Strong Full-Year Financial Results
2025 gross revenues of approximately $800 million; operating income of $252 million; net income of $161 million (EPS $4.45); adjusted EBITDA of $416 million. Cash at year-end was $298 million after paying $148 million in scheduled principal, $190 million in yard predelivery installments and capitalized costs, and $27 million in preferred coupons.
Exceptional Fourth Quarter Performance
Q4 2025 generated $222 million in gross revenues, $81 million in operating income, net income of $58 million (EPS $1.70, a 200% increase vs Q4 2024), and adjusted EBITDA of $128 million (up $42 million YoY). Time charter equivalent (TCE) for Q4 was $36,300 per ship per day, a 21% increase vs Q4 2024.
High Fleet Utilization and Operational Efficiency
Fleet utilization increased to 96.6% for 2025 from 92.5% in 2024; Q4 utilization rose to 97.7% from 93.3% YoY. Average days on secure revenue employment (time charters + profit sharing) grew by 12.6% while days on profit-sharing contracts alone increased 12.4%.
Substantial Secured Backlog and Repeat Blue-Chip Customers
Locked-in contracted future revenue (minimum fleet contracted revenue) exceeded $4 billion (excluding profit shares). The company maintains repeat business with major energy clients including ExxonMobil, Equinor, Shell, Chevron, TotalEnergies and BP.
Fleet Renewal and Growth
Transitioned fleet quality: since 1/1/2023, sold 18 older vessels (average age 17 years) and replaced them with 34 contracted/acquired modern vessels (average age 0.5 years). Pro forma fleet of 83 vessels; current operating fleet and modernized positions include 3 LNG vessels and a 16-vessel shuttle tanker fleet, making TEN one of the largest shuttle operators globally.
Improved Cost and Earnings Dynamics
Voyage expenses fell from $153 million in 2024 to $122 million in 2025 (saving ~$30 million). Interest costs declined to $98 million in 2025 from $112 million in 2024 (saving $14 million). TCE fleet average for 2025 was $32,130 per day, roughly in line with 2024.
Profit Sharing Material Contribution
22 vessels (9 spot, 13 on profit-sharing) provide market exposure; in Q4 profit-sharing contributed an incremental ~$27 million above fixed rates. Management quantified that every $1,000/day increase in spot rates across profit-sharing vessels contributes about $0.11 to annual EPS.
Prudent Balance Sheet Metrics and Liquidity
Total debt at year-end ~$1.9 billion; net debt-to-cap around 46.7%; loan-to-value ~48%. Management expects liquidity to potentially exceed $0.5 billion by end of Q1/Q2 2026 after recent market gains and executed transactions; company also maintained and paid dividends in February 2026.
Timely Asset Sales and Accretive Newbuilding Orders
Sold a 10-year-old VLCC recently generating significant free cash (Chairman cited $82 million) and used timely ordering of 3 VLCC newbuilds at historically attractive prices (reported order price ~$128 million each vs secondary market levels notably higher), supporting fleet renewal and cash generation.