Navigator Holdings' Q4 performance fell short of expectations, stock price plummeted 11%

LootboxPhobia · 2026-03-11T23:26:49+00:00

Navigator Holdings Ltd. announced a Q4 earnings of $0.32 per share, below the expected $0.46, resulting in an 11.5% drop in stock price. Revenue of $152.8 million exceeded expectations. However, net profit declined to $18.5 million, and fleet utilization decreased. The company declared a dividend of $0.07 per share, plans to repurchase common stock, and reduce debt to $900.2 million.

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2026-03-11 23:26:49

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New York - Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS) announced its fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.32, below analysts’ expectations of $0.46 by $0.14. Revenue for the quarter reached $152.8 million, surpassing the market consensus of $144.74 million and up 6.1% from $144.0 million in the same period last year.

Following the earnings release, the company’s stock price fell 11.5%.

Net income attributable to shareholders decreased from $21.6 million in the same period last year to $18.5 million, while adjusted EBITDA was $73.4 million, unchanged from Q4 2024.

The fleet’s average daily time charter equivalent rate rose to $30,647, up from $28,341 in Q4 2024. However, fleet utilization declined from 92.2% last year to 90.0%.

Navigator Holdings announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share, payable on March 31, 2026, to shareholders registered as of March 23, 2026. As part of its capital return policy, the company also expects to repurchase approximately $1.0 million of common stock between March 13 and March 31, 2026, targeting 30% of net income.

In this quarter, the company reduced debt by $33.0 million to $900.2 million. As of December 31, 2025, total liquidity stood at $296.3 million, including cash and available credit lines.

The company’s ethylene export terminal in Morgan’s Point, Texas, handled 191,707 metric tons this quarter, up from 159,183 metric tons in the same period last year but below the third quarter’s 270,594 metric tons. The company’s share of revenue from this terminal was $0.9 million, compared to $5.6 million in Q4 2024.

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