Performance Shipping Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
- Increased net income and revenue compared to the same period in 2022.
- Average TCE rate for Q3 2023 was $31,787, indicating profitability.
- Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $17.9 million for Q3 2023.
- Decrease in net income and TCE rate compared to the same period in 2022.
- Voyage expenses saw an increase from $3.3 million in 2022 to $0.7 million in 2023.
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG) (“we” or the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, today reported net income of
Revenue was
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, amounted to
Commenting on the results of the third quarter of 2023, Andreas Michalopoulos, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, stated:
“During the third quarter of 2023, our Company maintained its remarkable profitability and strengthened its financial position by capitalizing on the solid tanker market fundamentals. We achieved a fleetwide average time charter equivalent rate of
“Reflecting our confidence in the strength of our business as well as in our ability to generate significant cash flow by operating our expanded fleet in the prevailing profitable charter rate environment, following the completion of an initial
“We believe that the overall positive developments in the tanker sector and the firm freight rate environment will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Our fleet employment strategy focused on a balanced exposure to short to medium term time charter contracts as well as the spot tanker market, has well positioned our Company to secure, beginning the fourth quarter of 2023, a fixed revenue backlog of approximately
“Going forward, we expect to further solidify our market position through the renewal of our fleet and the acquisition of younger and more technologically advanced vessels. As previously announced, we have entered into a contract for the purchase of a newbuild LNG-ready LR2 Aframax tanker with a 2025 delivery date and we have agreed to sell our oldest Aframax tanker, the M/T P. Kikuma, for a gross sale price of
Corporate Developments
Share Repurchase Plan
Under the share repurchase plan announced in April 2023 (the “April Plan”), the Company repurchased during the third quarter of 2023 a total of 528,953 common shares for a total amount of approximately
Additionally, as previously announced on August 21, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved a share repurchase plan (the “August Plan”) pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to
Update on Outstanding Shares and Warrants
As of November 24, 2023, the Company had outstanding 12,152,559 common shares. In addition, the following common share purchase warrants were outstanding as of such date:
- Class A Warrants to purchase up to 567,366 common shares at an exercise price of
$15.75 per common share; - Warrants issued July 19, 2022, to purchase up to 1,033,333 common shares at an exercise price of
$1.65 per common share; - Warrants issued August 16, 2022, to purchase up to 2,122,222 common shares at an exercise price of
$1.65 per common share; - Series A Warrants issued March 3, 2023, which are exchangeable for up to 14,300 common shares; and
- Series B Warrants issued March 3, 2023, to purchase up to 4,167,000 common shares at an exercise price of
$2.25 per common share.
Finally, the Company had 50,726 shares of its Series B Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and 1,451,044 shares of its Series C Convertible Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock outstanding.
Tanker Market Update for the Third Quarter of 2023:
• Tanker fleet supply was 688.3 million dwt, up
• Tanker demand in billion tonne-miles is projected to increase by a firm
• Tanker fleet supply in deadweight terms is estimated to grow by a moderate
• Crude oil tanker fleet utilization was estimated at
• Newbuilding tanker contracting was just 9.2 million dwt in the third quarter, resulting in a tanker orderbook-to-fleet ratio of
• Daily spot charter rates for Aframax tankers averaged
• The value of a 10-year-old Aframax tanker at the end of the third quarter was
• The number of tankers used for floating storage (excluding dedicated storage) was 123 (17.5 million dwt), down
• Global oil consumption was 101.4 million bpd, up
• Global oil production was 101.4 million bpd, down
• OECD commercial inventories were 2,830 million barrels, up
The above market outlook update is based on information, data, and estimates derived from industry sources. There can be no assurances that such trends will continue or that anticipated developments in tanker demand, fleet supply or other market indicators will materialize. While we believe the market and industry information included in this release to be generally reliable, we have not independently verified any third-party information or verified that more recent information is not available.
| Summary of Selected Financial & Other Data | ||||||||||||
| (in thousands of US Dollars, except fleet data and average daily results) | For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||
| STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA: | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 24,114 | $ | 22,131 | $ | 85,098 | $ | 47,406 | ||||
| Voyage expenses | 719 | 3,274 | 3,234 | 12,022 | ||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses | 5,524 | 3,309 | 15,855 | 9,586 | ||||||||
| Net income | 10,369 | 10,676 | 44,452 | 12,465 | ||||||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | 9,891 | 10,404 | 32,425 | 2,595 | ||||||||
| Earnings per common share, basic | 0.88 | 3.83 | 3.26 | 2.35 | ||||||||
| Earnings per common share, diluted | 0.27 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 0.60 | ||||||||
| FLEET DATA | ||||||||||||
| Average number of vessels | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 5.3 | ||||||||
| Number of vessels | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | ||||||||
| Ownership days | 736 | 548 | 2,184 | 1,453 | ||||||||
| Available days | 736 | 548 | 2,144 | 1,423 | ||||||||
| Operating days (1) | 730 | 529 | 2,120 | 1,384 | ||||||||
| Fleet utilization | 99.2 | % | 96.5 | % | 98.9 | % | 97.3 | % | ||||
| AVERAGE DAILY RESULTS | ||||||||||||
| Time charter equivalent (TCE) rate (2) | $ | 31,787 | $ | 34,411 | $ | 38,183 | $ | 24,866 | ||||
| Daily vessel operating expenses (3) | $ | 7,505 | $ | 6,038 | $ | 7,260 | $ | 6,597 | ||||
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| (1) | Operating days are the number of available days in a period less the aggregate number of days that our vessels are off-hire. The specific calculation counts as on-hire the days of the ballast leg of the spot voyages, as long as a charter party is in place. The shipping industry uses operating days to measure the aggregate number of days in a period during which vessels actually generate revenues. | |
| (2) | Time charter equivalent rates, or TCE rates, are defined as revenue (voyage, time charter and pool revenue), less voyage expenses during a period divided by the number of our available days during the period, which is consistent with industry standards. Voyage expenses include port charges, bunker (fuel) expenses, canal charges and commissions. TCE is a non-GAAP measure. TCE rate is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels despite changes in the mix of charter types (i.e., voyage (spot) charters, time charters and bareboat charters). | |
| (3) | Daily vessel operating expenses, which include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance and vessel registry, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the costs of spares and consumable stores, lubricant costs, tonnage taxes, regulatory fees, environmental costs, lay-up expenses and other miscellaneous expenses, are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by ownership days for the relevant period. |
| Fleet Employment Profile (As of November 27, 2023) | |||||||
| Performance Shipping Inc.’s fleet is employed as follows: | |||||||
| Vessel | Year of Build | Capacity | Builder | Vessel Type | Charter Type | Notes | |
| Aframax Tanker Vessels | |||||||
| 1 | BLUE MOON | 2011 | 104,623 DWT | Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., LTD. | Crude | Time-Charter | |
| 2 | BRIOLETTE | 2011 | 104,588 DWT | Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., LTD. | Crude | Time-Charter | |
| 3 | P. KIKUMA | 2007 | 115,915 DWT | Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd. | Crude | Pool | 1 |
| 4 | P. YANBU | 2011 | 105,391 DWT | Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., LTD. | Crude | Time-Charter | |
| 5 | P. SOPHIA | 2009 | 105,071 DWT | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD | Crude | Pool | |
| 6 | P. ALIKI | 2010 | 105,304 DWT | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD | Product | Time-Charter | |
| 7 | P. MONTEREY | 2011 | 105,525 DWT | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD | Crude | Time-Charter | |
| 8 | P. LONG BEACH | 2013 | 105,408 DWT | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., LTD | Product | Pool | |
1 Vessel P. Kikuma has been sold and is expected to be delivered to its new owners in December 2023.
About the Company
Performance Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of tanker vessels. The Company employs its fleet on spot voyages, through pool arrangements and on time charters.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts, including with respect to future market conditions, the conduct of our share repurchase program and the delivery of the vessels we have agreed to acquire.
The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect," "pending," and similar expressions, terms or phrases may identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker shipping industry, changes in the supply of vessels, changes in worldwide oil production and consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, crew costs, dry-docking and insurance costs, our future operating or financial results, availability of financing and refinancing, including with respect to vessels we agree to acquire, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, the length and severity of epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19, and their impact on the demand for seaborne transportation of petroleum and other types of products, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, general domestic and international political conditions or events, including “trade wars”, armed conflicts including the war in Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas, the imposition of new international sanctions, acts by terrorists or acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, labor disputes or political events, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other important factors. Please see our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
(See financial tables attached)
| PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC. | ||||||||||||
| FINANCIAL TABLES | ||||||||||||
| Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data | ||||||||||||
| UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||
| For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| REVENUE: | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 24,114 | $ | 22,131 | $ | 85,098 | $ | 47,406 | ||||
| EXPENSES: | ||||||||||||
| Voyage expenses | 719 | 3,274 | 3,234 | 12,022 | ||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses | 5,524 | 3,309 | 15,855 | 9,586 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of deferred charges | 3,811 | 2,496 | 11,276 | 6,566 | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 1,981 | 1,416 | 5,396 | 4,705 | ||||||||
| (Reversal) / Provision for credit losses and write offs | 34 | (59 | ) | (21 | ) | 18 | ||||||
| Foreign currency losses / (gains) | (5 | ) | 2 | 33 | (51 | ) | ||||||
| Operating income | $ | 12,050 | $ | 11,693 | $ | 49,325 | $ | 14,560 | ||||
| OTHER INCOME / (EXPENSES): | ||||||||||||
| Interest and finance costs | (2,278 | ) | (1,117 | ) | (7,642 | ) | (2,207 | ) | ||||
| Interest income | 999 | 100 | 2,204 | 112 | ||||||||
| Changes in fair value of warrants' liability | (402 | ) | - | 565 | - | |||||||
| Total other expenses, net | $ | (1,681 | ) | $ | (1,017 | ) | $ | (4,873 | ) | $ | (2,095 | ) |
| Net income | $ | 10,369 | $ | 10,676 | $ | 44,452 | $ | 12,465 | ||||
| Income allocated to participating securities | - | (3 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||
| Deemed dividend on Series B preferred stock upon exchange of common stock | - | - | - | (9,271 | ) | |||||||
| Deemed dividend to the Series C preferred stockholders due to triggering of a down-round feature | - | - | (9,809 | ) | - | |||||||
| Deemed dividend to the July 2022 and August 2022 warrants holders due to triggering of a down-round feature | - | (22 | ) | (789 | ) | (22 | ) | |||||
| Dividends on preferred stock | (478 | ) | (247 | ) | (1,428 | ) | (575 | ) | ||||
| Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | 9,891 | $ | 10,404 | $ | 32,425 | $ | 2,595 | ||||
| Earnings per common share, basic | $ | 0.88 | $ | 3.83 | $ | 3.26 | $ | 2.35 | ||||
| Earnings per common share, diluted | $ | 0.27 | $ | 1.50 | $ | 1.25 | $ | 0.60 | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic | 11,261,597 | 2,715,008 | 9,950,612 | 1,104,669 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, diluted | 38,618,629 | 6,854,785 | 34,486,994 | 5,556,942 | ||||||||
| UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | ||||||||||||
| For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 10,369 | $ | 10,676 | $ | 44,452 | $ | 12,465 | ||||
| Comprehensive income | $ | 10,369 | $ | 10,676 | $ | 44,452 | $ | 12,465 | ||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA | ||||
| (Expressed in thousands of US Dollars) | ||||
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022* | |||
| ASSETS | (unaudited) | |||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 85,396 | $ | 39,726 |
| Advances for vessel under construction and other vessels' costs | 11,106 | - | ||
| Vessels, net | 226,803 | 236,607 | ||
| Other fixed assets, net | 45 | 72 | ||
| Other assets | 8,688 | 16,574 | ||
| Total assets | $ | 332,038 | $ | 292,979 |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||
| Long-term bank debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs | $ | 117,124 | $ | 127,675 |
| Other liabilities | 5,547 | 9,599 | ||
| Total stockholders' equity | 209,367 | 155,705 | ||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 332,038 | $ | 292,979 |
| * The balance sheet data as of December 31, 2022 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date. | ||||
| OTHER FINANCIAL DATA | ||||||||||||
| For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||
| Net Cash provided by Operating Activities | $ | 17,883 | $ | 11,761 | $ | 58,692 | $ | 10,167 | ||||
| Net Cash used in Investing Activities | $ | (197 | ) | $ | (30,810 | ) | $ | (11,708 | ) | $ | (34,829 | ) |
| Net Cash (used in) / provided by Financing Activities | $ | (3,025 | ) | $ | 41,241 | $ | (1,314 | ) | $ | 50,550 | ||
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