By Sabela Ojea
U-Haul Holding logged lower profit in its fiscal third quarter, but said revenue rose amid self-moving equipment rental and self-storage growth.
The parent company of U-Haul International, Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance and Amerco Real Estate, on Wednesday posted a net profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 of $67.2 million, or 30 cents a share, compared with $99.2 million, or 46 cents a share, for the same period a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet had forecast earnings of 35 cents.
Revenue rose 3.7% to $1.39 billion, beating the $1.35 billion expected by Wall Street.
The company said that self-moving equipment rental revenue rose to $878.6 million from $839.8 million a year ago, with self-storage revenue rising to $227.1 million from $210.5 million.
"Moving activity increased over the quarter as demand for our products and services ticked up," Chief Executive Joe Shoen said.
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