U-Haul Holding Co Earnings: Miss on EPS and Revenue
U-Haul Holding Co (UHAL) reported a quarterly loss of $0.70 per share, missing analyst estimates of $0.69 per share by 0.92%. The moving and storage company’s actual loss was $0.01 deeper than expected, representing a negative earnings surprise.
Revenue came in at $1.27 billion, falling short of the $1.27 billion consensus estimate by $1.76 million, or 0.14%. The company generated $1,271,820,000 in total revenue compared to analyst projections of $1,273,578,630.
The $0.70 per share loss reflects ongoing challenges in U-Haul’s business operations during the quarter ended May 27, 2026. Both the earnings per share and revenue figures came in below Wall Street expectations, though the misses were relatively modest at less than 1% for both metrics.
Where U-Haul sits in the moving-and-storage cycle
U-Haul, the operating brand of AMERCO, runs a counter-cyclical business model in one important way: long-distance one-way moves — its highest-margin product line — track closely with U.S. existing-home sales and rental-mobility patterns. When the housing market is active, families book cross-state moves; when transactions slow, demand for the truck-rental core of U-Haul’s fleet typically softens. A revenue miss of less than 1% against a consensus that was already essentially flat suggests the underlying mobility backdrop was steady but not accelerating through the quarter.
What the result tells us about the quarter
Both the top-line and the bottom-line missed by margins under 1%, so the report reads as a soft quarter rather than a structural break. The key operating data points to watch in the management commentary are equipment-rental revenue per available truck-mile, average fleet age, and self-storage occupancy across the Real Estate portfolio — those tend to move before the consolidated revenue line does.
Why a small miss still matters
Consensus expectations going into the print were for a smaller per-share loss than the company ultimately reported. Even with the magnitude modest, the direction of the surprise (loss wider than expected) keeps pressure on the next quarter’s setup and on any full-year FY2026 guidance the company may provide on the earnings call. For sector-watchers, the U-Haul print is also a read on household mobility more broadly, since the company operates one of the largest retail truck-rental fleets in North America.
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