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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-18Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Upside for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO) Stock
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Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Upside for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO) Stock
Investors might want to bet on Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO), as earnings estimates for this company have been showing solid improvement lately. The stock has already gained solid short-term price momentum, and this trend might continue with its still improving earnings outlook. The rising trend in estimate revisions, which is a result of growing analyst optimism on the earnings prospects of this company, should get reflected in its stock price. After all, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements. Our stock rating tool -- the Zacks Rank -- has this insight at its core. The five-grade Zacks Rank system, which ranges from a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) to a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive externally-audited track record of outperformance, with Zacks #1 Ranked stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 2008. Consensus earnings estimates for the next quarter and full year have moved considerably higher for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., as there has been strong agreement among the covering analysts in raising estimates. The chart below shows the evolution of forward 12-month Zacks Consensus EPS estimate: The earnings estimate of $4.41 per share for the current quarter represents a change of +431.3% from the number reported a year ago. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. has increased 495.95% over the last 30 days, as one estimate has gone higher compared to no negative revisions. For the full year, the earnings estimate of $9.53 per share represents a change of +152.8% from the year-ago number. The revisions trend for the current year also appears quite promising for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., with one estimate moving higher over the past month compared to no negative revisions. The consensus estimate has also received a boost over this time frame, increasing 119.08%. The promising estimate revisions have helped Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. earn a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). The Zacks Rank is a tried-and-tested rating tool that helps investors effectively harness the power of earnings estimate revisions and make the right investment decision.You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Our research shows that stocks with Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and 2 (Buy) significantly outperform the S&P 500....
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-15Okeanis Eco Tankers Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
Interested in Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp.? Here are five stocks we like better. Okeanis Eco Tankers reported a record Q1 2026, with adjusted EBITDA of $110 million and adjusted net profit of $89 million, driven by strong tanker fundamentals and geopolitical disruption. Management said the first half of 2026 could be stronger than any prior full year in company history. The board declared a $2 per share dividend, the highest quarterly payout since inception and the company’s 16th straight quarterly dividend. Over the last four quarters, Okeanis has returned $5 per share, or 96% of reported net income. Management highlighted a sharply improved market outlook, especially from Strait of Hormuz disruption, which it said has removed a large share of VLCC supply and should support tanker rates. Second-quarter bookings were also strong, with a large portion of VLCC and Suezmax days fixed at very elevated rates. Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) reported what management described as a record first quarter of 2026, with executives saying strong tanker fundamentals and geopolitical disruption combined to drive unusually high earnings and bookings for the company’s fleet. Chief Executive Officer Aristidis Alafouzos said the first quarter and second quarter combined “will be stronger than any previous year” in the company’s history. He said potential distributions tied to the first half are approaching the company’s original listing price in 2018. → Rocket Lab Just Hit a New All-Time High—Time to Buy or Let It Breathe? Alafouzos attributed the quarter’s strength to several factors, including the reopening of Venezuela, India diversifying crude imports, consolidation in the VLCC market by the Sinokor Aponte joint venture and the market impact from the war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He said the tanker market saw “unprecedented strength” following the disruption, before settling at what he called “extremely elevated rates.” Chief Financial Officer Iraklis Sbarounis said Okeanis Eco Tankers achieved a fleet-wide time charter equivalent rate of about $93,000 per vessel per day in the quarter. That included $106,000 per day on spot vessels, $104,000 per day on all operating VLCC days and $82,000 per day on Suezmax operating days, all of which were spot. → MP Materials Is Quietly Building a Rare Earth Powerhouse The company reported adjusted EBITDA of $110 million,...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-15Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Earnings and Strategic ...
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Earnings and Strategic ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: May 14, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) reported a record quarter with fleet-wide time charter equivalent earnings of about $93,000 per vessel per day. The company declared a 16th consecutive quarterly dividend of $2 per share, representing 88% of reported net income. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) executed successful equity transactions, raising $130 million in gross proceeds. The company has distributed approximately two and a half times its initial market cap in dividends since its IPO. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) achieved perfect utilization across its fleet, with significant exposure to high market rates. The company faced challenges with the Hormuz closure, impacting cargo availability and causing inefficiencies. A commercial mistake was noted in fixing the Nisos Nikuria for one year at a net rate of $90,000 per day, which was lower than potential spot market earnings. The ballast voyage from Korea to West Africa was longer than expected, negatively impacting Suezmax earnings. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) has a significant amount of debt, with a balance sheet debt of $683 million. The company faces risks related to geopolitical tensions and market volatility, particularly concerning the reopening of the Hormuz Strait. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with BOM:543985. Is ECO fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: With term rates creeping back up, would you consider adding more coverage given your strategy in 2020? A: (Unidentified_2) Currently, the time charter market isn't appealing for us, especially with the potential reopening of the Hormuz, which could drive rates significantly higher. We're seeing increased long-term charter rates across all sizes, with the VLCC market for three years nearing $70,000. Q: In scenario three, with a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, would there be more demand from the Atlantic as buyers diversify away from the Middle East? What would this mean for Suezmax demand? A: (Unidentified_2) Some Asian countries, heavily reliant on AG crude, will need to diversify. This could lead to increased imports from West Africa, Brazil, or the US Gulf. The Suezmax, being versatile, performs well in ineffici...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-14Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (ECO) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.33 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.74 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.36 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +33.91%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $1.3 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.78, delivering a surprise of +36.92%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., which belongs to the Zacks Transportation - Shipping industry, posted revenues of $132.22 million for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 26.67%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $80.15 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. shares have added about 67.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.1%. While Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near fu...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-14Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2026
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2026
ATHENS, Greece, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (together with its subsidiaries, unless context otherwise dictates, “OET” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ECO, OSE: OET) today reported its unaudited condensed financial results for the first quarter of 2026, which are attached to this press release. Financial performance of the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026 Revenues of $170.2 million in Q1 2026, compared to $80.1 million in Q1 2025. Profit of $88.3 million in Q1 2026, compared to $12.6 million in Q1 2025. Vessel operating expenses of $12.2 million in Q1 2026, compared to $10.5 million in Q1 2025. Earnings per share of $2.31 in Q1 2026 (based on a weighted average number of shares of 38,161,939 for the period), compared to $0.39 in Q1 2025. Cash (including restricted cash) of $176.5 million as of March 31, 2026, compared to $122.5 million as of December 31, 2025. Alternative performance metrics and market development Time charter equivalent* (“TCE”, a non-IFRS measure*) revenue of $132.2 million in Q1 2026. EBITDA* and Adjusted EBITDA* (each, a non-IFRS measure*) of $109.6 million and $110.1 million, respectively, in Q1 2026. Adjusted profit* and Adjusted earnings per share* (each, a non-IFRS measure*) of $88.9 million or $2.33 per basic and diluted share in Q1 2026. Fleetwide daily TCE rate* of $93,600 per available spot day and $93,100 per operating day; VLCC TCE rate of $106,400 per available spot day and $104,300 per operating day; and Suezmax TCE rate of $81,600 per available spot and operating day. Daily vessel operating expenses* (“Daily Opex”, a non-IFRS measure*) of $9,593 per calendar day, including management fees, in Q1 2026. In Q2 2026 to date, 46% of the available VLCC spot days have been booked at an average TCE rate of $223,900 per day and 60% of the available Suezmax spot days have been booked at an average TCE rate of $187,300 per day. Declaration of Q1 2026 dividend The Company’s board of directors declared a dividend of $2.00 per common share to shareholders. Dividends payable to common shares registered in the Euronext VPS will be distributed in NOK. The cash payment will be paid on June 5, 2026, to shareholders of record as of May 28, 2026. The common shares will be traded ex-dividend on the NYSE as from and including May 28, 2026, and the common shares will be traded ex-dividend on the Oslo Stock Exchange as from...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-14FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Welcome to OET's First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Presentation. We will begin shortly. Aristidis Alafouzos, CEO, and Iraklis Sbarounis, CFO of Okeanis Eco Tankers, will take you through the presentation. We will be pleased to address any questions raised at the end of the call. Matters that are forward-looking in nature will be discussed, and actual results may differ from the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements. Please read through the relevant disclaimer on slide two. I would like to advise you that the session is being recorded. Aristidis will begin the presentation now.
Thank you for taking the time to join our Q1 2026 call. Q1 was a record quarter for our company, and Q1 plus Q2 combined will be stronger than any previous year in our company's history. In fact, the potential distributions tied to this half year are approaching our original listing price in 2018. It definitely was and is an exciting, stressful, challenging, and demanding quarter. This cumulative pressure surely overshadowed the pleasure of earning so much for our shareholders, which is regrettable. Q1 began with a sell-off in freight into mid-January, where the market turned by the continued exquisite fundamentals, Venezuela reopening, India diversifying imports, and most importantly, the extremely rapid consolidation of the VLCC market by Sinokor Aponte Joint Venture.
This strength continued until February 28th, where the war in Iran began and set off a two, three, four-week period of unprecedented strength in the tanker market overall. Following this explosive and unbelievable period, the market found a balance at extremely elevated rates, where the loss of cargoes from Hormuz closure is offset by ton-miles, inefficiencies, vessels trapped inside, and vessels outside waiting for the Hormuz to reopen. Earlier this week, there were over 55 VLCCs in ballast waiting outside the high-risk area for a potential reopening. This doesn't include vessels waiting around Sri Lanka, off India, Singapore, and the Sinokor fleet. Values and time charter rates have also seen consistent and profound strengthening throughout the quarter. We're in a period of record income. The anchoring bias on values, freight, time charteration to 20 years ago doesn't hold anymore. The market needs to recognize this.
What is the natural ceiling where rates and values can go? Internally at OET and looking at Q2, one of our greatest challenges going forward is keeping tonnage available for the immediate exposure to a Hormuz reopening while optimizing our performance. I hand you over to Iraklis to go through the financials.
Thanks, Aristidis. Let's have a look at this record quarter. We achieved fleet-wide time charter equivalent of about $93,000 per vessel per day. That's $106,000 per day on our spot and $104,000 on all operating VLCC days, and $82,000 on our Suezmax operating days, all being spot. We report adjusted EBITDA of $110 million, adjusted net profit of $89 million, and adjusted EPS of $2.33. This is based on our average share count for the quarter. Our board declared the 16th consecutive quarterly dividend of $2 per share. This represents 88% of our reported net income, i.e., on our current, fully diluted share count post our January equity transaction.
This is the highest quarterly dividend amount since the company's inception, although I assume everyone's already modeling our second quarter. Over the last four quarters, we have distributed $5 per share or 96% of our reported net income for the period. In January, we executed another successful and accretive equity raise of $130 million in gross proceeds. Since our IPO in Oslo, we have distributed approximately 2.5x our initial market cap, with over $550 million paid in dividends. Since we have had a fully delivered fleet in 2022, we have paid out 91% of our reported net income, clearly demonstrating our commitment to distributing value for our shareholders. Slide six, we show the detail of our income statement for the quarter.
TC revenues stood at $132.2 million. $32.2 million. At quarter end, we had $176.5 million of cash. That included a portion of the equity earmarked for the acquisition of the Nissos Tigani and Nissos Vous. We also had almost $80 million in trade receivables. Our restricted cash figure as of March 31st includes an amount of $45 million we have deposited on short-term against one of our loan facilities, which has the feature that it reduces the interest paid to just 0.5% all in. On a net basis, providing a better return than what we can achieve under our time deposit rates. We may roll forward such cash characterized as restricted or a different amount on a short-term basis, depending on our cash flow needs and applicable rates.
Our balance sheet debt was $683 million. Our book leverage stands at 41%, while our market-adjusted net NAV based on latest broker values and pro forma for the acquisitions and recent transactions is now just over 30%. On slide eight, looking at our fleets, I'm pleased to show the addition of our most recently acquired modern and high-spec vessels. We have a total of 16 vessels on the water, eight Suezmaxes and eight VLCCs, with an average age of only six years, which will further improve once we get delivery shortly of the Nissos Tigani and Nissos Vous currently under construction in South Korea. As a reminder, from a maintenance CapEx perspective, our only drydock for 2026 is that of the Milos 10-year survey. Slide nine, moving on to our capital structure.
This is a quarterly update that I have been personally looking forward to for a while. We recently announced three new financings for four vessels as follows. We purchased back from its sale and leaseback and refinanced the Nissos Rhenia with a new $50 million bank loan maturing in seven years, priced at SOFR plus 125 basis points. This transaction closed last week. We will purchase back from its sale and leaseback and refinance the Nissos Despotiko with another $50 million bank loan maturing in nine years, priced at SOFR plus 130 basis points. This transaction is expected to close in early June. We have also signed a $90 million bank loan for the Nissos Tigani and Nissos Vous maturing in eight years, priced at SOFR plus 120 basis points.
The Tigani will close in couple weeks, and the Vous in early July. We have taken advantage of the very competitive financing market and our financiers' appetite to transact with us. Our most recent transactions have demonstrated the relationships and track record we have developed in two key banking markets for us, in Greece and in Taiwan. We now have staggered maturities all the way through 2035, extremely attractive pricing, and we have finally put behind us all our legacy sale and leasebacks. On slide 10, we look at our pricing on a vessel by vessel. All our loans are now priced below 2% with a weighted average margin of 1.47%. That's an improvement of more than 200 basis points compared to where we were prior to the LIBOR to SOFR transition in mid-2023.
On a consolidated debt of over $750 million, that's pro forma for the upcoming drawdowns, that's an impact of more than $15 million a year straight into the bottom line. quarter-on-quarter for a while, we have been seeing the material improvement into our interest expense, and starting in Q3 of this year, when all this will have concluded, we expect to see the full effect. We are extremely happy with where we are today, but of course, by nature, we continuously monitor the market for opportunities that may further optimize our structure, trying to improve one or all aspects of our debt structure, whether it's pricing, tenure, amortization profile, or other terms that might add flexibility and agility. I will now turn it back to Aristidis for the commercial and market update.
Thank you, Iraklis, and great job on the refis. Now, as I said during the intro, Q1 was a record quarter for the company. Amazing fundamentals, Venezuela reopening, the consolidation of the VLCC market, and likely the biggest shock to oil trading in the past 50 years all converged in the same three months. We concluded fixings in Q1, mostly realized in Q2, that we could never have previously fathomed. Absolutely remarkable. Fleet-wide TCE came in at $93,100 per day, with $106,400 on our spot VLCCs and $81,600 on the Suezmaxes, and we achieved perfect utilization across the fleet. One commercial mistake I want to flag was fixing the Nissos Nikouria for one year at a net rate of $90,000 per day. With hindsight, the market gave us much more. Spot market, that is.
Separately, the Nissos Keros is currently stuck inside the AG, we have an additional line for her on the table. She is being compensated on a commercially agreed rate while she waits to get out. We took delivery of the Nissos Piperi and Nissos Serifopoula also in this quarter. The market was so firm that we were able to fix cargoes from West Africa on our first voyages and get them into our trading patterns. The ballast voyage from Korea to West Africa was far longer than the laden, which did net-negatively impact our Suezmax earnings. On the Suezmaxes, we focused on trading the ships in the Atlantic Basin. We did not fix any vessels into the East and kept the voyages shorter while focusing on optimization in our preferred trades.
On the VLCCs, early in the quarter, we committed to longer voyages to lock in higher earnings, balancing with some shorter voyages in the east to keep our fixing exposure intact within the quarter. The strategy is what ultimately led to poor Keros being trapped inside the Hormuz, but the same strategy is what set up the Q2 numbers. Comparing our Q1 against the peers who have already reported, we are at 28%, 28.5% higher on our VLCCs and 20% higher on our Suezmaxes. Looking at our guidance for Q2, I believe it is likely that our Q2 earnings will be larger than any previous year's annual earnings. Whether that holds up on Q2 alone or not, Q1 and Q2 certainly combined will be.
As of today, 56% of our available VLCC spot days are fixed at $223,900 per day, and 60% of our Suezmax days at $187,300 per day, giving us a fleet-wide average of about $202,900 per day on the fixed portion, roughly half of the quarter. Comparing Q2 against our peers who have reported earnings, we are about 45% higher on our VLCCs and 24% higher on our Suezmaxes. We were in the lucky position of having significant exposure right around the spike in mid-March for voyages that were affected in Q2. We're able to fix two ships to load in Yanbu at huge rates, and we fixed the Nissos Despotiko on a long-haul voyage right at the top of the market.
On the Suezmax side, the shorter trading pattern allowed us to do multiple runs into a rapidly appreciating market. Some of the fixtures concluded those weeks were frankly unbelievable. One additional Suezmax new building, the Nissos Tigani, is scheduled for delivery during the quarter, which will further reinforce our exposure and give us exposure to a potential Hormuz reopening later this quarter. Moving on to Slide 14. We reuse this slide every quarter, and I'm very proud of it, almost as proud as Iraklis is of his refinancing slide. We had a gain quarter-over-quarter of over $25 million just on our commercial outperformance. I hope an analyst or TradeWinds picks this up. If our fleet earned the average of our peers who have reported in Q1, our EPS would be over $0.65 less.
Since Q4 2019, we have generated approximately $256 million of cumulative outperformance versus our peers. On Slide 15, I take two things away from this chart. Firstly, we've had consistently elevated earnings going back to September of last year. That underpins the fundamental strength of the current market, a strength that predates the geopolitical shock and is only amplified by it. Secondly, the consistent strength of the market following the loss of the AG bbl. The message of this chart is that the disruption created the spike, but the underlying market has held the level. To frame the scale of this, roughly 14.9 MMbpd of crude exports and around 35% of global crude ton-miles normally transit the Hormuz. This is the largest single choke point shock the tanker market has ever absorbed.
The well-known effects are visible on this page, extended ton-miles, vessels trapped inside the AG, and the redirection of Saudi and UAE volumes from Yanbu and the Sea of Oman, which has been the single biggest mitigating factor since the closure. I wanna highlight one other factor that I think is underappreciated by the market, the number of VLCCs waiting outside the AG for a potential reopening. Earlier this week, we counted 55 VLCCs in ballast sitting outside the high-risk area hoping for the reopening. The figure does not include, as I mentioned earlier, vessels positioned further afield by Sri Lanka, off India, Singapore or the Sinokor fleet. When you put it all together, 63 laden VLCCs trapped inside the AG, over 55 waiting outside of the AG, and roughly 36 holding at Yanbu. This is 155 VLCCs effectively removed from spot supply.
On a global VLCC fleet of 920 vessels, that is approximately 17% of the worldwide fleet either trapped or waiting. If we assume the compliant fleet is around 700 vessels, and this is what affects us, that jumps to 22%. That is a massive restriction on compliant supply and is very supportive of rate. One more dynamic to note. In recent weeks previously, we have seen reduced interest from Asian buyers for Atlantic bbl, which in my view reflects an expectation of the Hormuz reopening. The longer that reopening is delayed, the more those Asian buyers will be forced back into the market from the Atlantic, which we are seeing this week, which would tighten supply further and push rates higher again. Looking forward, on Slide 17, we lay out three scenarios we see for how this resolves.
I want to be clear upfront, we do not take a view on the macro conditions to deteriorate. Our scenarios are about the shape of the Hormuz outcome and not about the demand side. All three paths are supportive to tankers. What changes between them is the timing, the shape, and the duration of this strength. Before I walk through them, the key number to anchor is that the pre-destruction Hormuz exports were around 14.9 MMbpd. The total pipeline rerouting capacity is only around 7.4 MMbpd. That leaves a structural shortfall of about 7.5 MMbpd, which we can only clear via long-haul ton-mile by sea. That gap is what underwrites the demand backdrop in every scenario. Scenario one, continued closure. Pipeline reroutings stay maxed out. Asian inventories continue to drain.
Western barrels reroute to Asia. The trapped tonnage inside the AG persists. The result is long-haul ton miles maximized and the compliant fleet supply structurally constrained. The only meaningful risk in this path is demand destruction if it drags along for too long. Scenario two, partial reopening. Iraqi exports ramp up. There's roughly 3.1 MMbpd of capacity that could come back relatively quickly. Floating storage gradually releases the market. The Yanbu and Fujairah reroutings continue at capacity. There are less Western barrels flowing east. Vessels repositioning will affect supply due to vessel repositioning. The whole scenario depends on transit normalization holding. Scenario three, full reopening. Middle East exports normalize over, let's say, about 3 months. Importantly, that is the same dynamic we saw with Venezuela.
Any national oil company-linked sanctioned tonnage might find its way back, but the broader fleet stays isolated. On top of that, you would see Asian and SPR restocking demand coming through. There is initial spike as oil storage drains and restocking provides a ton-mile tail and supportive demand, and returning supply moderates rates over the medium term, supportive. We assume that cargoes will only be lifted on conventional vessels. On slide 18, beyond the Hormuz dynamic and directly linked to the current situation is another structural tailwind sitting in plain sight, inventories. OECD commercial inventories have been drawing and are sitting well below the five-year range, as you see on the right-hand side of the graph. To this, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Inventory builds translate directly into tanker demand, which we read as positive.
Slide 19, the order book, a topic that is starting to become relevant. It wasn't a few quarters ago. Yes, the order book is up. VLCCs stand at 27.5% of the fleet. Suezmaxes are at 28.5%. About 3.3 percentage points of the Suezmax number is shuttle tankers. On the face of it, that is a large number. I understand the reflex. There is an old saying in shipping that given enough time in a good market, owners will find a way to shoot themselves in the foot by over-ordering. I will be first to admit, historically, the saying has not been wrong. I would argue this cycle is slightly different. The reason is on the right-hand side of the page. It is supported by the next page as well, where we dive a little bit deeper into the actual numbers.
Even today, in 2026, 48% of the global VLCC fleet is over the age of 15, 22% is over 20. By 2030, those numbers grow to 61% over 15 and 41% over 20. The Suezmax picture is essentially the same. If you also add the shadow or dark fleet, which sits within the high rate bracket of the, of the above, we know for certainty that most of the vessels will never come back. When you take those vessels out of the supply equation altogether, and we should, because they're not competing for the same cargoes as we are, the compliance supply picture gets meaningfully tighter. Yes, the order book is up, but the aging fleet plus the dark fleet isolation gives you, in my view, a structurally tight compliant market for the next couple of years.
The numbers on the next slide make this clear. Slide 20 takes the point I just made and puts it into absolute numbers, which I think is the cleanest way to see it. On the VLCCs, fleet of 919 vessels today, order book of 250. By 2028, cumulative deliveries, including what has already arrived year to date, gets you to 184 vessels. Over the same period, 265 vessels will be over 15 years old, while 124 will be over 20 and 90 will be over 25. By 2030, you have 250 cumulative deliveries against 375 vessels over 15 and 180 20+. Put simply, 250 deliveries chasing a retirement queue of 375 ships.
The order book doesn't cap the aging fleet. On the Suezmax, the same story. By 2030, 204 deliveries against 274 vessels over the age of 20. That is the structural tightness I was describing about in the previous slide in absolute numbers. To tie the above all together, on the demand side, we have the Hormuz ton-mile reset, inventory restocking ahead, plus all the fundamentals that existed prior to the Hormuz situation. On the supply side, we have a record order book that still does not capture a wave of vessels reaching the end of their useful life. Both sides of the equation point towards the right. I'll pass it to the moderator for the Q&A.
We will now take questions. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. That is star one on a telephone keypad to raise your hands. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Kristoffer Skeie with Arctic Securities. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.
Hello, guys. Thank you for taking my question and congrats on a record Q2 bookings. Really impressive. It has been quite wise to keep the fleet open, what we see now is the term rates are sort of creeping back up again now. We see one year TC on VLCCs around $120. My question now is more on commercial strategy. Would you be keen to have more coverage, given that you targeted quite right in 2020 would be interesting to get your take on it?
Hi, Kristoffer. Thank you for your question. Look, I mean, we even mentioned on the call the mistake of fixing the Nissos Nikouria on the $90,000 per year. I think at this point, the time charter market isn't that interesting for us, and especially given the reopening of the Hormuz and how aggressively the rates can go up in that case, it will probably just one voyage at those rates, you know, it will outperform even in a moderated spot environment afterwards, any one year time charter. Just to add some more color to your question, we're also seeing significant increase in longer-term charter rates on all sizes, and I think the VLCC market for three years should be closer to the $70,000 mark.
Great. Okay. Thanks. I am back.
The next question comes in the line of Liam Burke with B. Riley Securities. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.
Yes. Thank you. Can we go back to your scenario three of a post, Strait of Hormuz opening? Would you anticipate in, whenever more normal times occur, that there'd be more demand out of the Atlantic because buyers of crude would like to diversify away from the Mid East? What would that mean for the demand on the Suezmax side?
Sorry, Liam, can you repeat your question? It came in a bit muffled.
Okay, sure. Post at scenario three you discussed a scenario where the Strait of Hormuz is completely reopened. What I was asking was, is there a situation where buyers of crude would wanna diversify away from the Mid East, even with an open strait, and buy more out of the Atlantic, and what that would mean for the Suezmax understanding the low order book relative to the age of the fleet?
Thank you, Liam. I got the question now.
Thank you.
It's a good question. I think the We've also speaking to some refiners and charters, and reading news in the media, it's obvious that some of the Asian countries that have a very high reliance on AG crude will need to diversify going forwards. Like for example, the Japanese have 90% of their crude imports from AG. That will have to meaningfully come down, and it may come from imports from West Africa or Brazil or the U.S. Gulf. I think at the beginning at least of the Hormuz reopening, everyone will buy whatever crude they can get their hands on. As we move into more the medium term where there's like more strategic and medium term approach towards buying crude, they're gonna start diversifying their purchases.
In terms of the Suezmaxes, all this reopening and this diversification of crude purchases for strategic geopolitical reasons create inefficiencies. The Suezmax is often a very versatile vessel that does well when the market is inefficient. There's trading patterns that, you know, are less accustomed to and people need options and there's different ports. I think that generally on a relative basis over the past five years, we've been able to outperform on the VLCCs and our Suezmaxes. I do think that the Suezmaxes will still be very strong assets going forwards compared to both the larger and smaller crude tankers.
Great, thank you. Just quickly, your operating cash flow should probably be stronger in the second quarter. I know you're taking two deliveries of two Suezmaxes later in the year. Post delivery, your capital allocation I presume is going to remain the same with the priority on returning cash to shareholders, or is there any thought about accelerating debt reduction?
Hi Liam, it's Iraklis.
Hey, Iraklis.
Hey. Our capital allocation policy will remain the same. We have been committed to distributing out as much as possible within the constraints of our capital structure, of course. As we have explained in the past, it's not possible for us to maintain 100% of our EPS distribution given our capital structure and cash flow. We aspire to increase that as much as possible, and we have been averaging around 9% for a while. Obviously, you know, we have added already two Suezmaxes at the beginning of the year. We're gonna be adding a couple more over the next few weeks or through the middle of the summer.
Our fleet has expanded a bit and that should be reflected in how we approach our capital structure and balance sheet. Having said that, we will of course continue to, you know, distribute as much as possible.
Yeah. Just to add to that, I mean, as a company, we're very comfortable with our LTV and, if anything is probably on the lower side, but we're very comfortable with that. We prefer, given our comfort, to return our profits to shareholders directly rather than paying down debt in advance of the normal repayment schedule.
Great. Well, thank you very much.
No, thank you.
The next question comes to the line of Even Kolsgaard with Clarksons Securities. Your lines are open. Please go ahead.
Thank you. My first question is about your second quarter bookings. Obviously, super strong, but if you look at this [audio distortion].
Yeah, Even, hi. It's Iraklis. Sorry, I, a part of your question was a bit muffled. I think you inquired about our Q2 guidance and the impact, I guess, of how our bookings are recorded into our books and the impact of ballast days. Is that right?
Yeah, that's all right.
Okay. Okay, perfect. Sure. Yes, as we have explained in the past, given our accounting policies, revenue recognition has an impact when we look at cut-off dates between quarters. Rest assured that obviously when something is not booked in the previous quarter, we obviously pass it on and recognize it in the following quarter. We have seen in the past certain instances where this came into play, and that was also the case a little bit with our Suezmaxes in Q1, with certain fixtures that came in late in the quarter. For Q2, it's a little bit early to be able to have visibility on the ballast days of the quarter.
We still have a month and a half ahead of us. Depending on how the vessel trades, you know, there may be some input, but obviously if you look at it from a TCE perspective, you know, this gets averaged out.
Yeah, that makes sense. Another one, which you touched upon, briefly. Where do you want to position your fleet at the moment? If you do see a reopening of or when you see a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, do you then want to or do you want to take a risk and wait and see for when that opens, or do you rather want to trade in the Atlantic until you are certain that the Strait of Hormuz is open?
Sorry. It's, again, it's a bit muffled. Your question is whether we want to trade in the Hormuz if it reopened?
As Hormuz, do you want to take the risk and wait outside the Hormuz at the moment, or do you prefer to just stay away until it actually is open?
No, like, look, that's a good question. If you take, Well, I mean, one thing, just to give you some numerical examples, like if you open, if one of our VLCCs opens in Singapore today and we ballast to the AG and we, and we wait a whole month and we fix, TD3 voyage, so AG to China, and where the futures are pricing, I guess those would be July dates, the vessel would earn $300,000 a day. I assume if you wait an extra 60 days, you'd earn, you know, $200,000 a day, a bit less. Clearly, the, at least where the futures, the FFA market is pricing the AG reopening, the market's gonna be extremely firm.
I mean, the way that we kind of thought about it is that if you usually fix cargoes from the AG three weeks ahead. There's around 160 cargoes a month. Recently, you know, that's about 110 cargoes in the over three weeks. Usually a cargo will fix three weeks ahead, like I said. Today is day 0, and three weeks is day 21. You need to cover for 110 cargoes. I think all these ships that are sitting outside will be absorbed very, very quickly. That doesn't even include how whatever production, or not production, but whatever exports can be increased because of crude sitting in storage. I think the immediate reopening will see a huge, like sucking of whatever prompt tonnage is available in the area.
I mean, you need to be a bit careful because, okay, the future market might be wrong, it could be a little bit lower, or it could stay closed for a lot longer. You know, the 30 days waiting for, to do a TD3 and earning $300,000, while the market today on a cargoes that we're looking at are between $120,000 and $150,000 is a big difference. I think, you know, we've seen companies like Sinokor who are willing to just take the risk and look for the maximum upside and just wait on some ships, or as a general chartering strategy, as a business, as a company. We've been a bit more pragmatic and looking to find the optimal cargoes that we like and not have too much waiting.
We need to do a bit of a combination. I mean, we made a bit of a matrix internally, and we wanna make sure that we have ships or at least a ship, you know, every week that could be in the area to do an AG cargo. I think it would be quite risky just to park everything outside of the AG and wait. The analysts would start yelling at me because we wouldn't recognize any income for the rest of the Q2. We'd have like a huge Q3, but the Q2 actuals would come off of it. Even would be asking me questions about it, but that's okay otherwise. We're balanced.
I mean, we're gonna try to make sure we don't lose all our exposure to, you know, reopening on any given date, but we can't just sit everything off there and be completely risk on. The other good thing is that we have a Suezmax that was fixed east, so she'll be open in the east in, you know, in the next month. We also have the two newbuildings which will be delivering end of May. That's like mid-June, mid, late June dates for the AG, and the other one is July. We have three Suezmax in our whole VLCC fleet that will have exposure to the reopening at some point in the next three months. I think we're in a relatively good position on the bigger ships.
That's very good color. Thank you. That's all for me.
Your next question comes to the line of Climent Molins with Value Investor's Edge. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.
Hi, good afternoon. Thank you for taking my questions. Most has already been covered. I wanted to ask you about the G&A for the quarter. I'm guessing there was an impact due to the offering to acquire the last two Suezmaxes as well as for bonuses. Where do you see the run rate for Q2 and thereafter on a, let's say, normalized basis?
Climent, hi. You're right. This is more a timing issue. We currently expect to finish the year maybe slightly higher than last year, 10-15% higher, something like that. Obviously from a timing perspective, Q1 has been much more heavy than the rest of the quarters. The rest of the quarters, I expect we will go back to the usual run rates and spread relatively evenly at the moment. Just keep in mind, we also face, you know, because quite a lot of our expenses, including G&A, are in euros, so exchange rates. There's volatility on exchange rates also plays a role.
Makes sense. Thanks for the color. This one is just to confirm regarding the vessel trapped inside the AG. You show 39 days fixed in Q2. Will the $74 per day be payable until it gets out?
Yeah. I mean, this, under our commercial agreement, yes, we obviously have to show the number as of the latest information. So long as it remains in, that's the number to show for now.
Okay. Thank you. I'll turn it over. Thank you for taking my questions.
Thank you, Climent.
There are no further questions at this time. I will now turn the call back to Iraklis for closing remarks.
Yeah. Thanks everyone for dialing in. As you probably are, we're also looking forward to our next update in early August. Thank you very much.
This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-12Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q1 2026 Earnings Report Preview: What To Expect
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q1 2026 Earnings Report Preview: What To Expect
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) is set to release its Q1 2026 earnings on May 13, 2026. The consensus estimate for Q1 2026 revenue is $0.14 billion, and the earnings are expected to come in at $1.74 per share. The full year 2026's revenue is expected to be $0.52 billion and the earnings are expected to be $7.23 per share. More detailed estimate data can be found on the Forecast page. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Sign with ECO. Is ECO fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Over the past 90 days, revenue estimates for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) have increased from $0.34 billion to $0.52 billion for the full year 2026, and from $0.28 billion to $0.45 billion for 2027. Earnings estimates have risen from $4.18 per share to $7.23 per share for the full year 2026, while for 2027, they have declined from $6.39 per share to $5.38 per share. In the previous quarter ending December 31, 2025, Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp's (NYSE:ECO) actual revenue was $0.13 billion, which beat analysts' revenue expectations of $0.09 billion by 46.72%. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp's (NYSE:ECO) actual earnings were $1.76 per share, which beat analysts' earnings expectations of $1.27 per share by 39.13%. After releasing the results, Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) was up by 3.75% in one day. Based on the one-year price targets offered by 2 analysts, the average target price for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) is $52.50 with a high estimate of $55.00 and a low estimate of $50.00. The average target implies a downside of -6.13% from the current price of $55.93. Based on GuruFocus estimates, the estimated GF Value for Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) in one year is $34.21, suggesting a downside of -38.83% from the current price of $55.93. Based on the consensus recommendation from 2 brokerage firms, Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp's (NYSE:ECO) average brokerage recommendation is currently 2.5, indicating an "Outperform" status. The rating scale ranges from 1 to 5, where 1 signifies strong buy, and 5 denotes sell.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-09Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. – Invitation to Q1 2026 Results Webcast
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. – Invitation to Q1 2026 Results Webcast
ATHENS, Greece, May 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (the “Company” or “OET”) (NYSE:ECO / OSE:OET), will report unaudited condensed financial results for the first quarter of 2026, after market close on the NYSE, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, and a webcast will be held at 14:30 CET, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Participants may access the webcast using the following link: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/446194895 The presentation material, which will be used in the webcast, will be available for downloading from the Investor Relations section at www.okeanisecotankers.com prior to the live webcast. Contacts Company: Iraklis Sbarounis, CFO Tel: +30 210 480 4200 [email protected] Investor Relations / Media Contact: Nicolas Bornozis, President Capital Link, Inc. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1540, New York, N.Y. 10169 Tel: +1 (212) 661-7566 [email protected] About OET OET is a leading international tanker company providing seaborne transportation of crude oil and refined products. The Company was incorporated on April 30, 2018 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange under the symbol OET and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ECO. The sailing fleet consists of eight modern scrubber-fitted Suezmax tankers and eight modern scrubber-fitted VLCC tankers. Forward-Looking Statements This communication contains “forward-looking statements”, including as defined under applicable laws, such as the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts or that are not present facts or conditions. Words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will” or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccura...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. (CCEC) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates
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Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. (CCEC) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. (CCEC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.3 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.55 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -21.05%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.39 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.48, delivering a surprise of +23.08%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp., which belongs to the Zacks Transportation - Shipping industry, posted revenues of $91.85 million for the quarter ended March 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.07%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $108.14 million. The company has not been able to beat consensus revenue estimates over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. shares have lost about 3.2% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 7.6%. While Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expec...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-24Assessing Okeanis Eco Tankers (OB:OET) Valuation After Strong Q4 Earnings Dividend And Fleet Expansion
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Assessing Okeanis Eco Tankers (OB:OET) Valuation After Strong Q4 Earnings Dividend And Fleet Expansion
Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St's investing ideas for FREE. Okeanis Eco Tankers (OB:OET) has drawn fresh attention after reporting Q4 2025 results, declaring a US$1.55 dividend per share and updating investors on fleet growth and management’s view of current tanker market conditions. See our latest analysis for Okeanis Eco Tankers. The recent Q4 earnings release, US$1.55 dividend declaration and continued fleet expansion have coincided with strong momentum, with a 43.61% year to date share price return and a very large 5 year total shareholder return that points to sustained investor interest. If this kind of move in tanker shipping has your attention, it could be a good moment to look at 26 elite gold producer stocks as another way to search for potential commodity linked opportunities. With a US$1.55 dividend, strong recent earnings and a share price that now sits almost exactly at the current analyst target, the key question is whether Okeanis Eco Tankers is still mispriced or if markets are already discounting future growth. Okeanis Eco Tankers last closed at NOK466, against a widely followed fair value estimate of NOK435.10, so the current price sits modestly above that narrative view. That fair value is built on detailed assumptions about future earnings power, margins and the cost of capital. Read the complete narrative. Read the complete narrative. Want to see what kind of earnings path and margin profile could justify that fair value gap closing? The narrative leans on shifting revenue mix, thicker margins and a different future P/E than today. Curious which combination of these moving parts really drives the NOK435.10 figure and how a single assumption change might swing that value? The full narrative lays out the numbers behind the story. Result: Fair Value of NOK435.10 (OVERVALUED) Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts. However, you also need to weigh the long term oil demand risk and Okeanis Eco Tankers' reliance on crude tankers, which could both challenge that fair value story. Find out about the key risks to this Okeanis Eco Tankers narrative. While the narrative fair value suggests Okeanis Eco Tankers looks 7.1% overvalued at NOK466, our DCF model tells a very different story, with a fair value of NOK1,309.63 per share, implying the shares trade...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-20Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Earnings and Strategic ...
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (ECO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Earnings and Strategic ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Fleet-wide Time Charter Equivalent: $77,000 per vessel per day. VLCC Time Charter Equivalent: $92,000 per vessel per day. Suezmax Time Charter Equivalent: $53,000 per vessel per day. Adjusted EBITDA: $79 million. Adjusted Net Profit: $60 million. Adjusted EPS: $1.78. Dividend Declared: $1.55 per share. Total Distributions (Last Four Quarters): $3.32 per share. TC Revenue (2025): $265.4 million. EBITDA (2025): $204 million. Reported Net Income (2025): $130 million or $3.77 per share. Cash at Year-End: $122.5 million. Balance Sheet Debt: $605 million. Fleet Size: 16 vessels (8 Suezmaxes, 8 VLCCs). Average Fleet Age: 6 years. Equity Raised: $245 million in gross proceeds. Net Asset Value (NAV) Premium: Transactions executed at a significant premium to NAV. VLCC Spot Days Fixed (Q1): 67% at $104,200 per day. Suezmax Spot Days Fixed (Q1): 64% at $84,600 per day. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 9 Warning Signs with GOOD. Is ECO fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: February 19, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) achieved a fleet-wide time charter equivalent of about $77,000 per vessel per day, with VLCCs at $92,000 and Suezmaxes at $53,000. The company reported an adjusted EBITDA of $79 million and an adjusted net profit of $60 million for the fourth quarter of 2025. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) declared a dividend of $1.55 per share, marking the fifteenth consecutive quarter of distributions. The company successfully raised $245 million in gross proceeds through equity transactions, acquiring four recent Suezmax vessels. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) has distributed over two times its initial market cap in dividends since its IPO, demonstrating a strong commitment to shareholder value. The company's NAV premium has somewhat compressed despite the strong market fundamentals. Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp (NYSE:ECO) has a significant balance sheet debt of $605 million, with an additional $90 million drawn for new acquisitions. The company faced penalties due to dry docking two Suezmax vessels in China, impacting freight rates and repositioning costs. There is uncertainty regarding the impact of Sinokor's consolidation in the VLCC market, which could affect market dynamics....
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-19Okeanis Eco Tankers Q4 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Increase
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Okeanis Eco Tankers Q4 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Increase
Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO) reported Q4 adjusted earnings late Wednesday of $1.78 per diluted share, u

