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| With a mix of new and experienced leadership, we believe we are well equipped to continue our profitable growth |
| Hessel will spearhead our efforts to sustain and extend what we believe to be a substantial competitive advantage in our physical operations |
| So as insurance companies are facing elevated repair costs, they're incrementally totaling the higher-value vehicles more frequently, and that's driving additional resilience within our ASP |
| We expect that the investments we are making in our people, processes and systems will provide us with greater operating leverage over the long run |
| We're pleased with our ongoing profitable growth with our insurance sellers, albeit with the year-over-year noise of a significant catastrophic event in the first and second quarters of last year in the form of hurricane Ian, which I'll comment on in a moment |
| The year-over-year margin increase on a consolidated basis was driven primarily by a revenue mix shift resulting from strong growth in fee units, which generate higher margins and a decline in direct cost per unit sold |
| Those factors have driven a strong and continued recovery in total loss frequency |
| We emphasize providing outstanding economic outcomes to our sellers through excellent service and auction results and to provide the best auction liquidity and experience to our members |
| That as we -- as the platform grows, as we earn more Blue Cars, as the total volume of activity on the website grows, that draws more buyers, which has helped to sustain prices at levels well beyond what the Manheim Used Vehicle Index might reflect |
| And we have an incredible track record and we endeavor to continue to perform along those lines |
| But I think performance across the board has improved year-over-year |
| Jeff Liaw The one after thought I'd offer is that our capitalization with our clients is a distinctive competitive advantage |
| Finally, second quarter GAAP net income increased by nearly 11% to over $325 million or $0.33 per diluted common share |
| Overall, our ASPs continue to show resilience compared to the more than 7% year-over-year decrease in the Manheim used vehicle price index for the quarter |
| Service revenue grew by over 7% and international service revenue grew by nearly 26% for the quarter |
| And so by and large, I think I described them as leading the charge with their customers, their community and so forth and doing a terrific job of it |
| With each additional vehicle we earn the right to sell, we increase the attractiveness of our auction platform to the world's automotive buyers, drawing still more buyers to our auctions to the benefit of all of our sellers, new and old |
| So yes, we are finding ways to support one another efficiently, but it's principally about backing what we think is one of the very best teams in the industry |
| We're very excited to have them as our partners in their arena, the leadership team there, Aaron, Susan McKee, and others are terrific |
| We saw unit growth of over 21% with fee units increasing 22% and purchased units increasing by over 19% |
| Global service revenue increased nearly $72 million or over 9% for the second quarter, primarily due to higher average revenue per unit and increased volumes |
| Global gross profit increased to more than $464 million an increase of nearly $38 million or about 9%, and our gross profit margin percentage increased by approximately 100 basis points to 45.5% |
| They know that when land is available for us to acquire so that we can preserve it for the industry's use for the next 50 years then we'll do so gladly and proudly despite it, of course, coming with big ticket prices as well |
| In the U.S., our gross profit margin increased to 50.2% and our international gross profit margin increased to 24.9% |
| As a result, GAAP operating income increased by nearly 4% to $380 million |
| To achieve this, over the last 12 months, we have deployed over $540 million into our real estate portfolio, fleet and technology to provide best-in-class products and services to our customers |
| Could you talk a bit more about the international market as far as various country performance? Jeff Liaw Yes, I think we've seen strong unit volume really across all of our geographies |
| And so going back to my prior comments, I would just point you to, we remain incredibly disciplined and very patient |
| increased over 4% and over 6% when excluding low value and cat units |
| We're pleased to report our results for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 |
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| Global purchased vehicle sales for the second quarter decreased to about $8 million or 5% and global purchased vehicle gross profit decreased by less than $1 million |
| In the U.S., purchased vehicle revenue was down over $7 million or about 9%, which was primarily due to a mix shift towards lower ASP units, while gross profit increased over $1 million |
| Internationally, purchased vehicle revenue decreased by $1 million or about 1% and gross profit decreased by $2 million |
| insurance ASPs declined by nearly 5% from the year ago period, and U.S |
| For the months that comprise our second fiscal quarter, we noted a 7% year-over-year decline in the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index |
| For the quarter, we generated operating cash flow of nearly $162 million, which is a decrease of 14% from the prior year |
| And then the last comment I'd make on that front is that, while ocean freight rates can rise I think it's still systemically naturally the case that ships mostly come to the U.S |
| While we responded to multiple smaller weather events this year, they did not in the aggregate approach the magnitude of Hurricane Ian |
| Ocean freight seem to be rising due to the conflict in the Middle East |
| On the cost front, during the first and second quarter of last year, we incurred cat expenses, specifically related to Hurricane Ian, which did not occur |
| So in the midst of a pandemic when nobody knew for how long driving an economic activity would be shut down |
| It's also a commercial matter that affects how we interact with our customers as well |
| So that behavior does continue in the industry |
| So total loss will increase in relative attractiveness because our auction liquidity, our global buyer base keeps driving the values of the damaged cars up while repair costs also rise |
| But also as you think about used car pricing coming down and total frequency increasing, the incremental unit that is totaled by an insurance company is inherently a higher value unit, and that's because when total loss frequency came down as a result of rising used car prices that resulted in the underlying borderline units falling out of the mix, and those are now coming back |
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