Net income of $157 million or $4.62 per share for 2024 nine months
50% higher dividend distributions from 2023 at $1.50 per common share in total
$0.90 to be paid in December 2024
30 vessels with new and extended charters at significantly higher rates – $1.8 Billion in Fleet Forward Contracted Revenue
Dynamic growth and renewal – 21 vessels contracted/acquired within 2024
Efficient vessel management – 10% decrease in vessel operating expenses
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ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TEN, Ltd (TEN) (NYSE: TEN) (the “Company”) today reported results (unaudited) for the nine months and third quarter ended September 30, 2024.
NINE MONTHS 2024 SUMMARY RESULTS
In the first nine months of 2024, with 11 vessels undergoing scheduled dry docking and three performing repositioning voyages, TEN’s fleet generated healthy gross revenues and operating income of $615.8 million and $236.1 million respectively, including $48.7 million in gains from vessel sales. This resulted in net income, for the first nine months of 2024, of $157.0 million, equating to $4.62 per common share.
Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) for the 2024 nine months reached $314.1 million, a $100.1 million increase from the 2024 six-month level.
Fleet utilization, reflecting the fleet’s increased dry dockings and repositioning activity over the first nine months of 2024, was at 92.2% making the average TCE per ship per day settling at $33,390, a healthy and accretive level.
Vessel operating expenses were at $147.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, corresponding to the increase of the fleet, both in terms of the number of vessels and vessel sizes since September 30, 2023, however, due to efficient management and enhanced fleet modernity, vessel operating expenses on a per ship per day basis experienced a 3.3% decline from the 2023 nine-month level and settled at $9,306.
Depreciation and amortization combined experienced a slight increase, commensurate to both the higher number and larger size of vessels in the fleet and reached $118.4 million from $106.7 million in the 2023 same nine-months period.
During the first nine months of 2024, debt repayments amounted to $155.9 million while total debt and other financial liabilities reached $1.8 billion, in line with the growth the fleet experienced from the same nine-month period in 2023, against a book value of $3 billion.
Total finance costs for the first nine months of 2024 amounted to $87.4 million, mostly due to the continuing higher global interest rates and increased loans to support growth, compared to the 2023 equivalent period.
Cash reserves remained solid at $386 million as of September 30, 2024, $9.2 million higher from the December 31, 2023, level, after payments of $258 million for common and preferred dividends, growth capital and the repurchase of two vessel lease options.
Q3 2024 SUMMARY RESULTS
During the summer months of 2024, lower oil prices steered an upsurge in Chinese oil imports that facilitated stockpiling and acted as a catalyst for the recovery of tanker spot rates. This resurgence also reinvigorated demand for secondhand tonnage, reinforcing market dynamics and bolstering overall sector performance.
To this effect, TEN’s fleet, 43% of which operated under market-related contracts, generated over $200 million in revenue and achieved an operating income of $56.9 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $186.7 million and $53.0 million respectively for the same period in 2023.
The resulting net income of $26.5 million or $0.67 per common share largely reflected the higher depreciation costs assumed during the quarter due to the higher number and larger size of vessels in the fleet when compared to the 2023 third quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA in the 2024 third quarter amounted to $100.1 million, from $91.6 million in the 2023 third quarter.
Depreciation and amortization combined were at $41.3 million, $5.0 million higher than the 2023 level, due to the increased size of fleet and number of vessels.
With three vessels undergoing scheduled dry dockings during this quarter, fleet utilization settled at 92.8%, which resulted in an average TCE per ship per day of $32,539, 3.8% higher the 2023 third quarter level.
Vessel operating expenses for the third quarter of 2024 were $49.1 million, $1.6 million lower than in the same period of 2023. On a per ship per day basis, these expenses experienced a 10% drop compared to the 2023 equivalent third quarter and settled at $9,188.
Interest and finance costs were $32.2 million during the third quarter of 2024 after new loans for vessel acquisitions and still elevated global interest rates.
DIVIDEND – COMMON SHARES
In line with the Company’s semi-annual dividend policy to holders of its common stock and following the July 2024 payment of $0.60, TEN, will pay a dividend of $0.90 per common share on December 20, 2024, to holders of record as of December 16, 2024, increasing the total payments made for fiscal 2024 to $1.50, 50% higher than the 2023 distribution. Since its listing on NYSE, TEN maintains an uninterrupted dividend distribution for both common and preferred shares, totaling $870 million.
STRATEGY & OUTLOOK
In an environment where new vessel supply is at its lowest point for 30 years, tanker market prospects look promising for the near future. This, in a backdrop of increasing global energy demand, allows companies with modern diversified fleets and versatile employment structures to capitalize on the increasing appetite of energy majors for long-term contracts at healthy and accretive rates. The absence of a clear direction on future environmental engine propulsion, coupled with longer ton miles, due to geopolitical events, add to the positive environment.
Our well-tested industrial shipping model places the Company in the forefront of those demands. With a strong balance sheet and ample liquidity, TEN offers environmentally friendly vessels to its client’s long-term requirements. The increased presence in the high-end dual-fuel LNG powered tanker sector is a testament to that.
With 21 new vessels, three of which DP2 shuttle tankers under construction on long-term contracts to significant energy users, TEN’s long-standing presence in this high barrier to entry sector, is further enhanced. Management continues to actively explore strategic opportunities, across all sectors in which it operates.
In view of the above, and in line with our commitment to always maintaining a modern fleet, TEN will also explore divestment opportunities for its earlier generation vessels and in that way monetize the full value of the assets the current market environment is providing for.
Vessel employment strategies will continue to be flexible and versatile to safeguard the cash generating ability of the fleet while maintaining earnings visibility going forward.
“With a fleet of 74 vessels, 11 of which underwent scheduled dry dockings this year, thus far, the fleet performed well, setting high standards for operational excellence, fleet growth and shareholders rewards. The $1.50 per common share total dividend for 2024 is proof to that,” Mr. George Saroglou, President of TEN commented. “With healthy cash balances and committed growth, we remain confident that TEN will be at the forefront of growth and value investors going forward,” Mr. Saroglou concluded.
TEN’s CURRENT NEWBUILDING PROGRAM
| # | Name | Type | Expected Delivery | Status | Employment |
| 1 | Athens 04 | DP2 Shuttle Tanker | Q2 2025 | Under Construction | Yes |
| 2 | Paris 24 | DP2 Shuttle Tanker | Q2 2025 | Under Construction | Yes |
| 3 | Anfield | DP2 Shuttle Tanker | Q3 2026 | Under Construction | Yes |
| 4 | Dr Irene Tsakos | Suezmax – Scrubber Fitted | Q2 2025 | Under Construction | Yes |
| 5 | Silia T | Suezmax – Scrubber Fitted | Q4 2025 | Under Construction | Yes |
| 6 | TBN | MR – Scrubber Fitted | Q1 2026 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 7 | TBN | MR – Scrubber Fitted | Q1 2026 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 8 | TBN | Panamax LR1 – Scrubber Fitted | Q2 2027 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 9 | TBN | Panamax LR1 – Scrubber Fitted | Q3 2027 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 10 | TBN | Panamax LR1 – Scrubber Fitted | Q4 2027 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 11 | TBN | Panamax LR1 – Scrubber Fitted | Q3 2028 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
| 12 | TBN | Panamax LR1 – Scrubber Fitted | Q3 2028 | Under Construction | Under Discussion |
ABOUT TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION
TEN, founded in 1993 and celebrating this year 31-years as a public company, is one of the first and most established public shipping companies in the world. TEN’s diversified energy fleet currently consists of 74 vessels, including three DP2 shuttle tankers, two scrubber-fitted suezmax vessels, two scrubber-fitted MR product tankers and five scrubber-fitted LR1 tankers under construction, consisting of a mix of crude tankers, product tankers and LNG carries, totaling 8.9 million dwt.
ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. TEN undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Conference Call Details:
As announced previously, today, Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, TEN will host a conference call to review the results as well as management’s outlook for the business. The call, which will be hosted by TEN’s senior management, may contain information beyond what is included in the earnings press release.
Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 877-405-1226 (US Toll-Free Dial In) or +1 201-689-7823 (US and Standard International Dial In). Please quote “Tsakos” to the operator and/or conference ID 13750209.
Click here for additional participant International Toll- Free access numbers.
Alternatively, participants can register for the call using the call me option for a faster connection to join the conference call. You can enter your phone number and let the system call you right away. Click here for the call me option.
Simultaneous Slides and Audio Webcast:
There will also be a live, and then archived, webcast of the conference call and accompanying slides, available through the Company’s website. To listen to the archived audio file, visit our website www.tenn.gr and click on Webcasts & Presentations under our Investor Relations page.
Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.
For further information, please contact:
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
George Saroglou, President & COO
+30210 94 07 710
[email protected]
Investor Relations / Media
Capital Link, Inc.
Nicolas Bornozis – Markella Kara
+212 661 7566
[email protected]
| TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
| Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data | |||||||||||||||
| (In Thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share, per share and fleet data) | |||||||||||||||
| Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 30 (unaudited) | September 30 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Voyage revenues | $ | 200,158 | $ | 186,659 | $ | 615,801 | $ | 669,325 | |||||||
| Voyage expenses | 35,059 | 34,260 | 118,482 | 119,050 | |||||||||||
| Charter hire expense | 3,503 | 6,079 | 14,611 | 18,601 | |||||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses | 49,088 | 50,670 | 147,416 | 145,613 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 41,335 | 36,298 | 118,356 | 106,701 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 14,222 | 6,344 | 29,453 | 25,838 | |||||||||||
| Gain on sale of vessels | – | – | (48,662 | ) | (81,198 | ) | |||||||||
| Total expenses | 143,207 | 133,651 | 379,656 | 334,605 | |||||||||||
| Operating income | 56,951 | 53,008 | 236,145 | 334,720 | |||||||||||
| Interest and finance costs, net | (32,209 | ) | (24,044 | ) | (87,407 | ) | (72,893 | ) | |||||||
| Interest income | 3,217 | 3,221 | 11,152 | 10,109 | |||||||||||
| Other, net | 46 | 154 | 120 | (26 | ) | ||||||||||
| Total other expenses, net | (28,946 | ) | (20,669 | ) | (76,135 | ) | (62,810 | ) | |||||||
| Net income | 28,005 | 32,339 | 160,010 | 271,910 | |||||||||||
| Less: Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest | (1,465 | ) | (1,110 | ) | (3,051 | ) | (3,490 | ) | |||||||
| Net income attributable to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | $ | 26,540 | $ | 31,229 | $ | 156,959 | $ | 268,420 | |||||||
| Effect of preferred dividends | (6,750 | ) | (6,750 | ) | (20,250 | ) | (23,434 | ) | |||||||
| Undistributed income allocated to restricted stock participating securities | – | – | (481 | ) | – | ||||||||||
| Deemed dividend on Series D preferred shares | – | – | – | (3,256 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | $ | 19,790 | $ | 24,479 | $ | 136,228 | $ | 241,730 | |||||||
| Earnings per share, basic | $ | 0.67 | $ | 0.83 | $ | 4.62 | $ | 8.19 | |||||||
| Earnings per share, diluted | $ | 0.67 | $ | 0.83 | $ | 4.62 | $ | 8.19 | |||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic | 29,505,603 | 29,505,603 | 29,505,603 | 29,505,603 | |||||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, diluted | 29,611,829 | 29,505,603 | 29,505,603 | 29,505,603 | |||||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET DATA | September 30 | December 31 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash | 385,901 | 376,694 | |||||||||||||
| Other assets | 175,852 | 236,800 | |||||||||||||
| Vessels, net | 2,948,547 | 2,600,021 | |||||||||||||
| Advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions | 203,103 | 150,575 | |||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 3,713,403 | $ | 3,364,090 | |||||||||||
| Debt and other financial liabilities, net of deferred finance costs | 1,778,816 | 1,562,657 | |||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 186,218 | 148,786 | |||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 1,748,369 | 1,652,647 | |||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 3,713,403 | $ | 3,364,090 | |||||||||||
| Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||||||||||
| OTHER FINANCIAL DATA | September 30 | September 30 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 59,657 | $ | 44,573 | $ | 219,879 | $ | 303,075 | |||||||
| Net used in investing activities | $ | (66,349 | ) | $ | (90,866 | ) | $ | (422,861 | ) | $ | (53,841 | ) | |||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | $ | (29,328 | ) | $ | (94,296 | ) | $ | 172,189 | $ | (165,168 | ) | ||||
| TCE per ship per day | $ | 32,539 | $ | 31,349 | $ | 33,390 | $ | 37,262 | |||||||
| Operating expenses per ship per day | $ | 9,188 | $ | 10,174 | $ | 9,306 | $ | 9,620 | |||||||
| Vessel overhead costs per ship per day | $ | 2,493 | $ | 1,187 | $ | 1,741 | $ | 1,593 | |||||||
| 11,681 | 11,361 | 11,047 | 11,213 | ||||||||||||
| FLEET DATA | |||||||||||||||
| Average number of vessels during period | 62.0 | 58.1 | 61.8 | 59.4 | |||||||||||
| Number of vessels at end of period | 62.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 59.0 | |||||||||||
| Average age of fleet at end of period | Years | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.6 | ||||||||||
| Dwt at end of period (in thousands) | 7,613 | 7,293 | 7,613 | 7,293 | |||||||||||
| Time charter employment – fixed rate | Days | 3,044 | 2,477 | 8,529 | 7,062 | ||||||||||
| Time charter and pool employment – variable rate | Days | 1,484 | 1,532 | 4,237 | 4,887 | ||||||||||
| Period employment coa at market rates | Days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | ||||||||||
| Spot voyage employment at market rates | Days | 767 | 1,130 | 2,835 | 3,406 | ||||||||||
| Total operating days | 5,295 | 5,139 | 15,601 | 15,502 | |||||||||||
| Total available days | 5,704 | 5,346 | 16,921 | 16,218 | |||||||||||
| Utilization | 92.8 | % | 96.1 | % | 92.2 | % | 95.6 | % | |||||||
| Non-GAAP Measures | |||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
| Three months ended | Nine months ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 30 | September 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | $ | 26,540 | $ | 31,229 | $ | 156,959 | $ | 268,420 | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 41,335 | 36,298 | 118,356 | 106,701 | |||||||||||
| Interest Expense | 32,209 | 24,044 | 87,407 | 72,893 | |||||||||||
| Gain on sale of vessels | – | – | (48,662 | ) | (81,198 | ) | |||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 100,084 | $ | 91,571 | $ | 314,060 | $ | 366,816 | |||||||
| The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, management believes that certain non-GAAP measures used within the financial community may provide users of this financial information additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results in prior operating periods as well as comparisons between the performance of Shipping Companies. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating the Company’s performance. We are using the following Non-GAAP measures: | |||||||||||||||
| (i) TCE which represents voyage revenue less voyage expenses is divided by the number of operating days less 108 days lost for the third quarter and 378 days for the nine-month of 2024 and 160 days for the prior year quarter of 2023 and 441 days for nine-month period of 2023, respectively, as a result of calculating revenue on a loading to discharge basis. | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) Vessel overhead costs are General & Administrative expenses, which also include Management fees, Stock compensation expense and Management incentive award. | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) Operating expenses per ship per day which exclude Management fees, General & Administrative expenses, Stock compensation expense and Management incentive award. | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) Adjusted EBITDA. See above for reconciliation to net income. | |||||||||||||||
| (v) Cash includes Restricted cash and Time deposits. | |||||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to and not as an alternative for, the Company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. | |||||||||||||||
| The Company does not incur corporation tax. | |||||||||||||||
