Third quarter revenues increased 1% compared to prior year excluding a $44 million impact from currency exchange rate movements, primarily due to a 2% increase in Rental Days, partially offset by a 1% decrease in Revenue per Day. Per-Unit Fleet Costs, excluding exchange rate effects, improved by 6% year-over-year and utilization improved 20 basis points. For the quarter, net income was $189 million, or $2.50 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA was $471 million including a $9 million impact from currency exchange rate movements and Adjusted net income was $223 million, or $2.96 per diluted share.
“Our Adjusted EBITDA margin was more than 17% for the quarter. Our Americas segment had record Adjusted EBITDA performance. Our operations achieved record Net Promoter Scores for the second quarter in a row, showing the impact of our efforts to improve our customer experience,” said Larry De Shon, Avis Budget Group President and Chief Executive Officer. “In addition, we made further progress on our strategic partnerships with Uber, Lyft and Via where we increased our ride-hail fleet by nearly 60% from prior quarter. We remain focused on improving our core rental car business, while driving innovation to continue our transformation into a mobility service provider.”
Americas Segment
Third quarter revenues increased 1% to a record $1,868 million compared to prior year primarily due to a 3% increase in Rental Days, partially offset by a 2% decrease in Revenue per Day. Per-Unit Fleet Costs improved by 9%, with utilization improving 30 basis points. As a result, Adjusted EBITDA increased to a record $321 million.
Joe Ferraro, President, Americas commented, “Positive revenue growth in the quarter, along with strong ancillary performance and corporate account volume growth contributed to our success. Also, stable residual values and a record 70% of our vehicle dispositions through alternative channels drove fleet cost improvements. Altogether, this generated all time record revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.”
International Segment
Third quarter revenues decreased 1% compared to prior year, excluding a 4% negative impact from currency exchange rate movements, primarily due to a 1% decrease in Rental Days. Revenue per Day, excluding exchange rate effects improved compared to prior year. Per-Unit Fleet Costs were up 1%, excluding exchange rate effects, and utilization was flat. As a result, Adjusted EBITDA was flat to prior year, excluding a $9 million negative impact from currency exchange rate movements, primarily due to mitigating cost reduction actions.
“We focused on higher rate rentals in a challenging environment to improve our pricing, and we were able to increase our customer approval ratings to record highs,” said Keith Rankin, President, International.