CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Current portion of restricted cash		$ 316,915
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $418 and $7,671 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		65,574	$ 72,984
Current portion of net investment in finance leases		75,240	71,274
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		15,746	9,606
Assets held for sale			37,781
Total current assets		515,775	238,109
Restricted cash		23,232	26,775
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $676,330 and $620,990 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		2,018,142	2,102,839
Net investment in finance leases		455,168	496,094
Financing receivable	[1]	51,384	30,693
Other non-current assets		5,493	7,255
Total assets	[2]	3,069,194	2,901,765
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		3,868	4,534
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		26,423	25,206
Unearned revenue		6,851	6,405
Current portion of debt		502,013	218,094
Rental equipment payable		89,634	25,137
Liabilities held for sale			8,752
Total current liabilities		628,789	288,128
Debt		1,706,170	1,880,122
Derivative instruments		1,820
Deferred income tax liability		29,626	35,376
Other non-current liabilities		3,759	4,899
Total liabilities	[3]	2,370,164	2,208,525
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share; authorized 84,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 17,742,443 and 17,479,127 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		2	2
Additional paid-in capital		106,990	102,709
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(7,560)	(6,630)
Retained earnings		495,733	493,294
Total stockholders' equity		699,030	693,240
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		3,069,194	2,901,765
Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share; authorized 10,000,000		54,990	54,990
Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share; authorized 10,000,000		48,875	48,875
Consolidated Entity Excluding Variable Interest Entities (VIE) [Member]
Current assets
Cash		15,516	19,870
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Current assets
Cash		26,784	26,594
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $676,330 and $620,990 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		84,938	101,907
Net investment in finance leases		3,326	4,790
Current liabilities
Current portion of debt		33,899	26,931
Debt		$ 74,602	$ 100,849

[1] Included in financing receivable in the consolidated balance sheets.

[2] Total assets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include the following assets of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs: Cash, $26,784 and $26,594; Net investment in finance leases, $3,326 and $4,790; and Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, $84,938, and $101,907, respectively.

[3] Total liabilities at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include the following VIE liabilities for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to CAI International, Inc.: Current portion of debt, $33,899 and $26,931; Debt, $74,602 and $100,849, respectively.