Company Overview - Navigator Holdings Ltd. operates the world's largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers and is a global leader in the transportation of petrochemical gases, including ethylene, ethane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and ammonia [2] - The company owns a 50% share in an ethylene export marine terminal at Morgan's Point, Texas, located on the Houston Ship Channel [2] - Navigator Gas' fleet consists of 58 semi- or fully-refrigerated liquefied gas carriers, with 27 capable of transporting ethylene and ethane [2] Recent Developments - The 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 16, 2025, where key proposals were approved [1] - The board of directors was elected, including Dag von Appen, Dr. Heiko Fischer, Janette Marx, Dr. Anita Odedra, Peter Stokes, and Florian Weidinger, to serve until the 2026 Annual General Meeting [5] - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as the independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 [5]

Financial Performance - The company declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, totaling $3.5 million, and plans to repurchase approximately $3.3 million of its common stock [1] - Total operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, were $151.4 million, a 12.9% increase from $134.2 million for the same period in 2024 [1] - Net income attributable to stockholders was $27.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $22.6 million for the same period in 2024, reflecting a 19.8% increase [1][30] - EBITDA for the quarter was $74.3 million, up from $72.8 million in the prior year [1][30] - Basic earnings per share increased to $0.39 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.31 for the same period in 2024 [1][30] Operational Highlights - The average daily time charter equivalent (TCE) rate across the fleet was $30,476 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $28,339 for the same period in 2024 [3][36] - Fleet utilization remained strong at 92.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 89.3% for the same period in 2024 [4][36] - The company had an average of 30 vessels engaged under time charters and 20 vessels on spot voyage charters during the quarter [6] Debt and Liquidity - The company increased its debt by $48.6 million to $902.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 [1] - As of March 31, 2025, the company had cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaling $139.0 million [1][53] - The company entered into a Senior Secured Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility for up to $300 million on May 2, 2025, to refinance existing loans and for general corporate purposes [14][55] Market Conditions - U.S. domestic ethylene prices were elevated at the beginning of the first quarter, reaching a high of $700 per metric ton in January, but fell to $450 per metric ton by the end of March 2025 [5] - The company’s share of results from the Ethylene Export Terminal showed a loss of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to a gain of $4.4 million for the same period in 2024, primarily due to lower export volumes [10][48] Shareholder Returns - The company’s Return of Capital policy includes quarterly cash dividends and share repurchases, targeting a total return of at least 25% of net income for the applicable quarter [23][24] - A new share repurchase plan was authorized on May 13, 2025, allowing for the repurchase of up to $50 million of common stock [22]

LONDON, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navigator Holdings Ltd. (described herein as “Navigator Gas” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces the following change to its board of directors (the “Board”) with effect from June 16, 2025: Yngvil Åsheim, who joined the Company’s Board in June 2023, as a designee of BW Group Limited, and who served on and contributed significantly to the Company’s Compensation and ESG Commi ...

LONDON, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navigator Holdings Ltd. (described herein as “Navigator Gas” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces today that it will release its results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, after markets close in New York, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The next day, Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. E.D.T., the Company’s management team will host a Zoom conference call and slide p ...

LONDON, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navigator Holdings Ltd. (referred to herein as "Navigator Gas" or the "Company") (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world's largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces that on March 28, 2025 it successfully completed a US$40 million tap issue in the Nordic bond market under its outstanding 7.25% senior unsecured bond issue due to mature in October 2029, with ISIN NO0013379446 (the "Bonds"). Navigator Holdings Ltd. (described herein as "Nav ...