February 16, 2021 – Triton International Limited (NYSE:TRTN) ("Triton"):
Highlights
- Net income attributable to common shareholders was $115.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, or $1.70 per diluted share.
- Adjusted net income was $114.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, or $1.70 per diluted share, an increase of 49.1% per diluted share from the third quarter of 2020.
- Net income attributable to shareholders was $288.4 million for the full year of 2020, or $4.16 per diluted share.
- Adjusted net income was $319.9 million for the full year of 2020, or $4.61 per diluted share, an increase of 0.9% from 2019.
- Trade volumes and container demand were exceptionally strong in the fourth quarter. Utilization increased 1.5% during the quarter to reach 98.9% as of December 31, 2020. Utilization averaged 98.1% for the fourth quarter of 2020 and 96.2% for the full year 2020.
- Triton purchased $861.8 million of new and sale leaseback containers for delivery in 2020; almost $550 million of these containers were accepted in the fourth quarter. As of February 9, 2021, Triton has ordered approximately $1.7 billion of containers for delivery in 2021. Most of these containers have already been committed to leases.
- Triton repurchased 1.4 million common shares during the fourth quarter and repurchased 5.1 million common shares during the full year of 2020. Triton has purchased over 13.9 million common shares since the inception of the program in August 2018.
- Triton's Board of Directors announced a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per common share payable on March 26, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 12, 2021.
Financial Results
The following table summarizes Triton's selected key financial information for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the three months ended September 30, 2020.
| (1) | Net income attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 includes a $24.7 million write off of unamortized debt and other costs related to the prepayment of ABS notes and other facilities and $8.6 million of non-cash tax expense related to an intra-entity transfer of assets. These two items are excluded in arriving at Adjusted net income. |
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| (2) | Refer to the "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Items" and "Non-GAAP Reconciliations of Adjusted Net Income" set forth below. |
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| (3) | Refer to the "Calculation of Return on Equity" set forth below. |
Operating Performance
Outlook
Dividends
Triton's Board of Directors has approved and declared a $0.57 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding common shares, payable on March 26, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 12, 2021.
The Company's Board of Directors also approved and declared a cash dividend payable on March 15, 2021 to holders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2021 on its issued and outstanding preferred shares as follows:
Share Repurchase Update
As of February 9, 2021, we have repurchased approximately 13.9 million common shares since the inception of the program in August 2018 for a total of $436.8 million at an average price per-share of $31.40. As of February 9, 2021, the Company had a total of $102.1 million remaining under the current authorization.
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About Triton International Limited
Triton International Limited is the world's largest lessor of intermodal freight containers. With a container fleet of 6.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units ("TEU"), Triton's global operations include acquisition, leasing, re-leasing and subsequent sale of multiple types of intermodal containers and chassis.
Utilization and Fleet Information
The following table summarizes the equipment fleet utilization for the periods indicated:
The following table summarizes the equipment fleet as of December 31, 2020, September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019 (in units, TEUs and CEUs):
Important Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
-Financial Tables Follow-
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Items
We use the terms "Adjusted net income" and return on equity throughout this press release.
Adjusted net income and return on equity are not items presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to, or more meaningful than, amounts determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including net income.
Adjusted net income is adjusted for certain items management believes are not representative of our operating performance. Adjusted net income is defined as net income attributable to common shareholders excluding debt termination expenses net of tax, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments net of tax, and foreign and other income tax adjustments.
We believe that Adjusted net income is useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because this item:
- is widely used by securities analysts and investors to measure a company's operating performance;
- helps investors to more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure, our asset base and certain non-routine events which we do not expect to occur in the future; and
- is used by our management for various purposes, including as measures of operating performance and liquidity, to assist in comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis, in presentations to our board of directors concerning our financial performance and as a basis for strategic planning and forecasting.
We have provided a reconciliation of net income attributable to common shareholders, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to Adjusted net income in the table below for the three months ended December 31, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
Additionally, the calculation for return on equity is adjusted annualized earnings divided by average shareholders' equity. Management utilizes return on equity in evaluating how much profit the Company generates on the shareholders' equity in the Company and believes it is useful for comparing the profitability of companies in the same industry.
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