companies Creates Clarity Potential for Higher Aggregate Market Value for Stockholders Tailored Capital Structure More Efficient More Conservative Capital Structure
Slide 24: Transaction Overview
24 Transaction Overview 122 Hotels 25,573 Rooms 2012 RevPAR: $99 2012 Hotel EBITDA: $374.5mm 8 hotels 3,146 Rooms 2012 RevPAR: $140 2012 Hotel EBITDA: $73.0mm 114 Hotels 22,427 Room 2012 RevPAR: $94 2012 Hotel EBITDA: $301.4mm Spin-off Contributed Capital Purchase Option on 2 Hotels and ROFO on 12 H
Slide 25: Ashford Prime Overview
25 Ashford Prime Overview High Quality Hotel Portfolio • Geographically diversified and concentrated predominantly in top 20 U.S. markets • Premium portfolio RevPAR of $140 • EBITDA per room of over $23,000 • Strong market share as evidenced by RevPAR penetration index of 110.6 • All current hotels
Slide 26: Ashford Prime Overview
26 Ashford Prime Overview • Institutional Investor Tailored Platform Highly-Aligned Management Structure • Ashford Trust expected to own 20% of Ashford Prime on a pro forma basis • Management and related parties are expected to hold approximately 19% equity interest in Ashford Prime • The highest in
Slide 27: Differentiated Investment Strategy
27 Differentiated Investment Strategy Ashford Prime Ashford Trust Investment Focus High-quality, High-RevPAR hotels in major markets expected to generate RevPAR of at least 2x the national average All segments of the hospitality industry excluding the High-RevPAR hotels targeted by Ashford Prime Inv
Slide 28: Ashford Prime Properties
28 Ashford Prime Properties San Francisco San Francisco Courtyard 405 Rooms Seattle Marriott Seattle Waterfront 358 Rooms Seattle Courtyard 250 Rooms Philadelphia Philadelphia Courtyard 498 Rooms Dallas Marriott Plano Legacy 404 Rooms San Diego Hilton Torrey Pines 394 Rooms Hotel Market Rooms Ritz-C
Slide 29: High RevPAR Focus
29 High RevPAR Focus • With 2012 RevPAR of $140, Ashford Prime compares favorably to the public lodging REIT universe. Through targeted acquisitions, we expect Ashford Prime to increase its comparative RevPAR profile over time $140 $127 $99 $94 $65 $55 $70 $85 $100 $115 $130 $145 Public Lodging REIT
Slide 30: RevPAR Drives Multiple...
30 RevPAR Drives Multiple... • As the chart below shows, there is a very high correlation between RevPAR and EBITDA Multiple for the Hotel REIT universe. Ashford Prime, with its higher RevPAR assets and investment focus, should benefit from this correlation Public Lodging REITs include: AHT, BEE, CH
Slide 31: ...Market Cap Does Not
31 ...Market Cap Does Not • Conversely, there is no correlation between Market Capitalization and EBITDA Multiple for the Hotel REIT universe. This is further evidence that the overall valuation of Ashford Prime should be based more on its RevPAR focus than by its market capitalization Public Lodgin
Slide 32: External Management
32 External Management • Additionally, the chart below shows that external management does not have an adverse effect on the valuation of Mortgage REITs (of which there are several that are externally-managed) versus their internally-managed peers. As of 7/29/13 Externally-managed Mortgage REITs inc
Slide 33: Highly-Aligned Management
33 Highly-Aligned Management • With insider ownership* of both platforms anticipated to be approximately 19%, management is highly-aligned with shareholder interests Public Lodging REITs include: BEE, CHSP, CLDT, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, INN, LHO, PEB, RLJ, SHO Source: Company filings. * Insider ownership
Slide 34: Ashford Hospitality Prime Spin-Off Overview
NS ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME Spin-Off Overview
Slide 35: Executive Bios
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Slide 36: Management Team - Monty J. Bennett
Management Team 36 Monty J. Bennett Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Mr. Bennett serves as Founder, Chairman, & Chief Executive Officer of Ashford Hospitality Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) formed in August 2003. Ashford focuses exclusively on investing in the hospitality industry ac
Slide 37: Management Team - Douglas A. Kessler
Management Team 37 Douglas A. Kessler President Mr. Kessler is the President of Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) and a member of the Board of Directors. He had previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Acquisitions for the Company. Mr. Kessler has spearheaded virtually all of Ash
Slide 38: Management Team - David A. Brooks
Management Team 38 David A. Brooks Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Prior to joining Remington Hotel Corporation and Ashford Financial Corporation in January of 1992, Mr. Brooks, a licensed CPA and attorney, practiced law with the law firm of Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay in both Houston and Dal
Slide 39: Management Team - David Kimichik
Management Team 39 David Kimichik Chief Financial Officer Mr. Kimichik has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. since May 2003. In addition to his duties as Chief Financial Officer he has held the position of Director of Asset Management where he was responsible
Slide 40: Management Team - Deric S. Eubanks
Management Team 40 Deric S. Eubanks, CFA Senior Vice President of Finance As Senior Vice President of Finance, Mr. Eubanks is responsible for assisting the CEO and CFO with all corporate finance and financial reporting initiatives and capital market activities including equity raises, debt financing
Slide 41: Management Team - Rob Hays
Management Team 41 Rob Hays Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance & Strategy Mr. Hays has served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy of Ashford Hospitality Trust since 2010 and has been with the Company since April 2005. Mr. Hays is responsible for the formation and executio
Slide 42: Management Team - Jeremy Welter
Management Team 42 Jeremy Welter Executive Vice President of Asset Management Mr. Welter has served as the Executive Vice President of Asset Management for Ashford Hospitality Trust since January 2011. In his current role, Mr. Welter presides over Ashford's lodging portfolio consisting of 122 hotels
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