KNOT Offshore Partners LP (NYSE:KNOP) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.03

KNOT Offshore Partners LP (NYSE:KNOP) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 16th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of 0.026 per share by the shipping company on Thursday, May 9th. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 26th.

KNOT Offshore Partners has decreased its dividend payment by an average of 63.2% annually over the last three years. KNOT Offshore Partners has a dividend payout ratio of 250.0% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Equities research analysts expect KNOT Offshore Partners to earn $0.03 per share next year, which means the company may not be able to cover its $0.10 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 333.3%.

KNOT Offshore Partners Stock Performance

Shares of KNOP stock opened at $5.14 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 0.70. The firm has a market cap of $174.97 million, a P/E ratio of -5.04 and a beta of 0.67. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $5.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $5.65. KNOT Offshore Partners has a one year low of $4.28 and a one year high of $7.00.

KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 26th. The shipping company reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by ($0.23). KNOT Offshore Partners had a positive return on equity of 2.86% and a negative net margin of 11.81%. The firm had revenue of $73.03 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $70.96 million. As a group, equities research analysts predict that KNOT Offshore Partners will post -0.31 EPS for the current year.

About KNOT Offshore Partners

KNOT Offshore Partners LP owns, acquires, and operates shuttle tankers under long-term charters in the North Sea and Brazil. The company provides loading, transportation, discharge, and storage of crude oil under time charters and bareboat charters. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.