Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc · NYSE:AHT

Ashford Hospitality Trust — ALIS 2013

31 slides from Ashford Hospitality Trust's conference presentation, Jan 23, 2013

  1. Slide 1: Ashford Hospitality Trust - ALIS January 2013

    ZA ASHEORD WY HOSPITALITY TRUST ALIS - January 2013

  2. 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

  3. Slide 3: Economic & Industry Overview

    Economic & Industry Overview 3

  4. Slide 4: Real GDP Growth

    Real GDP Growth % 4 -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 2011 Real GDP Growth: 1.8% Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA & Historical Statistics of the United States: - Cambridge

  5. Slide 5: Hotel Demand Driven by Economy

    Hotel Demand Driven by Economy 5 -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 = 0.59 Source: Smith Travel Research & U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA

  6. Slide 6: U.S. Demand Will Outpace Supply

    U.S. Demand Will Outpace Supply 6 -8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 Yea r- o v e r- Year % G ro wt h Supply Growth Demand Growth PKF Forecast Source: Smith Travel Research & PKF

  7. Slide 7: RevPAR Forecast - PKF

    RevPAR Forecast - PKF 7 7.7% 6.1% -2.0% -16.7% 5.4% 8.2% 6.8% 6.2% 8.8% 6.5% 3.5% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013F 2014F 2015F 2016F Historical RevPAR Growth Forecasted RevPAR Growth 4-Year RevPAR Growth CAGR: 6.2% Source: Smith Travel Researc

  8. Slide 8: Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates (2-year)

    Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates 8 − 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 26%* *Based on PKF RevPAR/ADR/Occupancy projections and EBITDA growth resul

  9. Slide 9: Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates (4-year)

    Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates 9 − With strong potential RevPAR gains, those companies with reasonable flow-throughs could experience significant EBITDA growth − PKF estimates 4-year cumulative EBITDA growth of about 48%* CUMULATIVE 4-YEAR EBITDA GROWTH COMPOUNDED 4-YEAR REVPAR GROWTH RATE 5

  10. Slide 10: Company Highlights

    Company Highlights 10

  11. Slide 11: Company Snapshots

    Company Snapshots 11 Portfolio Statistics* Total Enterprise Value $4.2 B Total Gross Assets $4.9 B Peer Comparison 2nd Largest # of Hotels 123 # of Owned Rooms 25,767 # of Property Managers 5 $ ADR $135.74 $ RevPAR $101.51 RevPAR Growth % 5.1% Financial Statistics* Recent Share Price $11.16 (1/16/13

  12. Slide 12: Portfolio Overview

    Portfolio Overview 12 1% 59% 3% 37% Chain Scale* Luxury Upper Upscale Upper Midscale Upscale 31% 3% 5% 53% 4% 3% Brand Family* Hilton Hyatt Starwood Marriott IHG Independent 24% 4% 23% 49% Segmentation Group Contract Leisure Transient Corporate Transient *as a % of 3Q 2012 TTM EBITDA 73% 17% 10% MSA

  13. Slide 13: Capital Hilton – Washington D.C.

    Capital Hilton – Washington D.C. 13

  14. Slide 14: Crystal Gateway Marriott

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  15. Slide 15: Seattle Marriott Waterfront

    Seattle Marriott Waterfront 15

  16. Slide 16: Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown

    Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown 16

  17. Slide 17: Hilton Boston Back Bay

    Hilton Boston Back Bay 17

  18. Slide 18: Asset Management Outperformance

    Asset Management Outperformance 18 39% 8% 49% 41% 50% 52% 51% 37% 53% 104% 63% 66% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 YTD Q3 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: Compan

  19. Slide 19: Attractive Dividend Yield & Coverage

    5.6% 4.9% 4.7% 4.2% 4.0% 3.9% 3.5% 3.0% 2.9% 2.2% 2.0% - - - 1.7x 1.7x 1.5x 1.8x 2.3x 3.6x 2.2x 3.2x 2.4x 3.9x 2.4x - 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% CLDT INN HT CHSP RLJ AHT DRH LHO Peer Avg HST PEB BEE FCH SHO A F F O C ove ra g e Divid e n d Yiel d Divi

  20. Slide 20: Compelling Valuation

    Compelling Valuation 20 − Ashford is currently trading below the peer average on an EBITDA multiple and price per key basis Source: Company filings, SNL, Street research & First Call (as of 1/16/13) $425 $399 $363 $278 $275 $266 $245 $243 $242 $165 $160 $148 $145 $136 0.0x 2.0x 4.0x 6.0x 8.0x 10.0x

  21. Slide 21: Total Shareholder Return

    Total Shareholder Return 21 43% 26% 99% 834% 151% 26% 49% 75% 93% 21% -2% 41% 163% -20% -44% -28% -19% 24% -100% 0% 100% 200% 300% 400% 500% 600% 700% 800% 900% 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, S

  22. Slide 22: Most Highly-Aligned Management

    Most Highly-Aligned Management 22 21% 15% 6% 5% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% AHT HT INN CLDT FCH RLJ HST CHSP SHO DRH BEE LHO PEB Insider ownership % Source: Company Filings

  23. Slide 23: Low Risk on Balance Sheet

    Low Risk on Balance Sheet 23 All debt is non- recourse Upcoming maturities have solid debt yields Highest leveraged loans have longest time to maturity • TTM September 2012 weighted average debt yields on maturities through 2014 are 12.6% • Excess cash flow • Undrawn $165m credit facility • $146m of

  24. Slide 24: Highland Hospitality Update

    Highland Hospitality Update 24

  25. Slide 25: Highland EBITDA Flows

    Highland EBITDA Flows 25 32.7% 83.0% 95.9% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% One Year Pre-Takeover One Year Post-Takeover TTM Q3 2012

  26. Slide 26: Highland NOI Exceeds Underwriting

    Highland NOI Exceeds Underwriting 26 $79 $82 $86 $88 $91 $93 $95 $93 $70 $75 $80 $85 $90 $95 $100 Mar 2011 TTM Jun 2011 TTM Sep 2011 TTM Dec 2011 TTM Mar 2012 TTM Jun 2012 TTM Sep 2012 TTM U/W for Sep 2012 NO I $ ( in m il li o n s)

  27. Slide 27: The Melrose – Washington D.C. Before and After

    The Melrose – Washington D.C. 27 BEFORE AFTER

  28. Slide 28: The Churchill – Washington D.C. Before and After

    The Churchill – Washington D.C. 28 BEFORE AFTER

  29. Slide 29: Next Steps for Ashford

    Next Steps for Ashford 29

  30. Slide 30: Next Steps for Ashford

    Next Steps for Ashford 30 • Focus on growing Highland revenues • Growing EBITDA is best way to create shareholder value Intense operational focus to grow EBITDA • Build cash balance in preparation for next downturn Grow cash balance • Must be long-term accretive to stock price • Franchised, full-ser

  31. Slide 31: Ashford Hospitality Trust

    ZA ASHEORD WY HOSPITALITY TRUST ALIS - January 2013

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