Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Reports Net Profit of $0.5 Million For the First Quarter of 2025, and Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.05 Per Share

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ATHENS, Greece, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2025 and the amendment of its dividend policy to pay a minimum quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this press release to "we," "us," "our," or similar references, mean Star Bulk Carriers Corp. and, where applicable, its consolidated subsidiaries.

Financial Highlights

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for daily rates and per share data)

 

 

First quarter 2025

First quarter 2024

Voyage Revenues

$230,650

 

$259,390

Net income

$462

 

$74,856

Adjusted Net (loss) / income (1)

($7,738

)

$73,239

Net cash provided by operating activities

$48,508

 

$114,262

EBITDA (2)

$57,992

 

$126,336

Adjusted EBITDA (2)

$48,970

 

$122,965

Earnings per share basic and diluted

$0.00

 

$0.89

Adjusted (loss) / earnings per share basic and diluted (1)

($0.07

)

$0.87

Dividend per share for the relevant period

$0.05

 

$0.75

Average Number of Vessels

 

150.7

 

 

113.3

TCE Revenues (3)

$159,278

 

$195,664

Daily Time Charter Equivalent Rate ("TCE") (3)

$12,439

 

$19,627

Daily OPEX per vessel (4)

$5,008

 

$4,962

Daily OPEX per vessel (as adjusted) (4)

$4,898

 

$4,962

Daily Net Cash G&A expenses per vessel (5)

$1,319

 

$1,223

 

 

 


(1)

Adjusted Net (loss) / income, Adjusted (loss) / earnings per share basic and diluted are non-GAAP measures. Please see EXHIBIT I at the end of this release for a reconciliation to Net income and earnings per share basic and diluted, which are the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), as well as for the definition of each measure.

(2)

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP liquidity measures. Please see EXHIBIT I at the end of this release for a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Operating Activities, which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, as well as for the definition of each measure. To derive Adjusted EBITDA from EBITDA, we exclude certain non-cash gains / (losses).

(3)

Daily Time Charter Equivalent Rate (“TCE”) and TCE Revenues are non-GAAP measures. Please see EXHIBIT I at the end of this release for a reconciliation to Voyage Revenues, which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The definition of each measure is provided in footnote (7) to the Summary of Selected Data table below.

(4)

Daily OPEX per vessel is calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by Ownership days (defined below). Daily OPEX per vessel (as adjusted) is calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses excluding pre-delivery expenses for each vessel on acquisition or change of management, if any, by Ownership days. In the future we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to certain expenses (as described above) that were previously excluded.

(5)

Daily Net Cash G&A expenses per vessel is calculated by (1) adding the Management fee expense to the General and Administrative expenses, net of share-based compensation expense and other non-cash charges and (2) then dividing the result by the sum of Ownership days and Charter-in days (defined below). Please see EXHIBIT I at the end of this release for a reconciliation to General and administrative expenses, which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

 

Petros Pappas, Chief Executive Officer of Star Bulk, commented:

“Despite the seasonal market weakness during the first quarter 2025, Star Bulk remained in the black with Net Income of $0.5 million, EBITDA of $58.0 million and TCE per vessel per day of $12,439.