Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is a hospitality REIT, which has repositioned itself towards leisure-oriented properties in recent years. Despite a healthy financial position, the dividend remains at a nominal $0.01/share, deterring yield-focused investors, while management focuses on share repurchases. Given the low dividend yield and prolonged undervaluation, I rate Pebblebrook Hotel Trust as a "Sell".
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Ray Martz - Co-President and CFO Jon Bortz - Chairman and CEO Tom Fisher - Co-President and CIO Conference Call Participants Jay Kornreich - Wedbush Smedes Rose - Citi Floris Van Dijkum - Compass Point Shaun Kelley - Bank of America Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore Jamie Feldman - Wells...
REITs finished the first quarter of 2025 in the red (-3.36%) with a brutal -4.92% average total return in March. Large cap (-2.04%) and mid cap REITs (-2.63%) saw modest losses, but small caps (-4.16%) and micro caps (-16.19%) had a particularly bad month. Only 29.49% of REIT securities had a positive total return in March.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust saw its cash and cash equivalents end its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter at $217.6 million, up 5.6% sequentially. A lower capital investment outlook for 2025 and 2026 should see liquidity dramatically expand and continued common share buybacks. The Series H preferreds are trading for 68 cents on the dollar and an 8.5% yield despite the REIT's improved liquidity profile.
Analyzed Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's four preferred stocks to determine the best risk-to-earnings ratio, focusing on financial metrics and market-adjusted asset coverage ratios. PEB's preferred stocks yield around 8.50%, with dividends representing 15% of expected FFO, providing a significant cushion despite credit concerns. Moody's credit scoring process indicates a Ba3 rating for PEB, with pref...
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