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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Chatham Lodging Trust Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Chatham Lodging Trust Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 7, 2026 Audio replay
May 7, 2026 40:37 34 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
40:37
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Chatham Lodging Trust reported Q1 2026 results with comparable portfolio RevPAR up 1% to $128, Hotel EBITDA margins up 135 bps to 32%, and AFFO per share up 18% to $0.20, while raising full-year guidance by approximately 15% since February and completing a $92 million acquisition of six Hilton-branded hotels.

Silicon Valley recovery 35 First quarter operating performance 31 World Cup and event-driven demand 18 Acquisition of Hilton-branded portfolio 9 AI and tech investment driving demand 6 Dividend and guidance raise 6

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +65 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “it was really a great quarter, obviously, for us on every front, delivering for our shareholders”
  • “We've been executing a massively successful recycling campaign over the last couple of years, highlighted by the recently acquired portfolio of six high-quality Hilton-branded hotels comprising 589 rooms for $92 million that are immediately accretive”
  • “Silicon Valley led the way with RevPAR growth of 23% in the quarter”
  • “conservatism, obviously, as reflected in our peers as well, is probably the best bet for the time being, given that there is a war going on in the Mideast”

Forward guidance

4 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $67.50M -1.6% YoY
Diluted EPS -$0.13
Net income -$4.30M -380.2% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Comparable portfolio RevPAR grew 1% to $128, beating the 3% decline factored into annual guidance, with occupancy up 15 bps to 73% and ADR up 80 bps to an all-time Q1 record of $177.
  • Hotel EBITDA margins surged 135 bps to 32% and GOP margins rose 60 bps to 40%, with comparable Hotel EBITDA growing 5%.
  • Silicon Valley RevPAR grew 11% across four hotels and 23% excluding the Mountain View hotel under renovation, with Sunnyvale hotels up 26% in the quarter.
  • Adjusted FFO per diluted share advanced 18% to $0.20 from $0.17, and Adjusted EBITDA rose approximately $500 thousand to $18 million.
  • Increased full-year guidance by approximately 15% since February, raised the common dividend 11% in Q1 (following a 28% increase in 2025), with a dividend-to-FFO payout ratio of only 32%.
  • Repurchased 2.2 million shares (about 4% of common equity) at an average price of $7.04, equating to a 10% cap rate on updated 2026 guidance, and completed a $92 million acquisition of six Hilton-branded hotels producing RevPAR growth of 6% in Q1 and 7% in April.

Risks & pressure points

  • Incurred a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $6.3 million ($0.13 per diluted share) compared to a $0.5 million loss ($0.01) in Q1 2025, which had included a $7 million gain on sale of assets.
  • January RevPAR declined 5% due to difficult comparisons from prior-year wildfire demand in LA hotels before recovering to growth of 1% in February and 5% in March.
  • Mountain View hotel was under significant renovation for the entirety of Q1, with the gatehouse closed and check-in using two guest rooms, creating operational disruption.
  • CEO Fisher noted the Middle East war and its potential impact on gas prices and travel as a risk, and characterized guidance conservatism as appropriate given those conditions.
  • Stock trades at roughly a 9 cap on corporate NOI and a 10 cap on hotel NOI, and the company states it is trading over a turn below select-service peer EBITDA multiples despite the portfolio's outlook.

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Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed May 7, 2026.

Metric Guided
Total hotel revenue table
2026
$308M – $314M
Adjusted EBITDA table
2026
$95.3M – $99.6M
Adjusted FFO table
2026
$60.2M – $64.5M
Adjusted FFO per diluted share table
2026
$1.21 – $1.29

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · products & services

Occupancy$61.20M -1.9% YoY
Hotel Other$4.43M +3.4% YoY
Food And Beverage$1.60M -3.4% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$6.65M
Shares repurchased
904,927
Dividend / share
$0.10
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