EuroDry Ltd. Reports Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2025

EuroDry Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk cargoes, announced today its results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025.

First Quarter 2025 Highlights:

Total net revenues of $9.2 million.

Net loss attributable to controlling shareholders, of $3.7 million or $1.35 loss per share basic and diluted, respectively.

Adjusted net loss1 attributable to controlling shareholders for the quarter of $5.7 million or $2.07 loss per share basic and diluted, respectively, which represents the net loss attributable to controlling shareholders excluding the unrealized loss on derivatives and the net gain on sale of vessel.

Adjusted EBITDA1 was $(1.0) million.

An average of 12.8 vessels were owned and operated during the first quarter of 2025 earning an average time charter equivalent rate of $7,167 per day. Refer to a subsequent section of the Press Release for the definition and method of calculation of the time charter equivalent rate.

To date, about $5.3 million has been used to repurchase 334,674 shares of the Company, under our share repurchase plan of up to $10 million, announced in August 2022.

Aristides Pittas, Chairman and CEO of EuroDry, commented:

“During the first quarter of 2025, we faced quite low charter markets, the lowest since the early days of the COVID pandemic, and although the market rebounded a bit in April and May, the rebound was not sufficient to return most vessels to profitability and, in addition, it started fizzling out by the end of May and early June in the face of season trends and the uncertainty created by the back-and-forth’s on the tariff front. As EuroDry is fully exposed to the short-term charter markets, it is no surprise that we had a rather poor financial outcome for the quarter. The near-term outlook remains volatile as the demand side of the supply/demand equation struggles to establish a positive trend affected by the weakness of the steel industry and overall economic growth in China, the negative medium-term trend for thermal coal and the continuing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza that have pushed significant reconstruction projects to the future.

“We have refrained from locking our vessels into longer duration charters at non-profitable levels deciding to face the market by pursuing short term trip charters to, potentially, benefit from any reversal in trends. The orderbook, as a percentage of the fleet, although it has modestly increased, remains low by historical standards, offering the possibility that a meaningful upturn in demand could quickly translate to better rates. At the same time, we try to optimize incremental investment in our elder cluster of Panamax vessels, especially around the time of drydockings; the sale of M/V Tasos was the result of cost/benefit analysis. As always, we continuously look for new opportunities to invest, mainly, in combination with the renewal of our fleet.”

Tasos Aslidis, Chief Financial Officer of EuroDry, commented:

“Our net revenues for the first quarter of 2025 were lower by 36.2% as compared to the first quarter of 2024. This is primarily driven by the decrease of 42.5% in average time charter equivalent rates our vessels earned during the current quarter as compared to the first quarter of 2024, partly offset by the increased voyage days during the first quarter of 2025, mostly due to the fact that there were no scheduled off hire days due to drydocking, compared to 52.5 days of the same period of 2024.

“Vessel operating expenses were $6.6 million for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to $6.2 million for the same period of 2024. The increase is mainly attributable to increased costs of spare parts and maintenance for several of our vessels in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024.

“Adjusted EBITDA during the first quarter of 2025 was $(1.0) million compared to $2.1 million achieved for the first quarter of last year. As of March 31, 2025, our outstanding debt (excluding the unamortized loan fees) was $105.2 million versus restricted and unrestricted cash of approximately $11.3 million.”

First Quarter 2025 Results:

For the first quarter of 2025, the Company reported total net revenues of $9.2 million representing a 36.2% decrease over total net revenues of $14.4 million during the first quarter of 2024, which was the result of the decreased time charter rates our vessels earned during the first quarter of 2025 , partly offset by the increased voyage days during the first quarter of 2025, mostly due to the fact that there were no scheduled off hire days due to drydocking, compared to 52.5 days of the same period of 2024.. On average, 12.8 vessels were owned and operated during the first quarter of 2025 earning an average time charter equivalent rate of $7,167 per day compared to 13.0 vessels in the same period of 2024 earning on average $12,455 per day.

For the first quarter of 2025, voyage expenses amounted to $1.7 million and mainly relate to vessels repositioning between charters and expenses during operational off-hire time, as compared to $1.5 million in the same period of 2024. Vessel operating expenses increased to $6.6 million for the first quarter of 2025 from $6.2 million in the same period of 2024. The increase is mainly attributable to the increased cost for spare parts and maintenance for several of our vessels operating in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024. Depreciation expense for the first quarter of 2025 was $3.2 million compared to $3.4 million for the same period of 2024 as a result of the lower number of vessels owned and operated in the first quarter of 2025.

Related party management fees for the period were $1.05 million compared to $1.08 million for the same period of 2024, again due to the decreased number of vessels owned and operated in the first quarter of 2025 and the favorable movement of the euro/dollar exchange rate, partly offset by the adjustment for inflation in the daily vessel management fee, effective from January 1, 2025, increasing it from 810 Euros to 840 Euros.

General and administrative expenses were $0.8 million for the first quarter of 2025, similar to the same period of last year.

In the first quarter of 2025, one of our vessels completed its intermediate survey in water for a total cost of $0.1 million. In the first quarter of 2024 two of our vessels were drydocked in order to pass their special survey, for a total cost of $1.8 million.

On January 29, 2025, the Company signed an agreement to sell M/V Tasos, a 75,100 dwt drybulk vessel, built in 2000, for demolition, for approximately $5 million. The vessel was delivered to its buyers, an unaffiliated third party, on March 17, 2025, resulting in a gain on sale of $2.1 million.

Interest and other financing costs for the first quarter of 2025 decreased to $1.8 million as compared to $2.1 million for the same period of 2024. Interest expense during the first quarter of 2025 was lower mainly due to the decreased benchmark rates of our loans, partly offset by the increased average debt during the first quarter of 2025, as compared to the same period of last year.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized a $0.13 million unrealized loss and a $0.04 million realized gain on one interest rate swap. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized a $0.15 million unrealized gain and a $0.06 million realized gain on one interest rate swap, as well as a $1.29 million unrealized gain and a $0.95 million realized loss on forward freight agreement contracts.

The Company reported a net loss for the period of $4.0 million and a net loss attributable to controlling shareholders of $3.7 million, as compared to a net loss of $1.9 and a net loss attributable to controlling shareholders of $1.8 million for the same period of 2024. The net loss attributable to the non-controlling interest of $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2025 represents the loss attributable to the 39% ownership of the entities owning the M/V Christos K and M/V Maria represented by NRP Project Finance AS (“NRP investors”) (the “Partnership”).

Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2025 was $(1.0) million compared to $2.1 million achieved during the first quarter of 2024.

Basic and diluted loss per share attributable to controlling shareholders for the first quarter of 2025 was $1.35, calculated on 2,737,297 basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding, compared to a basic and diluted loss per share attributable to controlling shareholders of $0.65 for the first quarter of 2024, calculated on 2,733,491 basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding.

Excluding the effect on the net loss attributable to controlling shareholders for the quarter of the unrealized (gain) / loss on derivatives and the net gain on sale of vessel, the adjusted loss attributable to controlling shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 would have been $2.07 per share basic and diluted, compared to an adjusted loss of $1.18 per share basic and diluted attributable to controlling shareholders, respectively for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Usually, security analysts do not include the above items in their published estimates of earnings per share.
Source: EuroDry Ltd.