STORAGEVAULT CANADA INC. (“StorageVault” or the “Corporation”) reported the Corporation’s 2024 second quarter results and increases its dividend. Iqbal Khan, Chief Financial Officer, commented:
“We are pleased to have more than doubled our projected acquisitions this year with $204.5 million announced or closed. For the first half of 2024, we achieved same store revenue and NOI growth of 3.9% and 3.6% and AFFO growth of 8.2% per common share. While we have growth in leads and move-ins, the current environment faces headwinds from slow housing sales and renovations, and as people are watching their spending. In the second half of the year, we will continue to focus on maximizing free cash flow by increasing revenues and NOI, and controlling costs.”
2024 Second Quarter Results
Revenue for the second quarter of 2024 increased to $74.1 million compared to $71.3 million in Q2 2023 and net operating income (“NOI”), a non-IFRS measure, grew to $49.9 million from $48.4 million for the comparative period. Our cash flow from operations increased year over year and when combined with our financing, acquisitions and expansions resulted in a cash balance of $18.8 million at the end of the quarter. The Q2 2024 net loss of $8.7 million (net income of $12.6 million for Q2 2023 resulting from one time realized gain on real estate) is impacted by the following non-cash and non-recurring items – $25.5 million of depreciation and amortization, $0.2 million in stock based compensation, $1.1 million interest accretion on convertible debentures, $2.5 million of unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments, and deferred tax recovery of $1.6 million.
Revenue and NOI from Existing Self Storage stores increased by 2.1% and 2.2%, compared to the same period last year. Funds from operations (“FFO”), a non-IFRS measure, were $19.7 million for Q2 2024 compared to $19.9 million in Q2 2023, a 1.2% decrease year over year. Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a non-IFRS measure, were $23.2 million for Q2 2024 compared to $21.5 million in Q2 2023, a 8.1% increase. On a per basic common share basis FFO was in line year over year and AFFO increased by 9.4%.
For a reconciliation of the above NOI, FFO, and AFFO amounts to IFRS, please see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures” and the reconciliation tables below, and the Corporation’s Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
2024 Six Months Year to Date Results
Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024 increased to $145.5 million from $138.7 million and NOI, a non-IFRS measure, grew to $94.2 million from $91.0 million, for the comparative period, a 3.5% increase. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash flow from operations was $45.9 million and when combined with our financing and investing activities resulted in a cash balance of $18.8 million. The net loss of $16.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 (net income of $9.7 million for 2023 resulting from one time realized gain on real estate) is impacted by the following non-cash and non-recurring items – $49.0 million in depreciation and amortization, $0.5 million of unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments and deferred tax recovery of $3.4 million.
Our Revenue and NOI from Existing Self Storage, a non-IFRS measure, increased by 3.9% and 3.6%, compared to the same period last year. FFO, a non-IFRS measure, were $34.8 million compared to $34.7 million for the same period in 2023, a 0.3% increase year over year. AFFO, a non-IFRS measure, were $39.9 million compared to $37.2 million for the same period in 2023, a 7.0% increase year over year. On a basic common per share basis, FFO and AFFO increased by 1.4% and 8.2%.
For a reconciliation of the above NOI, FFO, and AFFO amounts to IFRS, please see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures” and the reconciliation tables below, and ?the Corporation’s Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Increased Dividend
StorageVault is increasing its quarterly dividend by 0.5% beginning Q3 2024 to $0.002917 per common share.
Changes to the Audit Committee and the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mary Vitug replaces Ben Harris as Chair and member of the Audit Committee and Steven Scott as a member of the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee. As a result, the current Audit Committee consists of Mary Vitug (Chair), Alan Simpson and Jay Lynne Fleming, and the current Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee consists of Jay Lynne Fleming (Chair), Benjamin Harris and Mary Vitug.
Our Strategy
StorageVault is focused on owning and operating storage in the top markets in Canada. Our goal is to have multiple stores in each market, with complementary portable storage units and records management storage services, to take advantage of economies of scale. Our growth strategy is focused on acquisitions, organic growth, expansion of our existing stores and expansion of our portable storage and records management businesses.
