AMERCO Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2014 Financial Results
RENO, Nev., Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), parent of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, today reported net earnings available to common shareholders for its second quarter ended September 30, 2013, of $138 million, or $7.06 per share, compared with net earnings of $109.4 million, or $5.61 per share, for the same period last year.
For the six-month period ended September 30, 2013, net earnings available to common shareholders were $251 million, or $12.84 per share compared with net earnings of $190 million, or $9.74 per share, for the same period last year.
"Our efforts to improve convenience for our customers through the addition of new company operated locations and independent dealers along with an expanded fleet of trucks and trailers has resulted in continued revenue growth," stated Joe Shoen, chairman of AMERCO.
Highlights of Second Quarter Fiscal 2014 Results
- Self-moving equipment rental revenues increased $60.6 million or 11% during the second quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2013 on continued growth in moving transactions. Continued expansion of the rental fleet, incremental improvements in utilization and additional retail locations are enabling us to serve more customers.
- Self-storage revenues increased $7.6 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2013. We are increasing both the number of rooms rented through acquisitions and by improving occupancy at existing locations. Over the last twelve months we have added approximately 2.2 million net rentable square feet to our owned self-storage portfolio.
- Operating earnings at our Moving and Storage operating segment increased $38.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 compared with the same period last year. Total revenues climbed $96.6 million while being partially offset by a $58.3 million increase in total costs and expenses. The expense increases included personnel, rental equipment maintenance, operating costs associated with the U-Box program, equipment depreciation and commissions on rental equipment transactions.
- For the first six months of fiscal 2014 compared with the first six months of fiscal 2013 gross truck and trailer capital expenditures were approximately $383 million compared with approximately $331 million, proceeds from sales of rental equipment were $167 million compared with $131 million and spending on real estate related acquisitions and projects increased approximately $84 million to $155 million.
- Cash and credit availability at the Moving and Storage operating segment was $712.7 million at September 30, 2013 compared with $543.6 million at March 31, 2013. Subsequent to the quarter end, we entered into two new real estate loans totaling $150 million.
AMERCO will hold its investor call for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 8 a.m. Arizona Time (10 a.m. Eastern). The call will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.amerco.com. To hear a simulcast of the call, or a replay, visit www.amerco.com.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company. U-Haul is in the shared use business and was founded on the fundamental philosophy that the division of use and specialization of ownership is good for both U-Haul customers and the environment.
Certain of the statements made in this press release regarding our business constitute forward-looking statements as contemplated under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. For a brief discussion of the risks and uncertainties that may affect AMERCO's business and future operating results, please refer to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, which is on file with the SEC.
Report on Business Operations
Listed below on a consolidated basis are revenues for our major product lines for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013.
| Quarter Ended September 30, |
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| 2013 |
2012 |
|||||||
| (Unaudited) |
||||||||
| (In thousands) |
||||||||
| Revenue: |
||||||||
| Self-moving equipment rentals |
$ |
598,931 |
$ |
538,361 |
||||
| Self-storage revenues |
45,572 |
37,978 |
||||||
| Self-moving and self-storage products and service sales |
65,379 |
61,730 |
||||||
| Property management fees |
5,292 |
4,902 |
||||||
| Life insurance premiums |
39,448 |
47,667 |
||||||
| Property and casualty insurance premiums |
10,867 |
8,947 |
||||||
| Net investment and interest income |
19,960 |
15,853 |
||||||
| Other revenue |
51,042 |
28,679 |
||||||
| Consolidated revenue |
$ |
836,491 |
$ |
744,117 |
||||
Listed below are revenues and earnings from operations at each of our operating segments for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013.
| Quarter Ended September 30, |
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| 2013 |
2012 |
|||
| (Unaudited) |
||||
| (In thousands) |
||||
| Moving and storage |
||||
| Revenues |
$ |
772,199 |
$ |
675,569 |
| Earnings from operations before equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
226,109 |
187,827 |
||
| Property and casualty insurance |
||||
| Revenues |
13,330 |
11,213 |
||
| Earnings from operations |
6,411 |
2,342 |
||
| Life insurance |
||||
| Revenues |
54,673 |
58,224 |
||
| Earnings from operations |
7,542 |
4,222 |
||
| Eliminations |
||||
| Revenues |
(3,711) |
(889) |
||
| Earnings from operations before equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
(96) |
(69) |
||
| Consolidated results |
||||
| Revenues |
836,491 |
744,117 |
||
| Earnings from operations |
239,966 |
194,322 |
||
The Company owns and manages self-storage facilities. Self-storage revenues reported in the consolidated financial statements represent Company-owned locations only. U-Haul also provides property management services for storage locations and earns a fee for these services. These storage centers are not owned by the Company and therefore are not reported on the balance sheet and the rental revenues are not reported in the statements of operations. Self-storage data for both our owned and managed locations follows:
| Quarter Ended September 30, |
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| 2013 |
2012 |
||
| (Unaudited) |
|||
| (In thousands, except occupancy rate) |
|||
| Room count as of September 30 |
456 |
435 |
|
| Square footage as of September 30 |
40,980 |
38,818 |
|
| Average monthly number of rooms occupied |
387 |
359 |
|
| Average monthly occupancy rate based on room count |
85.0% |
83.3% |
|
| Average monthly square footage occupied |
35,455 |
32,603 |
|
Listed below on a consolidated basis are revenues for our major product lines for the first six months of fiscal 2014 and 2013.
| Six Months Ended September 30, |
|||||||||
| 2013 |
2012 |
||||||||
| (Unaudited) |
|||||||||
| (In thousands) |
|||||||||
| Revenue: |
|||||||||
| Self-moving equipment rentals |
$ |
1,120,580 |
$ |
1,005,355 |
|||||
| Self-storage revenues |
87,671 |
72,714 |
|||||||
| Self-moving and self-storage products and service sales |
136,070 |
128,908 |
|||||||
| Property management fees |
10,453 |
9,762 |
|||||||
| Life insurance premiums |
80,510 |
94,093 |
|||||||
| Property and casualty insurance premiums |
18,833 |
16,190 |
|||||||
| Net investment and interest income |
38,949 |
30,370 |
|||||||
| Other revenue |
90,256 |
54,401 |
|||||||
| Total revenues |
$ |
1,583,322 |
$ |
1,411,793 |
|||||
Listed below are revenues and earnings from operations at each of our operating segments for the first six months of fiscal 2014 and 2013. The insurance companies first six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
| Six Months Ended September 30, |
|||||
| 2013 |
2012 |
||||
| (Unaudited) |
|||||
| (In thousands) |
|||||
| Moving and storage |
|||||
| Revenues |
$ |
1,456,602 |
$ |
1,278,418 |
|
| Earnings from operations before equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
420,117 |
334,786 |
|||
| Property and casualty insurance |
|||||
| Revenues |
23,773 |
20,656 |
|||
| Earnings from operations |
10,801 |
4,929 |
|||
| Life insurance |
|||||
| Revenues |
109,452 |
114,366 |
|||
| Earnings from operations |
11,602 |
5,626 |
|||
| Eliminations |
|||||
| Revenues |
(6,505) |
(1,647) |
|||
| Earnings from operations before equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
(178) |
(140) |
|||
| Consolidated results |
|||||
| Revenues |
1,583,322 |
1,411,793 |
|||
| Earnings from operations |
442,342 |
345,201 |
|||
The Company owns and manages self-storage facilities. Self-storage revenues reported in the consolidated financial statements represent Company-owned locations only. U-Haul also provides property management services for storage locations and earns a fee for these services. These storage centers are not owned by the Company and therefore are not reported on the balance sheet and the rental revenues are not reported in the statements of operations. Self-storage data for both our owned and managed locations follows:
| Six Months Ended September 30, |
|||
| 2013 |
2012 |
||
| (Unaudited) |
|||
| (In thousands, except occupancy rate) |
|||
| Room count as of September 30 |
456 |
435 |
|
| Square footage as of September 30 |
40,980 |
38,818 |
|
| Average monthly number of rooms occupied |
379 |
350 |
|
| Average monthly occupancy rate based on room count |
83.7% |
81.6% |
|
| Average monthly square footage occupied |
34,668 |
31,745 |
|
| AMERCO AND CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES |
||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
||||||
| September 30, 2013 |
March 31, 2013 |
|||||
| (Unaudited) |
||||||
| ASSETS |
(In thousands) |
|||||
| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
679,576 |
$ |
463,744 |
||
| Reinsurance recoverables and trade receivables, net |
237,235 |
261,789 |
||||
| Inventories, net |
61,430 |
56,396 |
||||
| Prepaid expenses |
55,129 |
57,451 |
||||
| Investments, fixed maturities and marketable equities |
1,114,340 |
1,095,338 |
||||
| Investments, other |
212,707 |
241,765 |
||||
| Deferred policy acquisition costs, net |
109,303 |
93,043 |
||||
| Other assets |
104,591 |
99,986 |
||||
| Related party assets |
168,830 |
182,035 |
||||
| 2,743,141 |
2,551,547 |
|||||
| Property, plant and equipment, at cost: |
||||||
| Land |
363,142 |
333,228 |
||||
| Buildings and improvements |
1,313,963 |
1,197,875 |
||||
| Furniture and equipment |
311,765 |
311,142 |
||||
| Rental trailers and other rental equipment |
350,101 |
317,476 |
||||
| Rental trucks |
2,330,298 |
2,154,688 |
||||
| 4,669,269 |
4,314,409 |
|||||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation |
(1,636,065) |
(1,559,355) |
||||
| Total property, plant and equipment |
3,033,204 |
2,755,054 |
||||
| Total assets |
$ |
5,776,345 |
$ |
5,306,601 |
||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
||||||
| Liabilities: |
||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ |
362,493 |
$ |
358,491 |
||
| Notes, loans and leases payable |
1,775,119 |
1,661,845 |
||||
| Policy benefits and losses, claims and loss expenses payable |
1,115,025 |
1,115,048 |
||||
| Liabilities from investment contracts |
570,321 |
510,789 |
||||
| Other policyholders' funds and liabilities |
7,788 |
7,294 |
||||
| Deferred income |
32,388 |
30,217 |
||||
| Deferred income taxes |
451,392 |
393,658 |
||||
| Total liabilities |
4,314,526 |
4,077,342 |
||||
| Stockholders' equity: |
||||||
| Common stock |
10,497 |
10,497 |
||||
| Additional paid-in capital |
440,938 |
438,168 |
||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(44,109) |
(22,680) |
||||
| Retained earnings |
1,733,589 |
1,482,630 |
||||
| Cost of common shares in treasury, net |
(525,653) |
(525,653) |
||||
| Cost of preferred shares in treasury, net |
(151,997) |
(151,997) |
||||
| Unearned employee stock ownership plan shares |
(1,446) |
(1,706) |
||||
| Total stockholders' equity |
1,461,819 |
1,229,259 |
||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ |
5,776,345 |
$ |
5,306,601 |
||
| AMERCO AND CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES |
|||||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
|||||||||
| Quarter Ended September 30, |
|||||||||
| 2013 |
2012 |
||||||||
| (Unaudited) |
|||||||||
| (In thousands, except share and per share data) |
|||||||||
| Revenues: |
|||||||||
| Self-moving equipment rentals |
$ |
598,931 |
$ |
538,361 |
|||||
| Self-storage revenues |
45,572 |
37,978 |
|||||||
| Self-moving and self-storage products and service sales |
65,379 |
61,730 |
|||||||
| Property management fees |
5,292 |
4,902 |
|||||||
| Life insurance premiums |
39,448 |
47,667 |
|||||||
| Property and casualty insurance premiums |
10,867 |
8,947 |
|||||||
| Net investment and interest income |
19,960 |
15,853 |
|||||||
| Other revenue |
51,042 |
28,679 |
|||||||
| Total revenues |
836,491 |
744,117 |
|||||||
| Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||
| Operating expenses |
350,540 |
310,214 |
|||||||
| Commission expenses |
78,378 |
68,564 |
|||||||
| Cost of sales |
34,532 |
30,912 |
|||||||
| Benefits and losses |
37,992 |
48,472 |
|||||||
| Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs |
6,057 |
3,088 |
|||||||
| Lease expense |
25,818 |
29,591 |
|||||||
| Depreciation, net of (gains) on disposals of (($9,311) and ($5,532), respectively) |
63,208 |
58,954 |
|||||||
| Total costs and expenses |
596,525 |
549,795 |
|||||||
| Earnings from operations |
239,966 |
194,322 |
|||||||
| Interest expense |
(23,118) |
(22,113) |
|||||||
| Pretax earnings |
216,848 |
172,209 |
|||||||
| Income tax expense |
(78,857) |
(62,789) |
|||||||
| Earnings available to common shareholders |
$ |
137,991 |
$ |
109,420 |
|||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per common share |
$ |
7.06 |
$ |
5.61 |
|||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted |
19,554,633 |
19,512,550 |
|||||||
| AMERCO AND CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES |
||||||||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
||||||||||||
| Six Months Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||
| 2013 |
2012 |
|||||||||||
| (Unaudited) |
||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except share and per share data) |
||||||||||||
| Revenues: |
||||||||||||
| Self-moving equipment rentals |
$ |
1,120,580 |
$ |
1,005,355 |
||||||||
| Self-storage revenues |
87,671 |
72,714 |
||||||||||
| Self-moving and self-storage products and service sales |
136,070 |
128,908 |
||||||||||
| Property management fees |
10,453 |
9,762 |
||||||||||
| Life insurance premiums |
80,510 |
94,093 |
||||||||||
| Property and casualty insurance premiums |
18,833 |
16,190 |
||||||||||
| Net investment and interest income |
38,949 |
30,370 |
||||||||||
| Other revenue |
90,256 |
54,401 |
||||||||||
| Total revenues |
1,583,322 |
1,411,793 |
||||||||||
| Costs and expenses: |
||||||||||||
| Operating expenses |
660,041 |
593,607 |
||||||||||
| Commission expenses |
147,005 |
129,671 |
||||||||||
| Cost of sales |
70,102 |
63,139 |
||||||||||
| Benefits and losses |
80,625 |
96,810 |
||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs |
9,740 |
5,899 |
||||||||||
| Lease expense |
52,825 |
62,387 |
||||||||||
| Depreciation, net of (gains) on disposals of (($20,876) and ($13,048), respectively) |
120,642 |
115,079 |
||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses |
1,140,980 |
1,066,592 |
||||||||||
| Earnings from operations |
442,342 |
345,201 |
||||||||||
| Interest expense |
(46,446) |
(45,604) |
||||||||||
| Pretax earnings |
395,896 |
299,597 |
||||||||||
| Income tax expense |
(144,937) |
(109,608) |
||||||||||
| Earnings available to common shareholders |
$ |
250,959 |
$ |
189,989 |
||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per common share |
$ |
12.84 |
$ |
9.74 |
||||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted |
19,550,128 |
19,507,456 |
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SOURCE AMERCO
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