U-Haul Holding Company (NYSE: UHAL, UHAL.B), parent of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, today reported net earnings available to shareholders for the year ended March 31, 2024, of $628.7 million, compared with $924.5 million for the same period last year.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company reported net losses available to shareholders of ($0.9) million compared with net earnings of $37.4 million, for the same period last year.
“We are still a bit shy of where I expected to be on One-way moving transactions,” stated Joe Shoen, chairman of U-Haul Holding Company. “Our self-storage product has been strong. Rate cutting across many markets could erode our so far firm self-storage pricing. I continue to see pockets of opportunity for self-storage expansion and am pursuing these. We have a solid team in place and are focused.”
Highlights of Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter 2024 Results
- Self-moving equipment rental revenues decreased $10.0 million, or 1%, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, and finished the full year down $253.2 million, or 7%, compared with fiscal 2023. For the quarter and full year transactions, revenue and average miles driven per transaction decreased. We finished the quarter with March monthly revenue slightly better than the same period last year.
- Self-storage revenues increased $17.5 million, or 9%, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, and for the full year increased $86.6 million, or 12%, compared with fiscal 2023. The average number of occupied units increased by 6%, or 31,000 units, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the same period last year. Occupancy across the entire portfolio decreased 1.4% to 79.8% from the fourth quarter of last year to this year while occupancy for the subsection of these locations that have been at 80% occupancy for the last two years was down 1.9% to 92.3%. In fiscal 2024, we added approximately 5.5 million net rentable square feet or 55,000 additional units.
- For the quarter, depreciation on the rental equipment fleet increased $11.6 million while all other depreciation increased $12.3 million from buildings and improvements. Net gains from the sales of rental equipment decreased by $32.0 million. For the full fiscal year depreciation on the rental fleet increased by $44.0 million while all other depreciation increased by $40.0 million largely from buildings and improvements. Net gains from the sale of rental equipment decreased $91.8 million. Net losses from the disposal or retirement of land and buildings increased $2.0 million for the quarter and $2.3 million for the fiscal year.
- Fleet maintenance and repair costs decreased $11.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the same period last year and increased $33.0 million for the full year of fiscal 2024 compared with the same period last year. The decline in the fourth quarter is largely a result of improved rotation of new trucks into the fleet and older trucks out of the fleet combined with the effects of less fleet rental activity this year.
- Other operating costs at the Moving and Storage segment increased $21.3 million in the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year and $66.7 million for the full fiscal year 2024. Personnel costs accounted for an $8.8 million increase for the quarter and $50.4 million for the fiscal year.
- Gross rental equipment capital expenditures for fiscal 2024 were approximately $1,619 million compared with approximately $1,299 million for fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures for the rental fleet, depending upon manufacturer availability, are expected to increase in fiscal 2025. Proceeds from the sales of rental equipment were approximately $728 million for fiscal 2024 compared with $688 million in fiscal 2023. Spending on real estate related acquisitions and projects decreased approximately $83 million to $1,258 million in fiscal 2024 compared with fiscal 2023.
- Cash and credit availability at the Moving and Storage operating segment was $1,886.3 million and $2,499.2 million as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
- On March 6, 2024, we declared a cash dividend on our Non-Voting Common Stock of $0.05 per share to holders of record on March 18, 2024. The dividend was paid on March 28, 2024.
U-Haul Holding Company will file its 10-K on Thursday, May 30, 2024 and hold its investor call for fiscal 2024 on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 8 a.m. Arizona Time (11 a.m. Eastern). The call will be broadcast live over the internet at investors.uhaul.com. To hear a simulcast of the call, or a replay, visit investors.uhaul.com.
About U-Haul Holding Company
U-Haul Holding Company 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.