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Listing venue - Euronext Growth Oslo
Ticker - WEST
Number of shares - 33,619,715
Face value - NOK 0,05
Registrar - Nordea Issuer Services
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Financial calendar

14.02. 2025

Second Half Report
2024 and preliminary
Financial Result 2024 
Announcement of
Q4 2024 dividend
(after close)

13.03. 2025

Annual Report 2024

10.04. 2025

Annual General Meeting

22.05. 2025

Announcement of
Q1 2025 dividend

18.08. 2025

First Half Report 2025
and announcement of
Q2 2025 dividend 

13.10. 2025

Announcement of 
Q3 2025 dividend

Dividend policy and History

Western Bulk aims to distribute minimum 80% of net profit in quarterly dividend payments, subject to sufficient free liquidity and working capital to support such payment. The timing and amount of dividends is at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Period Declared Total dividend amount Dividend per share Ex dividend date Record date Payable date
FY 2021 10.03.22 65 mUSD NOK 17,23 21.03.22 22.03.22 29.03.22
Q1 2022 25.04.22 16 mUSD NOK 4,24 27.04.22 28.04.22 05.05.22
Q2 2022 15.08.22 13 mUSD NOK 3,85 17.08.22 18.08.22 25.08.22
Q3 2022 20.10.22 10 mUSD NOK 3,00 24.10.22 25.10.22 02.11.22
Q4 2022 09.02.23 10 mUSD NOK 3,00 14.02.23 15.02.23 22.02.23
Q1 2023 - - -      
Q2 2023 - - -      
Q3 2023 - - -      
Q4 2023 - - -      
Q1 2024 - - -      
Q2 2024 - - -      
Q3 2024 - - -      
Q4 2024 - - -      

 

Analyst Coverage

This is the current analyst coverage of Western Bulk shares. Please see their contact information below if you have enquiries or wish to access their research.

Lars Bastian Østereng             
Arctic Securities ASA                   
+47 22 93 72 13   
lars.ostereng@arctic.com

Jørgen Lian                               
DNB Markets ASA                         
+47 24 16 91 88
jorgen.lian@dnb.no

             

Analyst Coverage
Main shareholders

Main shareholders

Name # Shares Ownership
Kistefos group  23 093 152 68,7%
Sayonara AS (former Ojada AS) 2 776 792 8,3%
Citibank N.A. 968 035 2,9%
Øra Industrier AS 640 000 1,9%
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. 463 773 1,4%
Employees 347 939 1,0%
Other (about 1000 other shareholders) 5 330 024 15,9%
  33 619 715 100%

Daily updated share register available for Scandinavian investors at Public Shareholder Register.

General meetings notices and minutes

Key figures

Western Bulk Chartering group

USD million H2 2024 H2 2023 2024 2023 2022 2021
             
Gross revenues 622.3 543.4 1 269.7 1 117.6 1 615.8 1 487.9
Net TC Result 1,2) 9.3 2.3 24.4 9.3 116.0 137.9
Administrative expenses 13.8 12.9 26.6 25.1 47.6 50.7
EBITDA 1,2) (4.6) (10.6) (2.2) (15.8) 68.5 87.2
Net profit (loss) after tax 1,2) (5.2) (10.8) (2.7) (15.6)  66.0 81.0
             
Net TC margin per ship day (USD) 1,2) 402 100 517 202 2 870 3 376
Average number of vessels operated 125 128 129 126 111 112
             
Total assets 117.6 119.8 117.6 119.8 162.6 196.6
Book equity 49.7 52.5 49.7 52.5 68.1 51.1
Total liabilities 67.9 67.4 67.9 67.4 94.5 145.5
             
Interest bearing debt - - - - - 3.4
             
Free cash 28.4 32.91 28.4 32.9 57.1 108.3
Restricted cash 5.7 7.5 5.7 7.5 11.7 13.9
Total cash 34.2 40.4 34.2 40.4  68.8 122.1

 

Net TC margin per ship day is the voyage related result (Gross revenues less voyage related costs, FFA and tonnage cost) divided by total ship days in the period.

 

1) 2H 2024 and 2H 2023 Net TC including USD -0.6 million loss and USD -1.0 million loss on positional FFA’s (Forward Freight Agreements). Full year 2024, Full year 2023 and Full year 2022 Net TC including USD +2.8 million gain, -3.8 million loss, USD +3.8 million gain and USD 24.2 million gain on positional FFA. These are derivative positions not qualifying as a hedge, hence booked as financial items in the financial statements. 2) 2H 2024 and Full year 2024 including USD -4.2 million in provision for future loss related to contracts running into 2025.