U-Haul's Truck and Equipment Haul Business Encounters Profitability Challenges in Latest Quarter

Rekt_Recovery · 2026-02-17T12:07:34+00:00

U-Haul Holding Company reported a net loss of $37 million in Q3, reversing last year's profit. Despite a 2% revenue increase to $1.416 billion, operational challenges hindered profitability. The non-voting share class faced even larger losses, highlighting the tough market conditions.

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2026-02-17 12:07:34

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U-Haul Holding Company saw its bottom line reverse course in the third quarter, reporting a net loss of $37.0 million or $0.23 per share. This marks a significant swing from the prior year’s same period, when the equipment haul and vehicle rental company posted net earnings of $67.2 million or $0.30 per share. The dramatic shift underscores the mounting pressures facing the rental and transportation sector.

Revenue Shows Modest Growth Despite Profit Decline

Despite the earnings disappointment, the company’s total revenues for the quarter expanded modestly to $1.416 billion, up from $1.388 billion in the comparable prior-year period. This 2% revenue increase suggests that the volume of haul transactions remained relatively stable. However, the improvement in top-line sales failed to translate into profitability, indicating potential margin compression or elevated operational costs that squeezed the company’s bottom line performance.

Divergent Performance Across Share Classes

The non-voting share class (UHAL.B) posted losses of $0.18 per share for Q3, compared to earnings of $0.35 per share for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. This wider loss per share, relative to the overall company loss of $0.23 per share, reflects the different capital structures and profit allocation mechanisms between the voting and non-voting share classes of the equipment haul specialist.

According to RTTNews, these results highlight the operational headwinds facing U-Haul in a challenging rental market environment. The company’s inability to convert higher revenues into profits suggests that pricing power remains constrained, even as the company works to optimize its truck and equipment haul operations across its extensive network of locations nationwide.

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