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Marriott International Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results (United States)

Marriott International Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results (United States)

Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Industry economy - Figures / Studies
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2012-10-05


THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• Diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $0.44, a 52 percent increase over prior year adjusted results;

• During the third quarter, the company completed the sale of its equity interest in the Courtyard joint venture resulting in cash proceeds of $96 million and a $41 million pre-tax gain;

• North America comparable company-operated REVPAR rose 7.0 percent in the third quarter. On a constant dollar basis, worldwide comparable systemwide REVPAR rose 6.0 percent and average daily rate rose 4.7 percent using constant dollars;

• At the end of the third quarter, the company’s worldwide pipeline of hotels under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development totaled over 120,000 rooms, not including the 8,100 rooms from the acquisition of the Gaylord brand and hotel management business;

• Nearly 5,000 rooms opened during the quarter, including over 1,400 rooms converted from competitor brands and over 1,600 rooms in international markets. The company signed nearly 13,000 rooms in the third quarter;

• Marriott repurchased 9.6 million shares of the company’s common stock for $353 million during the quarter. Year-to-date through the third quarter, the company repurchased 24.3 million shares for $903 million;

• For comparable Marriott Hotels & Resorts properties in North America, group room revenue increased 8 percent in the third quarter compared to the year ago quarter.

Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today reported third quarter 2012 results.

THIRD QUARTER 2012 RESULTS
Third quarter 2012 net income totaled $143 million, a 40 percent increase compared to third quarter 2011 adjusted net income. Diluted EPS totaled $0.44, a 52 percent increase from adjusted diluted EPS in the year-ago quarter. On July 11, 2012, the company forecasted third quarter diluted EPS of $0.39 to $0.41.

For the third quarter of 2011, the company reported a net loss of $179 million and reported diluted losses per share of $0.52. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS for the year-ago quarter excluded $349 million pretax ($281 million after-tax and $0.81 per diluted share) of timeshare spin-off adjustments totaling $321 million pretax and other charges totaling $28 million pretax. Timeshare spin-off adjustments included items such as the removal of timeshare business operating results and spin-off transaction costs, as well as the addition of license fees and other related items as if the spin-off had occurred on the first day of fiscal 2011. Other charges included an $18 million pretax impairment charge on an investment in equity securities and a $10 million pretax write-off related to one property whose owner filed for bankruptcy. See page A-1 for third quarter 2011 reported results, the timeshare spin-off adjustments, other charges and adjusted results.

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