Market Update

Marriott International surged 2.6% to $253.83 after the hotel chain operator reported first-quarter 2025 results.

Net fee revenue jumped 5% to $1.28 billion from $1.19 billion, net income edged up 18% to $665 million from $564 million, and diluted earnings per share rose 24% to $2.39 from $1.93 a year ago.

The company added 12,200 net rooms during the quarter, an increase of 4.6% from a year earlier.

At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s worldwide development pipeline totaled 3,800 properties and over 587,000 rooms, an increase of 7.4% from the prior year.

The company repurchased 2.8 million shares for $0.8 billion in the quarter, and year to date through April 29, the company has returned over $1.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

Marriott guided second-quarter revenue to be between $1.38 billion and $1.39 billion, compared to $1.34 billion in 2024, and adjusted diluted earnings per share to be between $2.57 and $2.62, compared to $2.50 a year earlier.

The hotel company estimated revenue per available room in the second quarter to grow between 1.5% and 2.5% from the prior year.

For the full year 2025, the company expects revenue to be between $5.36 billion and $5.47 billion, compared to $5.17 billion in 2024, and adjusted diluted earnings per share to be between $9.82 and $10.19, compared to $9.33 a year ago.

Marriott expects net rooms to grow nearly 5%, with worldwide revenue per available room increasing between 1.5% and 3.5% in 2025.


07 May, 2025