CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Current portion of restricted cash		$ 600
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $393 and $7,671 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively		65,310	$ 72,984
Current portion of net investment in finance leases		78,992	71,228
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		16,213	7,849
Assets held for sale			322,294
Total current assets		214,662	520,819
Restricted cash		12,355	26,775
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $669,360 and $588,815 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively		1,781,321	1,820,735
Net investment in finance leases		550,573	495,488
Financing receivable	[1]	48,888	30,693
Other non-current assets		4,833	7,255
Total assets	[2]	2,612,632	2,901,765
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		3,666	4,534
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		29,598	25,206
Unearned revenue		3,029	6,405
Current portion of debt		183,448	218,094
Rental equipment payable		100,509	25,137
Liabilities held for sale			8,752
Total current liabilities		320,250	288,128
Debt		1,562,283	1,880,122
Derivative instruments		80
Net deferred income tax liability		24,442	35,376
Other non-current liabilities		3,337	4,899
Total liabilities	[3]	1,910,392	2,208,525
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share; authorized 84,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 17,562,779 and 17,479,127 shares at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively		2	2
Additional paid-in capital		100,795	102,709
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(5,743)	(6,630)
Retained earnings		503,321	493,294
Total stockholders' equity		702,240	693,240
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		2,612,632	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		26,691	19,870
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Current assets
Cash		26,856	26,594
Restricted cash		12,400
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $669,360 and $588,815 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively		77,907	101,907
Net investment in finance leases		2,683	4,790
Current liabilities
Current portion of debt		41,344	26,931
Debt		$ 59,519	$ 100,849

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

[2] Total assets at December 31, 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, $26,856 and $26,594; Net investment in finance leases, $2,683 and $4,790; and Rental equipment net of accumulated depreciation, $77,907 and $101,907, respectively.

[3] Total liabilities at December 31, 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, $41,344 and $26,931; Debt, $59,519 and $100,849, respectively.