Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Results Summary
Net income amounted to $9.4 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $76.5 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
Adjusted net income amounted to $15.0 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to adjusted net income of $75.0 million, or $1.85 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Adjusted net income for the three months ended September 30, 2024 is calculated by adjusting net income for the same period to exclude an unrealized loss on derivative instruments of $5.6 million. Please refer to the reconciliation of net income to adjusted net income, which appears later in this press release.
The $60.0 million decrease in adjusted net income for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, is primarily attributable to (i) a decrease of $62.3 million in revenues; (ii) increases of
$2.9 million in general and administrative expenses, and $0.4 million in depreciation and amortization; (iii) a $1.6 million unfavorable change in other gain/(loss), net; and (iv) a decrease in realized gain on derivatives of $0.2 million; partially offset by an increase of $2.5 million in interest income and decreases of $2.2 million in charter hire expenses, $1.5 million in vessel operating expenses, $0.9 in interest and finance costs, and $0.4 million in voyage expenses.
The TCE rate per available day for our fleet was $37,010 for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a 41.1% decrease from $62,846 for the same period in the prior year. Please see footnote 7 to the table in “Financial Information” below for information related to how we calculate TCE.
Vessel operating expenses per vessel per calendar day decreased to $10,114 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $10,858 in the same period in the prior year. Please see “Vessel Operating Expenses” below for more information.
Revenues
Revenues, which represent net pool revenues—related party, time charter revenues, and other revenues, net, were $82.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $62.3 million, or 43.0%, from $144.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 primarily due to reduced average TCE rates, which declined by $25,836 per available day from $62,846 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 to $37,010 for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to lower spot rates. The Baltic Exchange Liquid Petroleum Gas Index, an index published daily by the Baltic Exchange for the spot market rate for the benchmark Ras Tanura-Chiba route (expressed as U.S. dollars per metric ton), averaged $52.049 during the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to an average of $121.007 during the six months ended September 30, 2023.
Vessel Operating Expenses
Vessel operating expenses were $19.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, or $10,114 per vessel per calendar day, which is calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by calendar days for the relevant time-period for the technically-managed vessels that were in our fleet and decreased by $1.5 million, or 6.9% from $21.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023.The decrease of $744 per vessel per calendar day, from $10,858 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 to $10,114 per vessel per calendar day for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily the result of decreases per vessel per calendar day of $301 for spares and stores, $166 for lubricants, $116 for repairs and maintenance and $207 per vessel per calendar day for other vessel operating expenses. Excluding non-capitalizable drydock-related operating expenses, daily operating expenses decreased by $632 from $10,399 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 to $9,767 for the three months ended September 30, 2024.