Chesapeake Lodging Trust (NYSE:CHSP)
Chesapeake Lodging Trust (CHSP), a real estate investment trust company, yesterday reported their preliminary second quarter 2016 financial results. The trust reported that it expects RevPar to increase 2.2% for the second quarter, which was below their outlook provided in April.
Chesapeake Lodging Trust CEO’s Comments
“Our hotel portfolio’s pro forma RevPAR increase of 2.2% for the second quarter 2016 came in below our outlook provided in April as a result of a slowdown in demand from corporate transient customers across our portfolio associated with the generally softening macroeconomic conditions we are seeing in the U.S. and abroad. We see these headwinds continuing as we start the second half of 2016,” said Mr. Francis.
“We are aggressively asset managing our hotels and working closely with our hotel operators to mitigate the current environment. These efforts resulted in our hotel portfolio gaining market share during the quarter, as well as our expectation of meeting our previously provided guidance ranges for EBITDA and AFFO per share.”
CHSP Technical Analysis
CHSP opened trading yesterday at $24.90, which was up from the previous day's trading of $24.84. CHSP closed trading yesterday at $25.11 and spiked down after market to $24.05, equivalent to a 4% decrease from the closing price.
Taking a look at the daily chart, we can see the last time CHSP traded below these levels was on July 7th when it traded at $23.87. Taking a closer look at the daily chart, we can see that CHSP has been on an overall downward trend dating back to March 2nd when it traded at $26.69.
CHSP has a float of 57.38 million shares and traded below the normal daily trading volume on Tuesday. For trading purposes, I would like to see CHSP open trading on Wednesday below $24.40, and if it does I would be looking to take a short position at the bell. My stop loss would be $0.20 from my entry position, fearing anything more than that and the stock would start to fill in the gap down.
Company Profile
Chesapeake Lodging Trust (the Trust), incorporated on June 12, 2009, is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT). The Trust is focused on investments primarily in upper-upscale hotels in business and convention markets and on service hotels in urban settings or locations in the United States. The Trust owns over 20 hotels with over 6,700 rooms in approximately nine states and the District of Columbia. The Trust’s hotel portfolio includes Le Meridien San Francisco, Hyatt Regency Boston, Hilton Checkers Los Angeles, Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, Hyatt Santa Barbara, JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, W New Orleans-French Quarter and Denver Marriott City Center, among others. The Trust’s hotels are located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, New York, Denver, Newton and Boston, among others. The Trust’s operations are conducted through Chesapeake Lodging, L.P., its operating partnership (the Operating Partnership). The Operating Partnership leases its hotels to taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs), which are subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership and are treated as TRSs for federal income tax purposes. The TRSs then engage hotel management companies to operate the hotels pursuant to management agreements.