Diana Shipping posts growing profit in Q1; keeps dividend steady

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2018

Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, reported net income of $3.0 million and net income attributed to common stockholders of $1.6 million for the first quarter of 2025. This compares to net income of $2.1 million and net income attributed to common stockholders of $0.6 million for the first quarter of 2024. Earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 was $0.01 basic and diluted, compared to earnings per share of $0.01 basic and diluted in the same quarter of 2024.

Time charter revenues were $54.9 million for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $57.6 million for the same quarter of 2024. The decrease in time charter revenues, compared to the same quarter of last year, was due to decreased ownership days and was partly offset by the increased average charter rates and the increased fleet utilization.

Dividend Declaration

The Company has declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.01 per share, based on the Company’s results of operations during the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The cash dividend will be payable on or about June 24, 2025 to all common shareholders of record as of June 17, 2025. The Company currently has 115,772,780 common shares issued and outstanding. As of May 27, 2025, there were 6,400,114 warrants exercised.

Fleet Employment (As of May 27, 2025)
          
 VESSEL SISTER SHIPS*GROSS RATE (USD PER DAY)COM**CHARTERERSDELIVERY DATE TO CHARTERERS***REDELIVERY DATE TO OWNERS****NOTES
 BUILT DWT 
9 Ultramax Bulk Carriers
1DSI Phoenix A16,5005.00%Bulk Trading SA6-May-241/Aug/2025 – 30/Sep/2025 
 2017 60,456       
2DSI Pollux A14,0004.75%Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.28-Dec-2320/Aug/2025 – 20/Oct/2025 
 2015 60,446      
3DSI Pyxis A13,1005.00%Stone Shipping Ltd8-Nov-2420/Feb/2026 – 20/Apr/2026 
 2018 60,362       
4DSI Polaris A15,4005.00%Stone Shipping Ltd20-Jul-241/Jun/2025 – 15/Aug/2025 
 2018 60,404       
5DSI Pegasus A15,2504.75%Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd5-Sep-241/Jun/2025 – 1/Aug/2025 
 2015 60,508       
6DSI Aquarius B13,3005.00%Bunge SA, Geneva6-Dec-246/Oct/2025 – 21/Dec/2025 
 2016 60,309       
7DSI Aquila B12,5005.00%Western Bulk Carriers AS11-Nov-2321-Jan-25 
 2015 60,309  12,2505.00%21-Jan-2523/Jun/2025 – 8/Aug/20251
8DSI Altair B15,7505.00%Propel Shipping Pte. Ltd.28-Sep-241/Nov/2025 – 31/Dec/2025 
 2016 60,309       
9DSI Andromeda B13,5005.00%Bunge SA, Geneva27-Nov-2328-Mar-252
 2016 60,309  14,0004.75%Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd28-Mar-2515/Nov/2025-15/Jan/2026
6 Panamax Bulk Carriers
10LETO  16,0005.00%ASL Bulk Shipping Limited3-May-249-Mar-253
 2010 81,297  12,2754.75%Cargill International SA, Geneva4-Apr-2516/Jul/2026 – 16/Sep/2026
11SELINA C10,5005.00%Raffles Shipping International Pte. Ltd.17-Oct-2414-Apr-254
 2010 75,700  6,5005.00%Reachy Shipping (SGP) Pte. Ltd.13-May-259-Jul-255
12MAERA C8,4005.00%China Resource Chartering Limited15-Dec-2420/Sep/2025-20/Nov/2025 
 2013 75,403       
13ISMENE  12,6505.00%Paralos Shipping Pte., Ltd.13-Sep-2324-Apr-25 
 2013 77,901  11,0005.00%China Resource Chartering Pte. Ltd.24-Apr-2520/Mar/2026 – 20/May/2026 
14CRYSTALIA D13,9005.00%Louis Dreyfus Company Freight Asia Pte. Ltd.4-May-244/Feb/2026 – 4/Jun/2026 
 2014 77,525       
15ATALANDI D14,6004.75%Cargill International SA, Geneva20-Jul-2410-Jun-256
 2014 77,529       
6 Kamsarmax Bulk Carriers
16MAIA E11,6005.00%Paralos Shipping Pte. Ltd.9-Dec-241/Nov/2025 – 31/Dec/2025 
 2009 82,193       
17MYRSINI E17,1005.00%Cobelfret S.A. Luxembourg25-Jun-249-Feb-257
 2010 82,117  13,0004.75%Cargill International SA, Geneva26-Feb-251/Jan/2026 – 28/Feb/2026
18MEDUSA E14,2505.00%ASL Bulk Shipping Limited14-May-2321-Feb-258
 2010 82,194  13,0004.75%Cargill International SA, Geneva16-Mar-2515/May/2026 – 15/Jul/2026
19MYRTO E12,0005.00%Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo23-Dec-241/Mar/2026 – 15/May/2026 
 2013 82,131       
20ASTARTE  14,0005.00%Paralos Shipping Pte. Ltd.19-Aug-2415/Jul/2025 – 15/Sep/2025 
 2013 81,513       
21LEONIDAS P. C.  17,0005.00%Ming Wah International Shipping Company Limited22-Feb-2420/Aug/2025 – 20/Oct/2025 
 2011 82,165       
5 Post-Panamax Bulk Carriers
22ALCMENE  6,0005.00%Lestari Shipping Pte Ltd28-Dec-2416-Jan-25 
 2010 93,193  2,0005.00%Pan Ocean Co., Ltd.16-Jan-258-Mar-259
23AMPHITRITE F15,0005.00%Cobelfret S.A., Luxembourg13-Jan-248-Jan-2510
 2012 98,697  12,1005.00%8-Jan-251/Jan/2026 – 15/Mar/202611
24POLYMNIA F17,5005.00%Reachy Shipping (SGP) Pte. Ltd.8-Jun-241/Aug/2025 – 30/Sept/2025 
 2012 98,704      
25ELECTRA G14,0004.75%Aquavita International S.A.3-Jun-2415/Oct/2025 – 31/Dec/2025 
 2013 87,150       
26PHAIDRA G12,0004.75%Aquavita International S.A.12-Oct-2431-May-2512
 2013 87,146  9,7505.00%SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore31-May-251/Jan/2026 – 28/Feb/202613
8 Capesize Bulk Carriers
27SEMIRIO H14,1505.00%Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong18-Aug-2311-Feb-25 
 2007 174,261  16,6505.00%11-Feb-2515/Feb/2026 – 15/Apr/2026 
28NEW YORK H16,0005.00%STX Green Logis Ltd30-Nov-2411-Jan-25 
 2010 177,773  17,6005.00%SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore11-Jan-2515/Jan/2026 – 30/Mar/202614,15
29SEATTLE I17,5005.00%Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong1-Oct-2315/Jul/2025 – 30/Sep/2025 
 2011 179,362       
30P. S. PALIOS I27,1505.00%Bohai Shipping (HEBEI) Co., Ltd7-May-241/Nov/2025 – 31/Dec/2025 
 2013 179,134       
31G. P. ZAFIRAKIS J26,8005.00%Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo16-Sep-2416/Aug/2026 – 16/Nov/2026 
 2014 179,492      
32SANTA BARBARA J22,0005.00%Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.27-Dec-2420/Oct/2025 – 20/Dec/202516
 2015 179,426       
33NEW ORLEANS  20,0005.00%Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.7-Dec-2315/Aug/2025 – 31/Oct/202516,17
 2015 180,960       
34FLORIDA  25,9005.00%Bunge S.A., Geneva29-Mar-2229/Jan/2027 – 29/May/20272
 2022 182,063       
4 Newcastlemax Bulk Carriers
35LOS ANGELES K28,7005.00%Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo20-Jul-241/Oct/2025 – 15/Dec/2025 
 2012 206,104       
36PHILADELPHIA K22,5005.00%Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo4-Feb-2429-May-2512
 2012 206,040  21,5005.00%Refined Success Limited29-May-259/Jun/2026 – 8/Aug/202613
37SAN FRANCISCO L22,0005.00%SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore18-Feb-231-Mar-25 
 2017 208,006  26,0005.00%1-Mar-2525/Oct/2026 – 25/Dec/2026 
38NEWPORT NEWS L20,0005.00%Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo20-Sep-238-Jun-256
 2017 208,021 
          
* Each dry bulk carrier is a “sister ship”, or closely similar, to other dry bulk carriers that have the same letter.
** Total commission percentage paid to third parties.
*** In case of newly acquired vessel with time charter attached, this date refers to the expected/actual date of delivery of the vessel to the Company.
**** Range of redelivery dates, with the actual date of redelivery being at the Charterers’ option, but subject to the terms, conditions, and exceptions of the particular charterparty.
 
1Charterers will compensate the Owners at a rate of 115% of the average Baltic Tess 58 Supramax Index as published by the Baltic Exchange on a daily basis or double the vessel’s present charter party rate, whichever is higher, for the excess period commencing from January 10, 2025 until the actual redelivery date.
2Bareboat chartered-in for a period of ten years.
3Vessel on scheduled drydocking from March 9, 2025 until April 4, 2025.
4Currently without an active charterparty. Vessel on scheduled drydocking.
5Redelivery date based on an estimated time charter trip duration of about 55 days.
6Based on latest information.
7Vessel on scheduled drydocking from February 9, 2025 until February 26, 2025.
8Vessel on scheduled drydocking from February 21, 2025 until March 16, 2025.
9Vessel has been sold and it is delivered to her new Owners on March 13, 2025.
10The charter rate was US$12,250 per day for the first thirty (30) days of the charter period.
11The charter rate will be US$8,750 per day for the first fifty (50) days of the charter period.
12Estimated redelivery date from the Charterers.
13Estimated delivery date to the Charterers.
14The charter rate was US$6,300 per day for the first trip of the charter period.
15Vessel off hire for drydocking from February 23, 2025 until April 7, 2025.
16Bareboat chartered-in for a period of eight years.
17Vessel off-hire for about 11.45 days.
Summary of Selected Financial & Other Data (unaudited)
  Three months ended March 31,
  2025 2024
     
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA (in thousands of US Dollars)
Time charter revenues$54,937 $57,648 
Voyage expenses 2,950  3,268 
Vessel operating expenses 19,950  20,864 
Net income 2,997  2,058 
Net income attributable to common stockholders 1,555  616 
FLEET DATA
Average number of vessels 37.8  39.7 
Number of vessels 37.0  39.0 
Weighted average age of vessels 11.4  10.7 
Ownership days 3,401  3,613 
Available days 3,303  3,613 
Operating days 3,289  3,582 
Fleet utilization 99.6% 99.1%
AVERAGE DAILY RESULTS
Time charter equivalent (TCE) rate (1)$15,739 $15,051 
Daily vessel operating expenses (2)$5,866 $5,775 
     

Non-GAAP Measures

(1) Time charter equivalent rate, or TCE, is defined as our time charter revenues less voyage expenses during a period divided by the number of our available days during the period. Our method of computing TCE rate may not necessarily be comparable to TCE rates of other companies due to differences in methods of calculation. TCE is a non-GAAP measure, and management believes it is useful to investors because it is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because charter hire rates for vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per day amounts while charter hire rates for vessels on time charters are generally expressed in such amounts. TCE is used by management to assess and compare the vessels’ profitability.

(2) Daily vessel operating expenses, which include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the costs of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses, are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by ownership days for the relevant period.