Avis Q2 2020 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Avis Budget Group announced Q2 2020 financial results, reporting a net loss of $481 million and an adjusted net loss of $388 million. Total revenues decreased by 67% year-over-year. The company focused on cost removal actions, targeting over $2.5 billion on an annualized basis, and improved cash burn by 36% compared to prior estimates.
Reduced cost base by removing more than $2.5 billion of annualized costs.
Disposed of more than 100,000 vehicles and cancelled over 185,000 incoming vehicle orders.
Amended credit agreement and completed an offering of $500 million of senior secured notes to provide additional liquidity.
Reduced workforce by offering separation packages and furloughing employees.
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Forward Guidance
Avis Budget Group anticipates both positive cash flow and Adjusted EBITDA for the remainder of 2020.
Positive Outlook
- Consistent sequential week-over-week increases in rental volume since the beginning of April.
- Both the Americas and International having their best volume to date last week due to increased leisure activity.
- Significant reduction of vehicles as we right size our fleet to current demand.
- Revenue improvement has been more robust in our off-airport locations and is close to pre-pandemic levels.
- Anticipate utilization will continue to improve as we further match fleet with demand.
Challenges Ahead
- Second quarter revenues showed sequential improvement, down 78% in April and finished June down 59% from prior year.
- Expect the velocity of improvement to moderate in the third quarter.
- High level of competition in the mobility industry.
- Changes in our fleet costs, including as a result of a change in the cost of new vehicles, manufacturer recalls and/or the value of used vehicles.
- Disruption in the supply of new vehicles.
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