Textainer Group Holdings Limited Reports First-Quarter 2021 Results

HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 first-quarter ended March 31, 2021.

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

• Net income of $62.1 million for the first quarter or $1.22 per diluted common share, as compared to $44.3 million, or $0.87 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2020;
• Adjusted net income of $59.2 million for the first quarter, or $1.16 per diluted common share, as compared to $41.1 million, or $0.81 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2020;
• Adjusted EBITDA of $153.1 million for the first quarter, as compared to $136.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2020;
• Utilization averaged 99.6% for the first quarter, and is currently at 99.7%;
• Invested $580 million in containers delivered during the first quarter, virtually all of which are currently on lease;
• As announced on March 30, 2021, issued $651 million of fixed-rate asset backed notes that closed on April 20, 2021. Proceeds were used to pay off the 2019-1 notes and to pay down variable-rate bank facilities, which will further lower our effective interest rate and create additional borrowing capacity for future container investment;
• Repurchased 546,220 shares of common stock at an average price of $19.68 per share during the first quarter under the share repurchase program. On May 1, 2021, Textainer's board of directors authorized an increase to the share repurchase program for an additional $50 million of the Company's outstanding shares; and
• As announced on April 14, 2021, completed an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of its 7% Series A cumulative redeemable perpetual preference shares, for an aggregate public offering price of $150 million. Textainer's board of directors approved and declared a quarterly preferred cash dividend, payable on June 15, 2021, to holders of record as of May 31, 2021.     

"We are very pleased with our record first quarter results and revenue growth which confirms our strong turnaround. When adjusted for the fewer number of billing days, our lease rental income was 7% higher than in the prior quarter and 16% higher when compared to the first quarter of last year, a solid improvement achieved with unprecedented growth in profitable long-term leases of new containers. We also reported record adjusted EBITDA, which increased $16.3 million, or 11.9%, to $153.1 million, as well as record adjusted net income, which increased $18.0 million, or 43.8%, to $59.2 million, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020. Our utilization rate averaged 99.6% and return on equity, calculated using the annualized adjusted net income for the quarter, increased to 18%" stated Olivier Ghesquiere, President and Chief Executive Officer of Textainer Group Holdings Limited.

"We continue to benefit from favorable market conditions underpinned by high trade volumes, resulting in high container demand and prices, and attractive lease yields. We are investing heavily to support this strong market and have taken delivery of containers totaling $580 million during the first quarter and ordered additional containers totaling $700 million for delivery through July 2021.  Substantially all these containers are already on, or committed to, attractive long-term leases with the average lease tenure of all contracts negotiated so far this year in excess of 12 years."

"From July 2020 through July 2021 we will have invested a total of $2.2 billion in new containers that will provide strong cash flow and attractive revenue for many years to come and help facilitate continued profitability improvement.  This is a significant investment volume, representing 45% of our container asset value as of the beginning of this period. At the same time, we continue to support our historically high utilization rate by successfully renewing expiring leases under long-term arrangements that guarantee most containers will remain on lease until reaching their sales age, further securing our stable future cash flow."

"In addition to our strong operating performance, we also continued to take actions to further support the strength of our financial position, including the successful completion of a $651 million fixed-rate asset backed financing, increasing our buyback program by $50 million, and issuing $150 million in attractively priced perpetual preferred shares."

"As we look ahead, we expect industry fundamentals will remain favorable through at least the remainder of 2021, mostly driven by a strong economy, continued demand for container trade and stable container production. We plan to continue our disciplined approach to fleet growth, deploying our ample liquidity in new container investments for the most attractive long-term opportunities. We remain committed to our strategic plan and focused on enhancing financial performance and delivering long-term value to our shareholders." concluded Ghesquiere.

First-Quarter Results

Lease rental income increased $7.8 million from the fourth quarter of 2020 due to an increase in fleet size, utilization and average rental rate.

Gain on sale of owned fleet containers, net increased $4.5 million from the fourth quarter of 2020, due to a strong increase in the average gain per container sold.

Direct container expense – owned fleet decreased $3.5 million from the fourth quarter of 2020, which includes lower storage costs and maintenance and handling expense resulting from higher utilization.

Container lessee default recovery was positive by $4.0 million for the quarter, which includes the restructuring and recovery of an insolvent customer that had previously defaulted and was written down during the second quarter of 2019.

Interest expense increased $1.1 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, due to a higher average debt balance, partially offset by a decrease in our average effective interest rate. Realized loss on derivative instruments, net, decreased $0.4 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

Conference Call and Webcast

A conference call to discuss the financial results for the first quarter 2021 will be held at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. 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 approximately 3.8 million TEU in our owned and managed fleet. We lease containers to approximately 250 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. We sold an average of approximately 150,000 containers per year for the last five years to more than 1,500 customers making us 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) expiring leases renewals will  secure stable future cash flows; (ii) $2.2 billion in new containers will provide strong cash flow and attractive revenue for many years to come and help facilitate continued profitability improvement; and (iii) we expect industry fundamentals will remain favorable through at least the remainder of 2021; 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 March 18, 2021.

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
[email protected]

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, as we intend to hold derivative instruments until maturity and any unrealized gain or loss on derivative instruments is a non-cash, non-operating item. 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 months ended March 31, 2021, December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2020.

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.

SOURCE Textainer Group Holdings Limited

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