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RSC Holdings Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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RSC Holdings Inc. (RRR) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Rsc Holdings has a market cap of $2.11 billion; its shares were traded at around $20.22 with and P/S ratio of 1.7.


This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of RRR over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of RRR.


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For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, we generated approximately 86.2%, 85.9% and 83.6% of our revenues from equipment rentals, respectively, and we derived the remaining 13.8%, 14.1% and 16.4% of our revenues from sales of used rental equipment, merchandise and other related items, respectively.

The industrial or non-construction market generated approximately 60% of our rental revenues during the year ended December 31, 2011, while the construction market generated approximately 40% of our rental revenues. During 2009 both the industrial or non-construction and the construction market had weakened, resulting in a decrease in the demand for our rental equipment and downward pressure on our rental rates. During the second quarter of 2010 and continuing throughout the remainder of 2010, market conditions improved. This translated into strengthening demand for our rental equipment which continued into 2011, resulting in increased fleet on rent of 18.7% at December 31, 2011 as compared to December 31, 2010. The improvement in fleet on rent was achieved through increased utilization in 2011, which was 68.8%, 63.7% and 57.6% for the three years ending December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Depreciation of rental equipment increased $27.8 million, or 10.2%, from $272.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 to $300.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in depreciation of rental equipment was due largely to an approximate 9% net increase in average OEC. As a percent of equipment rental revenues, depreciation of rental equipment decreased from 25.7% in the year ended December 31, 2010 to 22.9% in the year ended December 31, 2011. This decrease was due primarily to an increase in fleet utilization in 2011 as compared to 2010, and to a smaller extent, an increase in rental rates.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $36.4 million, or 24.8%, from $146.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 to $183.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase is due primarily to increases in administrative and sales force wages and benefits, travel and meeting costs and professional fees. Total sales force compensation increased $14.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 and includes a $7.4 million increase in commissions. The increase in sales commission was due to increases in equipment rental revenues and the sale of used rental equipment, and the remaining increase in sales force costs is due primarily to an overall increase in our sales force headcount and activities. Total administrative wages and benefits increased $8.4 million, including an increase of $6.0 million in incentive compensation. Travel and meeting costs increased approximately $8.8 million and professional fees increased $5.0 million. As a percentage of total revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses remained relatively flat for the year ended December 31, 2011 at 12.0 % compared to 11.9% for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation, increased $22.6 million, or 4.2%, from $540.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 to $563.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, and is consistent with the increase in rental volume. Although the year over year increase in cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation was consistent with the increase in rental volume, location closure and severance costs were $11.3 million higher during the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010. The impact of this decrease was offset by higher fuel prices which contributed to increases in freight and fuel expense of $7.1 million and $5.7 million, respectively, in the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2009. Cost of equipment rentals excluding depreciation, as a percentage of equipment rental revenues increased from 50.4% for the year ended December 31, 2009 to 53.1% for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase is due primarily to a 6.3% decrease in equipment rental rates.

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