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Feb. 11, 2014 5:11 PM ET | About: Textainer Group Holdings Limited (TGH) by: SA Transcripts
Michael Webber Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Welcome to the Textainer Group Holdings Fourth Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Christine, and I will be your operator for today's call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded.
Thank oocl cargo tracking you and welcome to our 2013 fourth quarter earnings conference call. Joining me on this morning's call are Phil Brewer, TGH President and Chief Executive Officer. At the end of our prepared remarks, Robert Pedersen, TEM President and Chief Executive Officer will join us for the Q&A.
Before I turn the call over to Phil, I'd like to point out that this conference call contains forward-looking statements in accordance with U.S. securities laws. These statements oocl cargo tracking involve risk and uncertainties are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results.
Finally, the company's views, estimates, plans and outlook as described within oocl cargo tracking this call may change subsequent to this discussion. The company is under no obligation to modify oocl cargo tracking or update any or all of the statements that are made.
Please see the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013, and any subsequent quarterly filings on Form 6-K for additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
I would also like to point out during this call, we will discuss oocl cargo tracking non-GAAP financial measures, as such measures are not prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure will be provided either on this conference call or can be found in today's earnings press release.
Thank you, Hilliard. I would like to welcome all of you to Textainer's fourth quarter 2013 earnings conference call. Both the fourth quarter and 2013 as a whole were periods of significant revenue and fleet growth for Textainer.
Total annual revenues increased 9% to $529 million. Notwithstanding declines in rental rates and 2.4 percentage point lower level of average utilization, oocl cargo tracking lease revenues increased that in even faster rate rising oocl cargo tracking 15% quarter-to-quarter and 22% year-to-year. oocl cargo tracking
Adjusted EBITDA increased 9% for the year to $430 million. The increase in our fleet size was equally impressive. Textainer invested $950 million in containers for delivery in 2013 comprised of $752 million invested in new and used containers during 2013, following a $198 million invested in new containers in the fourth quarter of 2012 for leased out in 2013. We believe oocl cargo tracking among lessors, we were the largest buyer of dry freight oocl cargo tracking containers in 2013 and among the top investors in dry, specialized and refrigerated containers.
Adjusted net income for 2013 was $175 million representing return on average oocl cargo tracking equity of 17.3%. We announced dividend of $0.47 per share, which brings our total 2013 dividend to the $1.85 per share. This continues our tradition of maintaining or increasing our dividend every quarter oocl cargo tracking since going public in 2007. Our focus is to pay a dividend, which is sustainable and which provides to the proper mix between rewarding shareholders and maintaining capital for future investments.
Our yearend stands 300 million TEU, an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2012. We are the first and only lessor with 3 million TEU fleet. oocl cargo tracking Achieving economies of scale are critical to success oocl cargo tracking in the container leasing industry. We believe our size, operating efficiency and industry lowest cost per container per day provide us a competitive advantage.
In January, we acquired 30,000 TEU of standard dry freight containers from our managed fleet for $35 million. The portion of our fleet which we own grew by 4% from the end of 2012 to 77% currently the highest level in our history. A 2.3 million TEU we believe our owned fleet itself is as large as or larger than any of our competitors.
We have invested or committed to invest more than $10 million in tank under our joint venture with Trifleet. We have had a sole supplier contract with the U.S. Department of Defense in 2003, covering the program management, leasing transportation oocl cargo tracking and repair of intermodal equipment. The contract oocl cargo tracking was subject to renewal and open for bids last year.
At this point 2014 is difficult to predict. The year started out on a positive note. Prior to Chinese New Year, we saw an increase in utilization and an improvement in lease terms, with higher rental rates and fewer free days for new container lease out.
We have also seen an increase of approximately 10% in new container prices. As we had anticipa
Feb. 11, 2014 5:11 PM ET | About: Textainer Group Holdings Limited (TGH) by: SA Transcripts
Michael Webber Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Welcome to the Textainer Group Holdings Fourth Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Christine, and I will be your operator for today's call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded.
Thank oocl cargo tracking you and welcome to our 2013 fourth quarter earnings conference call. Joining me on this morning's call are Phil Brewer, TGH President and Chief Executive Officer. At the end of our prepared remarks, Robert Pedersen, TEM President and Chief Executive Officer will join us for the Q&A.
Before I turn the call over to Phil, I'd like to point out that this conference call contains forward-looking statements in accordance with U.S. securities laws. These statements oocl cargo tracking involve risk and uncertainties are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results.
Finally, the company's views, estimates, plans and outlook as described within oocl cargo tracking this call may change subsequent to this discussion. The company is under no obligation to modify oocl cargo tracking or update any or all of the statements that are made.
Please see the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013, and any subsequent quarterly filings on Form 6-K for additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
I would also like to point out during this call, we will discuss oocl cargo tracking non-GAAP financial measures, as such measures are not prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure will be provided either on this conference call or can be found in today's earnings press release.
Thank you, Hilliard. I would like to welcome all of you to Textainer's fourth quarter 2013 earnings conference call. Both the fourth quarter and 2013 as a whole were periods of significant revenue and fleet growth for Textainer.
Total annual revenues increased 9% to $529 million. Notwithstanding declines in rental rates and 2.4 percentage point lower level of average utilization, oocl cargo tracking lease revenues increased that in even faster rate rising oocl cargo tracking 15% quarter-to-quarter and 22% year-to-year. oocl cargo tracking
Adjusted EBITDA increased 9% for the year to $430 million. The increase in our fleet size was equally impressive. Textainer invested $950 million in containers for delivery in 2013 comprised of $752 million invested in new and used containers during 2013, following a $198 million invested in new containers in the fourth quarter of 2012 for leased out in 2013. We believe oocl cargo tracking among lessors, we were the largest buyer of dry freight oocl cargo tracking containers in 2013 and among the top investors in dry, specialized and refrigerated containers.
Adjusted net income for 2013 was $175 million representing return on average oocl cargo tracking equity of 17.3%. We announced dividend of $0.47 per share, which brings our total 2013 dividend to the $1.85 per share. This continues our tradition of maintaining or increasing our dividend every quarter oocl cargo tracking since going public in 2007. Our focus is to pay a dividend, which is sustainable and which provides to the proper mix between rewarding shareholders and maintaining capital for future investments.
Our yearend stands 300 million TEU, an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2012. We are the first and only lessor with 3 million TEU fleet. oocl cargo tracking Achieving economies of scale are critical to success oocl cargo tracking in the container leasing industry. We believe our size, operating efficiency and industry lowest cost per container per day provide us a competitive advantage.
In January, we acquired 30,000 TEU of standard dry freight containers from our managed fleet for $35 million. The portion of our fleet which we own grew by 4% from the end of 2012 to 77% currently the highest level in our history. A 2.3 million TEU we believe our owned fleet itself is as large as or larger than any of our competitors.
We have invested or committed to invest more than $10 million in tank under our joint venture with Trifleet. We have had a sole supplier contract with the U.S. Department of Defense in 2003, covering the program management, leasing transportation oocl cargo tracking and repair of intermodal equipment. The contract oocl cargo tracking was subject to renewal and open for bids last year.
At this point 2014 is difficult to predict. The year started out on a positive note. Prior to Chinese New Year, we saw an increase in utilization and an improvement in lease terms, with higher rental rates and fewer free days for new container lease out.
We have also seen an increase of approximately 10% in new container prices. As we had anticipa