Textainer Group Holdings Limited Reports Second-Quarter 2023 Results and Declares Dividend

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH; JSE: TXT) (“Textainer”, “the Company”, “we” and “our”), one of the world’s largest lessors of intermodal containers, today reported financial results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Key Financial Information (in thousands except for per share and TEU amounts) and Business Highlights:

		QTD
		Q2 2023				Q1 2023				Q2 2022
Total lease rental income		$	192,163			$	194,901			$	203,232
Gain on sale of owned fleet containers, net		$	7,703			$	9,548			$	23,213
Income from operations		$	97,678			$	100,379			$	122,847
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	51,332			$	53,626			$	78,590
Net income attributable to common shareholders    per diluted common share		$	1.20			$	1.22			$	1.63
Adjusted net income (1)		$	51,332			$	53,624			$	78,522
Adjusted net income per diluted common share (1)		$	1.20			$	1.22			$	1.63
Adjusted EBITDA (1)		$	162,958			$	166,985			$	191,086
Average fleet utilization (2)			98.8	%			98.8	%			99.6	%
Total fleet size at end of period (TEU) (3)			4,334,809				4,375,474				4,508,490
Owned percentage of total fleet at end of period			93.8	%			93.7	%			93.3	%

(1)  Refer to the “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” set forth below.

(2)  Utilization is computed by dividing total units on lease in CEUs (cost equivalent unit) by the total units in our fleet in CEUs, excluding CEUs that have been designated as held for sale and units manufactured for us but not yet delivered to a lessee. CEU is a unit of measurement based on the approximate cost of a container relative to the cost of a standard 20-foot dry container. These factors may differ from CEU ratios used by others in the industry.

(3)  TEU refers to a twenty-foot equivalent unit, which is a unit of measurement used in the container shipping industry to compare shipping containers of various lengths to a standard 20-foot container, thus a 20-foot container is one TEU and a 40-foot container is two TEU.

• Net income of $51.3 million for the second quarter, or $1.20 per diluted common share, as compared to $53.6 million, or $1.22 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2023;
• Adjusted EBITDA of $163.0 million for the second quarter, as compared to $167.0 million for the first quarter of 2023;
• Second quarter average and current utilization rate of 98.8% and 98.9%, respectively;
• Added $135.2 million of new containers through the first six months of 2023, virtually all assigned to long-term leases with expected on-hire dates throughout the third quarter;
• Repurchased 1,148,711 common shares at an average price of $36.86 per share during the second quarter. On July 24, 2023, Textainer's board of directors authorized a further increase of $100 million to the share repurchase program. Combined with the increased authorization, the remaining available authority under the share repurchase program totaled $139 million as of the end of the second quarter;
• Textainer’s board of directors approved and declared a quarterly preferred cash dividend on its 7.00% Series A and its 6.25% Series B cumulative redeemable perpetual preference shares, payable on September 15, 2023, to holders of record as of September 1, 2023; and
• Textainer’s board of directors approved and declared a $0.30 per common share cash dividend, payable on September 15, 2023 to holders of record as of September 1, 2023.

“We are very pleased with our second quarter results which demonstrate the stability and resilience of our long tenured lease portfolio combined with our well-structured fixed and hedged financing. For the quarter, utilization was stable at a high level of 98.8% and lease rental income remained firm at $192 million. Adjusted net income was $51 million, or $1.20 per diluted common share against $1.22 for the previous quarter,” stated Olivier Ghesquiere, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“The conditions across the overall container market remained consistent from the first quarter, with limited, new container demand and very low production volumes which we consider healthy for the industry following two years of elevated volumes. Our priority has therefore continued to focus on optimizing capital allocation and further securing our strong cash flows through continued action on operational efficiencies and lease renewals. As a result, our average lease duration remains at approximately 6 years, and we expect our utilization rate to remain elevated.”

“As we position ourselves for the return of higher cargo volumes in the second half of the year, we have observed the initial signs of higher ship loadings as well as firming ocean freight rates on major shipping routes. We have also noticed a reduction in off hires of older containers and have deployed some limited capex, mostly as a result of confirmed leases that will start generating revenue in the third quarter.”

“While we await the opportune market turn to deploy larger capex volumes, we continue to focus on long-term shareholder value creation as demonstrated by our steady increase in book value per share. In addition to de-leveraging, we continue our buyback program and have now repurchased 5.5% of our outstanding common shares over the first half of the year. We are furthermore pleased to announce that our board of directors has approved an increase of $100 million to our repurchase program, as we continue to view this program as accretive and beneficial to shareholders,” concluded Ghesquiere.

Conference Call and Webcast

A conference call to discuss the financial results for the second quarter of 2023 will be held at 11:00 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The dial-in number for the conference call is 1-877-407-9039 (U.S. & Canada) and 1-201-689-8470 (International). The call and archived replay may also be accessed via webcast on Textainer’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.textainer.com.

About Textainer Group Holdings Limited

Textainer has operated since 1979 and is one of the world’s largest lessors of intermodal containers with more than 4 million TEU in our owned and managed fleet. We lease containers to approximately 200 customers, including all of the world’s leading international shipping lines, and other lessees. Our fleet consists of standard dry freight, refrigerated intermodal containers, and dry freight specials. We also lease tank containers through our relationship with Trifleet Leasing and are a supplier of containers to the U.S. Military. Textainer is one of the largest and most reliable suppliers of new and used containers. In addition to selling older containers from our fleet, we buy older containers from our shipping line customers for trading and resale and we are one of the largest sellers of used containers. Textainer operates via a network of 14 offices and approximately 400 independent depots worldwide. Textainer has a primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TGH) and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: TXT). Visit www.textainer.com for additional information about Textainer.

Important Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not statements of historical facts and may relate to, but are not limited to, expectations or estimates of future operating results or financial performance, capital expenditures, introduction of new products, regulatory compliance, plans for growth and future operations, as well as assumptions relating to the foregoing. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “intend,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar terminology. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the following items that could materially and negatively impact our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and future prospects: (i) As a result, our average lease duration remains at approximately 6 years, and we expect our utilization rate to remain elevated; (ii) and other risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in Textainer’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For a discussion of some of these risks and uncertainties, see Item 3 “Key Information— Risk Factors” in Textainer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2023.

Textainer’s views, estimates, plans and outlook as described within this document may change subsequent to the release of this press release. Textainer is under no obligation to modify or update any or all of the statements it has made herein despite any subsequent changes Textainer may make in its views, estimates, plans or outlook for the future.

Textainer Group Holdings Limited
Investor Relations
Phone: +1 (415) 658-8333
ir@textainer.com

TEXTAINER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(All currency expressed in United States dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended June 30,										Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023					2022					2023					2022
Revenues:
Operating leases - owned fleet		$	143,484				$	152,590				$	288,808				$	304,082
Operating leases - managed fleet			10,693					12,678					21,803					25,319
Finance leases and container leaseback financing receivable - owned fleet			37,986					37,964					76,453					72,549
Total lease rental income			192,163					203,232					387,064					401,950
Management fees - non-leasing			710					673					1,454					1,205
Trading container sales proceeds			4,849					5,392					8,815					13,010
Cost of trading containers sold			(4,650	)				(4,945	)				(8,771	)				(11,701	)
Trading container margin			199					447					44					1,309
Gain on sale of owned fleet containers, net			7,703					23,213					17,251					39,126
Operating expenses:
Direct container expense - owned fleet			10,399					6,779					20,442					12,298
Distribution expense to managed fleet container investors			9,507					11,302					19,432					22,475
Depreciation and amortization			70,527					72,957					142,365					145,450
General and administrative expense			12,752					13,185					25,871					24,712
Bad debt (recovery) expense, net			(100	)				60					(405	)				537
Container lessee default expense, net			12					435					51					555
Total operating expenses			103,097					104,718					207,756					206,027
Income from operations			97,678					122,847					198,057					237,563
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense			(42,138	)				(37,593	)				(84,268	)				(72,902	)
Other, net			2,107					352					3,929					258
Net other expense			(40,031	)				(37,241	)				(80,339	)				(72,644	)
Income before income taxes			57,647					85,606					117,718					164,919
Income tax expense			(1,346	)				(2,047	)				(2,822	)				(3,686	)
Net income			56,301					83,559					114,896					161,233
Less: Dividends on preferred shares			4,969					4,969					9,938					9,938
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	51,332				$	78,590				$	104,958				$	151,295
Net income attributable to common shareholders per share:
Basic		$	1.22				$	1.66				$	2.47				$	3.16
Diluted		$	1.20				$	1.63				$	2.42				$	3.10
Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic			41,963					47,486					42,536					47,942
Diluted			42,862					48,305					43,365					48,799

TEXTAINER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(All currency expressed in United States dollars in thousands, except share data)

		June 30, 2023				December 31, 2022
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	153,738			$	164,818
Marketable securities			-				1,411
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,633 and $1,582, respectively			118,931				114,805
Net investment in finance leases, net of allowance of $191 and $252, respectively			130,681				130,913
Container leaseback financing receivable, net of allowance of $48 and $62, respectively			59,519				53,652
Trading containers			6,651				4,848
Containers held for sale			40,261				31,637
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			8,100				16,703
Due from affiliates, net			3,040				2,758
Total current assets			520,921				521,545
Restricted cash			102,336				102,591
Containers, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,092,858 and $2,029,667, respectively			4,182,242				4,365,124
Net investment in finance leases, net of allowance of $701 and $1,027 respectively			1,624,264				1,689,123
Container leaseback financing receivable, net of allowance of $15 and $52, respectively			834,809				770,980
Derivative instruments			146,994				149,244
Deferred taxes			1,165				1,135
Other assets			22,425				13,492
Total assets		$	7,435,156			$	7,613,234
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	21,363			$	24,160
Container contracts payable			72,618				6,648
Other liabilities			5,667				5,060
Due to container investors, net			14,879				16,132
Debt, net of unamortized costs of $7,607 and $7,938, respectively			392,720				377,898
Total current liabilities			507,247				429,898
Debt, net of unamortized costs of $22,619 and $26,946, respectively			4,872,129				5,127,021
Derivative instruments			475				—
Income tax payable			13,889				13,196
Deferred taxes			16,055				13,105
Other liabilities			31,578				33,725
Total liabilities			5,441,373				5,616,945
Equity:
Textainer Group Holdings Limited shareholders' equity:
Cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred shares, $0.01 par value, $25,000 liquidation preference    per share. Authorized 10,000,000 shares; 12,000 shares issued and outstanding (equivalent   to 12,000,000 depositary shares at $25.00 liquidation preference per depositary share)			300,000				300,000
Common shares, $0.01 par value. Authorized 140,000,000 shares; 60,060,224 shares issued   and 41,336,704 shares outstanding at June 30, 2023; 59,943,282 shares issued and 43,634,655 shares   outstanding at December 31, 2022			601				599
Treasury shares, at cost, 18,723,520 and 16,308,627 shares, respectively			(421,656	)			(337,551	)
Additional paid-in capital			447,886				442,154
Accumulated other comprehensive income			144,665				147,350
Retained earnings			1,522,287				1,443,737
Total shareholders’ equity			1,993,783				1,996,289
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity		$	7,435,156			$	7,613,234

TEXTAINER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(All currency expressed in United States dollars in thousands)

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income		$	114,896			$	161,233
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			142,365				145,450
Bad debt (recovery) expense, net			(405	)			537
Container write-off from lessee default, net			—				241
Amortization of unamortized debt issuance costs and accretion     of bond discounts			4,659				5,206
Gain on sale of owned fleet containers, net			(17,251	)			(39,126	)
Share-based compensation expense			4,551				3,498
Changes in operating assets and liabilities			59,975				107,190
Total adjustments			193,894				222,996
Net cash provided by operating activities			308,790				384,229
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of containers			(32,015	)			(254,963	)
Payment on container leaseback financing receivable			(37,193	)			(468,252	)
Proceeds from sale of containers			85,402				91,292
Receipt of principal payments on container leaseback financing receivable			27,062				30,098
Other			3				(2,119	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			43,259				(603,944	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt			57,000				844,650
Payments on debt			(301,729	)			(483,313	)
Principal repayments on container leaseback financing liability, net			(410	)			(398	)
Purchase of treasury shares			(84,105	)			(81,603	)
Issuance of common shares upon exercise of share options			1,183				3,979
Dividends paid on common shares			(25,398	)			(23,858	)
Dividends paid on preferred shares			(9,938	)			(9,938	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			(363,397	)			249,519
Effect of exchange rate changes			13				(236	)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			(11,335	)			29,568
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of the year			267,409				282,572
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of the period		$	256,074			$	312,140
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Interest paid		$	79,020			$	66,344
Income taxes paid		$	239			$	140
Receipt of payments on finance leases, net of income earned		$	67,562			$	95,712
Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing activities:
Increase in accrued container purchases		$	65,970			$	3,604
Containers placed in finance leases		$	1,225			$	169,620

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement Textainer’s consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the company uses non-GAAP measures of certain components of financial performance. These non-GAAP measures include adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted common share, adjusted EBITDA, headline earnings and headline earnings per basic and diluted common share.

Management believes that adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted common share are useful in evaluating Textainer’s operating performance. Adjusted net income is defined as net income attributable to common shareholders excluding unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities and the related impacts on income taxes. Management considers adjusted EBITDA a widely used industry measure and useful in evaluating Textainer’s ability to fund growth and service long-term debt and other fixed obligations. Headline earnings is reported as a requirement of Textainer’s listing on the JSE. Headline earnings and headline earnings per basic and diluted common shares are calculated from net income which has been determined based on GAAP.

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the tables below for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 and for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Non-GAAP measures are not financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and are presented solely as supplemental disclosures. Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be relied upon in isolation, or as a substitute to net income, income from operations, cash flows from operating activities, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

• They do not reflect cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
• They do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital needs;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest expense or cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on debt;
• Although depreciation expense and container impairment are a non-cash charge, the assets being depreciated may be replaced in the future, and neither adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income or adjusted net income per diluted common share reflects any cash requirements for such replacements;
• They are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows; and
• Other companies in our industry may calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

		Three Months Ended,												Six Months Ended,
		June 30, 2023				March 31, 2023				June 30, 2022				June 30, 2023				June 30, 2022
		(Dollars in thousands,												(Dollars in thousands,
		except per share amounts)												except per share amounts)
		(Unaudited)												(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of adjusted net income:
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	51,332			$	53,626			$	78,590			$	104,958			$	151,295
Adjustments:
Unrealized (gain) loss on marketable securities, net			—				(3	)			(85	)			(3	)			122
Impact of reconciling items on income tax			—				1				17				1				(26	)
Adjusted net income		$	51,332			$	53,624			$	78,522			$	104,956			$	151,391
Adjusted net income per diluted common share		$	1.20			$	1.22			$	1.63			$	2.42			$	3.10

		Three Months Ended,												Six Months Ended,
		June 30, 2023				March 31, 2023				June 30, 2022				June 30, 2023				June 30, 2022
		(Dollars in thousands)												(Dollars in thousands)
		(Unaudited)												(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA:
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	51,332			$	53,626			$	78,590			$	104,958			$	151,295
Adjustments:
Interest income			(2,385	)			(2,082	)			(257	)			(4,467	)			(293	)
Interest expense			42,138				42,130				37,593				84,268				72,902
Unrealized (gain) loss on marketable securities, net			—				(3	)			(85	)			(3	)			122
Income tax expense			1,346				1,476				2,047				2,822				3,686
Depreciation and amortization			70,527				71,838				72,957				142,365				145,450
Container write-off from lessee default, net			—								241				—				241
Adjusted EBITDA		$	162,958			$	166,985			$	191,086			$	329,943			$	373,403

		Three Months Ended,												Six Months Ended,
		June 30, 2023				March 31, 2023				June 30, 2022				June 30, 2023				June 30, 2022
		(Dollars in thousands,												(Dollars in thousands,
		except per share amount)												except per share amount)
		(Unaudited)												(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of headline earnings:
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$	51,332			$	53,626			$	78,590			$	104,958			$	151,295
Adjustments:
Container write-off from lessee default, net			—				—				241				—				241
Impact of reconciling items on income tax											(2	)							(2	)
Headline earnings		$	51,332			$	53,626			$	78,829			$	104,958			$	151,534
Headline earnings per basic common share		$	1.22			$	1.24			$	1.66			$	2.47			$	3.16
Headline earnings per diluted common share		$	1.20			$	1.22			$	1.63			$	2.42			$	3.11