Park Hotels & Resorts Dives Deep Into the Red in Q2

The global economy has been damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, with few sectors pummeled as badly as hospitality. Take Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: PK), which just reported a quarter that showed steep declines in key metrics and large numbers with minus signs in front of them.

For the second quarter of 2020, the hospitality real estate investment trust (REIT) saw its total revenue fall off a cliff, plummeting by 94% on a year-over-year basis to $42 million. The company's bottom line as reported under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) swung into the red to $261 million ($1.10 per share) from the Q2 2019 net profit of $84 million.

Adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) -- considered the most accurate measure of profitability for REITs -- also flipped negative for Park Hotels, to a loss of $175 million ($0.75 per share) from the year-ago profit of $164 million.

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