Dynagas LNG Partners LP, an owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers, yesterday announced its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
Half year Highlights:
Net Income and Earnings per common unit (basic and diluted) of $27.3 million and $0.52, respectively;
Adjusted Net Income(1) of $28.8 million and Adjusted Earnings per common unit(1) (basic and diluted) of $0.56;
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $54.8 million; and
99.7% fleet utilization(2).
Quarter Highlights:
Net Income and Earnings per common unit (basic and diluted) of $13.7 million and $0.23, respectively;
Adjusted Net Income(1) of $14.5 million and Adjusted Earnings per common unit(1) (basic and diluted) of $0.25;
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $27.7 million;
99.4% fleet utilization(2);
Declared and paid a cash distribution of $0.5625 per unit on the Partnership’s Series A Preferred Units (NYSE: DLNG PR A) for the period from February 12, 2025 to May 11, 2025 and $ 0.614808 per unit on its Series B Preferred Units (NYSE: DLNG PR B) for the period from February 24, 2025 to May 21, 2025;
Declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.049 per common unit for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, which was paid on May 23, 2025;
During the second quarter of 2025 and through the date of this press release, repurchased 156,319 common units under the Common Unit Repurchase Program, which authorizes the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $10.0 million of the Partnership’s outstanding common units over the 12-month period that began November 21, 2024 (the “Repurchase Program”), for a total amount of $0.6 million, at an average gross price of $3.54 per common unit. As of the date of this release, we have 36,530,944 common units outstanding and $9.0 million of remaining capacity under the Repurchase Program; and
On May 27, 2025, the Partnership elected to exercise its option to redeem, in full, 2,200,000 Series B Preferred Units, representing all of the Series B Preferred Units that were then issued and outstanding. Please see “Full Redemption of Series B Preferred Units” below.
Recent Events:
Declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.5625 on the Partnership’s Series A Preferred Units for the period from May 12, 2025 to August 11, 2025, which was paid on August 12, 2025, to all Series A Preferred unitholders of record as of August 5, 2025;
On July 25, 2025, the Partnership redeemed, in full, 2,200,000 Series B Preferred Units, representing all of the Series B Preferred Units that were then issued and outstanding. Please see “Full Redemption of Series B Preferred Units” below; and
Declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.049 per common unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, which was paid on August 29, 2025, to all common unitholders of record as of August 25, 2025.
Full Redemption of Series B Preferred Units
On May 27, 2025, the Partnership issued, a notice of full redemption to the holders of its 8.75% Series B Fixed to Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (NYSE: DLNG PRB) (CUSIP No. Y2188B124) (the “Series B Preferred Units”), notifying such holders that the Partnership has elected to exercise its option to redeem all of the issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Units on July 25, 2025 (the “Redemption Date” and such redemption, the “Redemption”).
On July 25, 2025 the Partnership redeemed all of the issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Units. The redemption price was equal to $25.00 per redeemed Series B Preferred Unit, plus an amount of $0.45258267, equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to the Redemption Date, whether or not declared, which was paid in cash on the Redemption Date.
CEO Commentary:
We are pleased with our financial performance for the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Net Income for the period was $13.7 million, or $0.23 per common unit, while utilization was 99.4%. We reported Adjusted EBITDA of $27.7 million and Adjusted Net Income of $14.5 million. These results underscore the strength of our contracts-based business model, which continues to shield us from the prevailing weakness in the short-term LNG shipping market.
All six LNG carriers in our fleet are employed under long-term charters with leading international gas companies, with an average remaining contract duration of 5.4 years as of the date of this release. Barring any unforeseen events, we do not expect any vessel availability before 2028. Our estimated contract backlog stands at approximately $0.9 billion as of September 8, 2025.
In line with our commitment to delivering unitholder value, we paid a quarterly cash distribution of $0.049 per common unit on August 29, 2025. We also continued to execute on our Repurchase Program, having repurchased 156,319 common units, throughout the second quarter of 2025 to date at an average price of $3.54 per common unit. As of today, $9.0 million remains available under the Repurchase Program.
Following the successful refinancing of our debt in June 2024, our balance sheet has strengthened meaningfully. Two of our vessels are now debt-free, and our annual debt amortization of $44.2 million represents 14.6% of our total outstanding debt of $300.8 million. We face no debt maturities until mid-2029.
With contracted revenues exceeding our cash breakeven, we continue to generate cash each quarter, further improving our liquidity. As of June 30, 2025, our cash balance stood at $77.9 million. We used $56.0 million for the full redemption of the Series B Preferred Units on July 25, 2025. We expect annual cash savings of approximately $5.7 million (based on current SOFR rates) as a result of the Redemption.
While we remain insulated from short-term volatility in the LNG market, our strategy remains focused on disciplined capital allocation—prioritizing deleveraging, returning capital to common unitholders, and reducing cash outflows through initiatives such as the Series B Preferred Redemption.
Russian Sanctions Developments
Due to the ongoing Russian conflict with Ukraine, the United States (“U.S.”), European Union (“E.U.”), Canada and other Western countries and organizations have announced and enacted numerous sanctions against Russia to impose severe economic pressure on the Russian economy and government.
As of today’s date:
Current U.S. and E.U. sanctions regimes do not materially affect the business, operations or financial condition of the Partnership and, to the Partnership’s knowledge, its counterparties are currently performing their obligations under their respective time charters in compliance with applicable U.S. and E.U. rules and regulations; and
Sanctions legislation continually changes and the Partnership continues to monitor such changes as applicable to the Partnership and its counterparties.
The full impact of the commercial and economic consequences of the Russian conflict with Ukraine is uncertain at this time. The Partnership cannot provide any assurance that any further development in sanctions, or escalation of the Ukraine conflict more generally, will not have a significant impact on its business, financial condition or results of operations. Please see the section of this press release entitled “Forward Looking Statements.”
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 Financial Results
Net Income for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $13.7 million as compared to $10.7 million for the corresponding period in 2024, which represents an increase of $3.0 million, or 28.0%. The increase in Net Income for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2024 was mainly attributable to the decrease in interest and finance costs and the increase in voyage revenues due to certain non-cash items, as explained below. The above increase in Net Income compared to the corresponding quarter of 2024 was partially offset by the increase in voyage expenses, as well as by the decrease in gain on the interest rate swap transaction which expired in September 2024 and the increase of other expenses.
Adjusted Net Income (a non-GAAP financial measure) for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $14.5 million compared to $12.4 million for the corresponding period in 2024, which represents a net increase of $2.1 million, or 16.9%. This increase is mainly attributable to the decrease in interest and finance costs, which was partially offset by the increase of the other expenses and the decrease of cash revenues, compared to the corresponding period of 2024.
Voyage revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2025, were $38.6 million as compared to $37.6 million for the corresponding period in 2024, which represents a net increase of $1.0 million, or 2.7%. This increase is mainly attributable to (i) the non-cash effect of the amortization of deferred revenues and (ii) the value of the EU ETS emissions allowances (“EUAs”) due to the Partnership by the charterers of its vessels, pursuant to the terms of its time charter agreements (the corresponding value of the abovementioned EUAs, which the Partnership is obliged to surrender to the EU authorities, is included within Voyage expenses). The above increase in voyage revenues was partially offset by the lower cash revenues earned mainly due to the decrease of the daily hire rate of the Arctic Aurora in the three- month period ending June 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
The Partnership reported average daily hire gross of commissions(3) of approximately $70,730 per day per vessel for the three-month-period ended June 30, 2025, compared to approximately $72,010 per day per vessel for the corresponding period of 2024. The Partnership’s vessels operated at 99.4% and 100% fleet utilization during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Vessel operating expenses were $7.7 million, which corresponds to a daily rate per vessel of $14,189 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, as compared to $7.7 million, or a daily rate per vessel of $14,141, in the corresponding period of 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $27.7 million, as compared to $28.6 million for the corresponding period in 2024. The decrease of $0.9 million, or 3.1%, was mainly attributable to the abovementioned decrease in cash voyage revenues and other expenses.
Net Interest and finance costs were $5.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to $8.2 million in the corresponding period in 2024, which represents a decrease of $3.0 million, or 36.6%, due to (i) the reduction in interest-bearing debt, resulting from the refinancing of the Partnership’s indebtedness in June 2024, and (ii) the decrease in the weighted average interest rate from 8.44% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 to 6.49% in the three months ended June 30, 2025. The above decrease in Net Interest and finance costs was partially offset by the dividends attributable to the Series B Preferred Units, accrued from May 27, 2025, and up to June 30, 2025.
For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Partnership reported basic and diluted Earnings per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit (a non-GAAP financial measure), of $0.23 and $0.25, respectively, after taking into account the distributions relating to the Series A Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units on the Partnership’s Net Income/Adjusted Net Income. Earnings per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit, basic and diluted, were calculated on the basis of a weighted average number of 36,552,642 common units outstanding during the period and in the case of Adjusted Earnings per common unit after reflecting the impact of certain adjustments presented in Appendix B of this press release.
Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Earnings per common unit are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B of this press release for the definitions and reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Source: Dynagas LNG Partners LP
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