Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. experienced a challenging second quarter of 2025 with declines in net income, EPS, and operating income compared to the same period last year. However, the company noted sequential improvements in Comparable Hotels RevPAR throughout the quarter, with preliminary July results showing positive growth. The company continues to focus on optimizing its business mix, strengthening market share, and executing a disciplined capital allocation strategy, including opportunistic asset sales and share repurchases.
Net income for Q2 2025 decreased by 13.9% to $63.648 million, and EPS fell by 12.9% to $0.27 compared to Q2 2024.
Comparable Hotels RevPAR declined by 1.7% year-over-year, primarily due to a 1.6% decrease in occupancy, though monthly declines moderated throughout the quarter.
The company acquired one hotel for $18.8 million and has three hotels under contract for sale for a combined $36.3 million, demonstrating active portfolio management.
Apple Hospitality repurchased 1.4 million common shares for approximately $16.9 million during the quarter, as part of its strategy to enhance shareholder value when its stock trades at a discount.
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. has updated its operational and financial outlook for 2025, reflecting current booking trends and ongoing economic uncertainty. The company anticipates modest improvements in consumer sentiment and easing policy change uncertainty in the second half of the year, though current booking data for August and September shows a slight pullback.