Operator
Operator
Excuse me everyone, we now have our speakers in conference. Please be aware that each of your lines are in a listen-only mode. At the conclusion of today's presentation, we will open the floor for questions. At that time, instructions will be given as to the procedure to follow if you would like to ask a question. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Jay Adair. Sir, you may begin. A. Jayson Adair - Chief Executive Officer & Director: Thank you, Jennifer. Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Second Quarter Earnings Call For Copart. On the call with me this morning is Jeff Liaw, our CFO, and Will Franklin, our Executive Vice President. We're going to ahead and start with Jeff. He'll be passing it to Will. And then, we will open it up for questions. So, if you have a specific question that is for one us, you can call us up by name. It'd be great. With that, I'll pass it to Jeff. Jeffrey Liaw - Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance: Thank you, Jay. Good morning, everyone. I'll start with the Safe Harbor. Our remarks today will contain forward-looking statements, including statements concerning our views of trends in our business. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ substantially from those projected or implied by our statements and comments. The company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise these statements or comments. For a discussion of the risks that could affect our business, please review the risk factors contained in our most recent 10-K, 10-Q and other SEC filings. With that, I'll provide brief comments on our second quarter financial results. And I'll start first with the postmortem on the Dutch Auction we completed at the end of last year. We completed an acquisition of 8.3 million shares on December 30 at $39 per share for a total purchase consideration of approximately $325 million. Between the Dutch Auction in December as well as our purchase of shares in July, we ultimately purchased 14.8 million shares over the past 12 months, representing 11.7% of our shares outstanding. I'll shift gears now to the second quarter. I'll talk first about the income statement and then also the balance sheet as well. Our revenue was up $23.4 million year-over-year, reflecting 8.5% growth. This was driven largely by substantial unit growth, for example, 13.2% unit growth in North America, offset by softer ASPs and the relative strength of the U.S. dollar. I'll describe both of those phenomenon in a little greater detail. Unit growth was driven largely by strong industry demand trends as well as our growth in non-insurance channels. But first, for example, within the insurance segment, we observed unit growth year-over-year in all of our top 10 sellers. The root causes of these volume increases are the same factors we've described in the prior calls, vehicle age and salvage rates, which Will will elaborate on later today, as well as an increase in miles driven. With continued low gasoline prices we have observed a increasing vehicle miles according to U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Miles driven grew even over the course of 2015. I'll also note here that other participants in our industry broadly including, for example, insurance carriers, have cited in their own earnings releases and presentations the trend of increased accident frequency and severity caused by low fuel prices, miles driven and distracted driving. With the expectation these trends will continue, we are observing similar phenomenon in our own business. On the question of ASPs, they have declined year-over-year due to several factors. First, low scrap values, according to American Recyclers Crushed Auto Body Index, January scrap values are at five-year low at approximately 68% below their post-recession peak in September 2011. We've talked previously about the strength of the U.S. dollar affecting our international buyers' purchasing power. For currencies like the euro and the Mexican peso, the USD is near its 10-year high. International buyers purchase approximately 20% of the units we sell in our North American auctions and generally purchase somewhat higher than average value cars. Lastly, ASPs have been affected by mix shift. We have continued to penetrate non-insurance categories which can affect our overall averages. Auto macroeconomic factors like metals pricing and currency are of course difficult to predict. Our own recent data does indicate a stabilization in ASPs. Shifting gears to speak briefly about currency, the detrimental revenue of effective exchange rate changes represented approximately $3.5 million in revenue effect for the quarter versus the prior year. Purchased car revenue grew slightly by $1.5 million, or 4% year-over-year, principally a growth in non-insurance units as described previously. Our service revenue was up $21.9 million, or 9.2%, a reflection of the same unit growth described a moment ago. Our yard operations expenses increased by $12 million, also a reflection of addressing the higher unit volumes through our system. Our general and administrative costs declined by $2.5 million year-over-year due principally to efficiencies in our spending on technology. As we've indicated in prior quarters, we do expect modest increases in G&A spending over time to accommodate both domestic and international growth. We are, as always, focused on the efficiency of our spending and driving the appropriate returns from it. Lastly, other income of $4.4 million was driven principally by gains on currency translation. Shifting gears to the balance sheet, quarter-over-quarter, we observed substantial investments in – or we made a substantial investment in working capital; specifically, almost $50 million, or thereabouts, in accounts receivable and inventory, a reflection of growing demand as inventory year-over-year was up 16.9% worldwide. Capital expenditures of almost $58 million for the quarter were driven largely by land acquisitions, land developments and lease buyouts. Those three factors are cumulatively 85%, or thereabouts, of our CapEx for the quarter to enable us to meet this rising unit demand, with the balance of the expenditures on software development and other maintenance CapEx. Will will provide more color on some of these investments in his commentary. Lastly, we completed the quarter with $141 million in cash and more than $225 million in available funds on our credit facility as we enter the third quarter. With that, let me hand it off to Will Franklin.