---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001298946-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRH"
cik: "0001298946"
company_name: "DiamondRock Hospitality Co"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:35:05.573900+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DiamondRock Q1 net income $14.5M (+54%), raises guidance, $300M buyback

## Summary
- Net income $14.5M ($0.07 diluted EPS), up 54.3% YoY; Adjusted FFO $0.22/sh, up 15.8%.
- Comparable RevPAR $190.01 (+2.0% YoY); Total RevPAR $298.95 (+2.5%); margin expanded 127 bps.
- Board approved new $300M share repurchase program; repurchased 0.1M shares post-QTR at $9.38.
- Signed new franchise agreement for Westin Boston Seaport District effective Jan 1, 2027.
- One hotel under contract for sale (closing Q2 2026); raised 2026 guidance midpoint.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001298946-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRH
- cik: 0001298946
- company_name: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000024/0001298946-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000024/drh-20260428.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DiamondRock Hospitality Co reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income Net income attributable to common stockholders was $14.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: Net income attributable to common stockholders was $14.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today announced results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. FIRST QUARTER 2026 HIGHLIGHTS • Net Income: Net income attributable to common stockholders was $14.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, an increase of 54.3% and 75.0%, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2025. • Adjusted EBITDA: $60.6 million, an increase of 8.0% compared
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000024/0001298946-26-000024-index.htm

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