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PPHE Hotel Group: Up For The Challenge

Published 03/09/2017, 04:44 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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PPHE Hotel Group Ltd (LON:PPH) has delivered on a confident post-close update with 2016 EBITDA well above expectations. H2 recovery in London despite headwinds and sustained buoyancy in newly consolidated Croatia made up for H1 disappointment, which is all the more encouraging as these are likely to be the company’s medium-term profit drivers. Valuation is low in terms of EV/EBITDA and at a glaring discount to real asset value (‘fair value’ adjustment of c 1,000p/share to reported 782p NAV will only increase on inclusion of new high-value estate).

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H2 back on form

After August’s profit warning (higher than expected costs and delayed openings), PPHE’s second half performance makes good reading. London, its largest profit centre, looks to have clearly outperformed the market by almost recovering its H1 RevPAR shortfall (we estimate 5%), thereby mitigating severe cost pressures to deliver maintained EBITDA. In Croatia 11% rate-led revenue gain in its key trading period contributed to pro forma constant currency EBITDA up 8%. External factors were also favourable, notably foreign exchange, reclassification of pre-opening costs as exceptional and a one-off €1m lower incentive rent in Germany as well as delays to the openings of Waterloo and Park Royal, which curbed trading losses. Predictably, Netherlands softened (RevPAR -5%) after a strong H1, partly because sterling weakness depressed Amsterdam’s key feeder market from the UK.

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