LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Dec. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toro Corp. (NASDAQ: TORO), (“Toro”, or the “Company”), a global energy transportation provider, today announced its results for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Highlights of the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2025:

• Total vessel revenues from continuing operations: $5.4 million, as compared to $5.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, or a 1.9% increase;
• Net income from continuing operations: $1.3 million, as compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, or a 30% increase;
• Net income: $1.3 million, as compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, or a 30% increase;
• Earnings/(Loss) per common share, basic, from continuing operations: $0.01 per share, as compared to $(0.01) per share for the three months ended September 30, 2024;
• EBITDA⁽¹⁾from continuing operations: $1.6 million, as compared to $(0.1) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024;
• Cash of $25.1 million as of September 30, 2025, as compared to $37.2 million as of December 31, 2024;
• On September 29, 2025, we purchased 60,000 8.75% Series E Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series E Preferred Shares”) of Castor Maritime Inc. (“Castor”) with a stated amount of $1,000 each for total consideration of $60.0 million in cash (these shares were subsequently fully redeemed by Castor on October 13, 2025); and
• During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we completed two vessel acquisitions and two vessel disposals.
  
  

Highlights of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025:

• Total vessel revenuesfrom continuing operations: $15.0 million, as compared to $17.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, or a 12.8% decrease;
• Net income from continuing operations: $4.2 million, as compared to $4.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, or a 6.7% decrease;
• Net income: $4.3 million, as compared to $24.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, or a 82.2% decrease;
• Earnings/(Loss) per common share, basic, from continuing operations: $0.04 per share, as compared to $(0.03) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2024;
• EBITDA⁽¹⁾ from continuing operations: $3.8 million, as compared to $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024;
• The spin-off of our Handysize tanker segment to a new Nasdaq-listed company, Robin Energy Ltd.(“Robin”), was completed on April 14, 2025; and
• On May 5, 2025, the $100.0 million senior term loan facility from Toro to Castor was fully repaid.
  
  

⁽¹⁾ EBITDA is not a recognized measure under United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Please refer to Appendix B for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to Net income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Management Commentary:

Mr. Petros Panagiotidis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented:

“During the third quarter of 2025, we acquired two MR tanker vessels and sold two LPG carriers, demonstrating the steady progression of our business throughout the period.

We also maintained a robust, debt-free balance sheet, underscoring the stability of our operations and the strong performance across our core activities during the quarter.”

Earnings Commentary:

Third quarter ended September 30, 2025, and 2024 Results

Total vessel revenues from continuing operations increased to $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $5.3 million for the same period in 2024. This $0.1 million increase mainly reflects the higher contractual hire rates for our LPG carrier vessels, partially offset by the decrease in the Available Days (as defined below) of our fleet to 378 days in the three months ended September 30, 2025 from 446 days in the same period in 2024, due to the change in the composition of our fleet. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, our fleet earned an average Daily TCE Rate of $13,363, compared to $11,426 in the same period of 2024. Daily TCE Rate is not a recognized measure under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to Total vessel revenues, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Voyage expenses from continuing operations for our fleet increased to $0.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2025, from $0.2 million in the same period in 2024. This increase of $0.1 million was mainly associated with the increased brokerage commission expenses.

The decrease in vessel operating expenses from continuing operations by $0.1 million to $2.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2025, from $2.3 million in the same period in 2024, mainly reflects the decrease in the Ownership Days (as defined below) of our fleet to 418 days in the three months ended September 30, 2025, from 460 days in the corresponding period in 2024, partially offset by the increase in the Daily vessel operating expenses (defined below) of the vessels in our fleet to $5,378 in the three months ended September 30, 2025 from $4,964 in the same period in 2024, mainly due to the change in the composition of our fleet following the addition of the MR tanker vessels which incur higher Daily vessel operating expenses than the LPG carrier vessels.

Management fees from continuing operations amounted to $0.5 million for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, reflecting the decrease in the Ownership Days of our fleet, offset by the increase in management fees from $1,071 per vessel per day to $1,100 per vessel per day effective July 1, 2025, under the terms of the amended and restated master management agreement between us, our ship owning subsidiaries and Castor Ships S.A.

Depreciation expenses from continuing operations amounted to $1.1 million for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, as a result of higher depreciation expenses of M/T Wonder Altair and M/T Wonder Maia, offset by the decrease in the Ownership Days of our fleet in the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Dry-dock amortization charges from continuing operations amounted to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to a charge of $0.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2024. For the period of three months ended September 30, 2025, the dry-dock amortization charges are related to (i) LPG Dream Terrax (classified as held for sale on September 16, 2025) and LPG Dream Arrax, which completed their scheduled dry-dock in the second quarter of 2025, respectively and (ii) LPG Dream Vermax and LPG Dream Syrax (classified as held for sale on July 10, 2025), which completed their scheduled dry-dock in third quarter of 2025. For the period of three months ended September 30, 2024, the dry-dock amortization charges are related to M/T Wonder Mimosa, which completed their scheduled dry-dock in the third quarter of 2024.

General and administrative expenses from continuing operations in the three months ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $2.1 million, whereas, in the same period of 2024, general and administrative expenses totaled $3.1 million. This decrease is mainly associated with the stock-based compensation cost for non-vested shares granted under our Equity Incentive Plan amounting to $0.6 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 respectively.

Interest and finance costs, net, from continuing operations amounted to $0.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2025, whereas, in the same period of 2024, interest and finance costs, net amounted to $2.3 million. This variation is mainly due to the decrease in interest income we earned from our time and cash deposits due to decreased average cash balances during the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared with the same period of 2024.

Recent Financial Developments Commentary:

Equity update

On October 15, 2025, we paid to Castor a dividend amounting to $0.4 million on its 1.00% Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) for the period from July 15, 2025 to October 14, 2025.

As of December 5, 2025, we had 21,473,509 common shares issued and outstanding.

Liquidity/ Financing/Cash flow update

Our consolidated cash position decreased by $12.1 million, from $37.2 million as of December 31, 2024, to $25.1 million as of September 30, 2025. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, this decrease was mainly driven by (i) $9.4 million of net operating cash flows used in continuing operations and (ii) $11.5 million of net financing cash flows used in continuing operations, mainly reflecting a $10.4 million capital contribution to Robin in connection with the Robin Spin-Off and payment to Castor of a dividend on the Series A Preferred Shares for the period from October 15, 2024 to July 14, 2025, amounting to $1.1 million. These outflows were partially offset by $8.8 million of net cash inflows from investing activities of continuing operations, mainly reflecting (i) proceeds from the repayment of the $100.0 million principal amount plus $0.4 million of related interest of the senior term loan facility by Castor and proceeds from the sale of vessels LPG Dream Syrax and LPG Dream Terrax amounting to $38.0 million, and (ii) partially offset by $60.0 million paid to purchase 60,000 Series E Preferred Shares of Castor, payments of $66.6 million related to the acquisition of M/T Wonder Altair and M/T Wonder Maia and purchases of debt securities of $2.9 million.

Recent Business Developments Commentary:

On October 15, 2025, we received from Castor a dividend on the Castor Series D Preferred Shares, amounting to $1,250,000 for the dividend period from July 15, 2025 to October 14, 2025.

On October 15, 2025, we received from Robin a dividend on the Robin Series A Preferred Shares, amounting to $125,000 for the dividend period from July 15, 2025 to October 14, 2025.

Full Redemption by Castor of the 8.75% Series E Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares

On October 13, 2025, we and Castor agreed to the full redemption of 60,000 shares of Castor’s 8.75% Series E Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares issued by Castor in September 2025 (the “Series E Preferred Shares”), for a cash consideration equal to the stated amount of $60.0 million of the Series E Preferred Shares plus 0.523% thereof, including accrued and unpaid distributions.

At the Market (“ATM”) Offering Agreement

On November 13, 2025, we entered into an “at-the-market” (“ATM”) offering agreement with Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”). Under the terms of the ATM offering agreement, we may, from time to time, sell its common shares having an aggregate offering value of up to $12.5 million through Maxim, as sales agent. We will determine, at its sole discretion, the timing and number of shares to be sold under the ATM facility. We intend to use the proceeds from the offering and sale of the securities for capital expenditures, working capital, to make vessel, other asset or share acquisitions, to fund the construction of newbuild vessels or for other general corporate purposes, or a combination thereof.

Vessel acquisitions

On May 3, 2025, we entered into an agreement to purchase a 2021-built MR (MR2 class) tanker vessel from an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price of $36.25 million. The M/T Wonder Altair was delivered to us on July 11, 2025.

On September 19, 2025, we, through a wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third-party to acquire a 2014-built MR (MR2 class) tanker vessel for a purchase price of $30.3 million. The M/T Wonder Maia was delivered to us on September 29, 2025.

Vessel sales

On July 10, 2025, we entered into an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Robin, for the sale of the LPG carrier Dream Syrax, at a price of $18.0 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owner on September 3, 2025.

On September 16, 2025, we entered into an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Robin, for the sale of the LPG carrier Dream Terrax, at a price of $20.0 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owner on September 25, 2025.

Fleet Employment Status (as of December 5, 2025): During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we operated on average 4.5 vessels earning a Daily TCE Rate⁽¹⁾ of $13,363 as compared to an average of 5.0 vessels earning a Daily TCE Rate⁽¹⁾ of $11,426 during the same period in 2024. Our employment profile as of December 5, 2025 is presented immediately below.

⁽¹⁾ Daily TCE Rate is not a recognized measure under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to Total vessel revenues, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

⁽¹⁾    The vessel has been fixed under a time charter period contract of twelve months starting from May 2024, at $323,000 per month plus twelve months at $335,000 per month at the charterer’s option. The charterer exercised this option, effective from May 14, 2025.
⁽²⁾    The vessel has been fixed under a time charter period contract of twelve months starting from March 2024, at $318,000 per month plus twelve months at the charterer’s option at a rate to be mutually agreed between us and the charterer. On January 22, 2025, it was agreed between us and the charterer that from March 22, 2025 until March 22, 2026 (plus or minus thirty days in charterer’s option), the rate is increased to $354,500 per month, plus twelve months at the charterer’s option (plus or minus thirty days in charterer’s option) . The rate for the optional period will be increased at a rate to be mutually agreed between us and the charterer.
⁽³⁾    On September 24, 2025, the vessel has been fixed under a new time charter period contract of twelve months (plus or minus forty days in charterer’s option) at $20,600 per day. The new time charter will commence upon expiration of the current time charter.

Financial Results (Continuing Operations) Overview:

Set forth below are selected financial and operational data of our fleet (continuing operations) for each of the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively:

⁽¹⁾    EBITDA is not a recognized measure under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B of this release for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to Net income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Consolidated Fleet Selected Financial and Operational Data (Continuing Operations):

Set forth below are selected financial and operational data of our fleet (continuing operations) for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, that we believe are useful in analyzing trends in our results of operations.

⁽¹⁾   Ownership Days are the total number of calendar days in a period during which we owned a vessel.
⁽²⁾   Available Days are the Ownership Days in a period less the aggregate number of days our vessels are off-hire due to scheduled repairs, dry-dockings or special or intermediate surveys.
⁽³⁾   Operating Days are the Available Days in a period after subtracting unscheduled off-hire and idle days.
⁽⁴⁾   Daily TCE Rate is not a recognized measure under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B for the definition and reconciliation of this measure to Total vessel revenues, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
⁽⁵⁾   Fleet Utilization is calculated by dividing the Operating Days during a period by the number of Available Days during that period.
⁽⁶⁾   Daily vessel operating expenses are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses for the relevant period by the Ownership Days for such period.
⁽⁷⁾   Our definitions of Ownership Days, Available Days, Operating Days and Fleet Utilization may not be comparable to those reported by other companies.

APPENDIX A

TORO CORP.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Expressed in U.S. Dollars—except for number of share data)

⁽¹⁾  Includes interest and finance costs and interest income (including interest income from related party), if any.
⁽²⁾  Includes aggregated amounts for foreign exchange gains/(losses), gain/(loss) on equity securities and other income, as applicable in each period.

TORO CORP. 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars—except for number of share data)

TORO CORP.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

APPENDIX B

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Daily Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) Rate. The Daily Time Charter Equivalent Rate (“Daily TCE Rate”), is a measure of the average daily revenue performance of a vessel. The Daily TCE Rate is not a measure of financial performance under U.S. GAAP (i.e., it is a non-GAAP measure) and should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We calculate Daily TCE Rate by dividing total revenues (time charter and/or voyage charter revenues, and/or pool revenues, net of charterers’ commissions), less voyage expenses, by the number of Available Days during that period. Under a time charter, the charterer pays substantially all the vessel voyage related expenses. However, we may incur voyage related expenses when positioning or repositioning vessels before or after the period of a time or other charter, during periods of commercial waiting time or while off-hire during dry-docking or due to other unforeseen circumstances. Under voyage charters, the majority of voyage expenses are generally borne by us whereas for vessels in a pool, such expenses are borne by the pool operator. The Daily TCE Rate is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare period-to-period changes in a company’s performance and, management believes that the Daily TCE Rate provides meaningful information to our investors because it compares daily net earnings generated by our vessels irrespective of the mix of charter types (e.g., time charter, voyage charter, pools) under which our vessels are employed between the periods while it further assists our management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of our vessels and in evaluating our financial performance. Our calculation of the Daily TCE Rates may be different from and may not be comparable to that reported by other companies.

The following table reconciles the calculation of the Daily TCE Rate for our fleet (continuing operations) to Total vessel revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, for the periods presented:

EBITDA. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under U.S. GAAP, does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We define EBITDA as earnings before interest and finance costs (if any), net of interest income, taxes (when incurred), depreciation and amortization of deferred dry-docking costs. EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure by management and external users of financial statements to assess our operating performance. We believe that EBITDA assists our management by providing useful information that increases the comparability of our operating performance from period to period and against the operating performance of other companies in our industry that provide EBITDA information. This increased comparability is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods or companies of interest, other financial items, depreciation and amortization and taxes, which items are affected by various and possibly changing financing methods, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect net income between periods. We believe that including EBITDA as a measure of operating performance benefits investors in (a) selecting between investing in us and other investment alternatives and (b) monitoring our ongoing financial and operational strength. EBITDA as presented below may be different from and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The following table reconciles EBITDA to Net Income from continuing operations, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, for the periods presented:

Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income

⁽¹⁾   Includes interest and finance costs and interest income, if any.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. We are including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “project”, “plan”, “potential”, “will”, “may”, “should”, “expect”, “pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of current or historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these forward-looking statements, including these expectations, beliefs or projections. In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward‐looking statements include generally: the effects of our spin-off from Castor Maritime Inc., the effects of the Robin Spin-Off, our business strategy, expected capital spending and other plans and objectives for future operations, including our ability to expand our business as a new entrant to the tanker and liquefied petroleum gas shipping industry, market conditions and trends, including volatility and cyclicality in charter rates (particularly for vessels employed in the spot voyage market or pools), factors affecting supply and demand for vessels, such as fluctuations in demand for and the price of the products we transport, fluctuating vessel values, changes in worldwide fleet capacity, opportunities for the profitable operations of vessels in the segments of the shipping industry in which we operate and global economic and financial conditions, including interest rates, inflation and the growth rates of world economies, our ability to realize the expected benefits of vessel acquisitions or sales and the effects of any change in our fleet’s size or composition, increased transactions costs and other adverse effects (such as lost profit) due to any failure to consummate any sale of our vessels, our future financial condition, operating results, future revenues and expenses, future liquidity and the adequacy of cash flows from our operations, our relationships with our current and future service providers and customers, including the ongoing performance of their obligations, dependence on their expertise, compliance with applicable laws, and any impacts on our reputation due to our association with them, the availability of debt or equity financing on acceptable terms and our ability to comply with the covenants contained in agreements relating thereto, in particular due to economic, financial or operational reasons, our continued ability to enter into time charters, voyage charters or pool arrangements with existing and new customers and pool operators and to re-charter our vessels upon the expiry of the existing charters or pool agreements, any failure by our contractual counterparties to meet their obligations, changes in our operating and capitalized expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking, insurance costs, costs associated with regulatory compliance and costs associated with climate change, our ability to fund future capital expenditures and investments in the acquisition and refurbishment of our vessels (including the amount and nature thereof and the timing of completion thereof, the delivery and commencement of operations dates, expected downtime and lost revenue), instances of off-hire, fluctuations in interest rates and currencies, including the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, any malfunction or disruption of information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on or any impact of a possible cybersecurity breach, existing or future disputes, proceedings or litigation, future sales of our securities in the public market, our ability to maintain compliance with applicable listing standards or the delisting of our common shares, volatility in our share price, potential conflicts of interest involving members of our board of directors, senior management and certain of our service providers that are related parties, general domestic and international political conditions, such as political instability, events or conflicts (including armed conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East), acts of piracy or maritime aggression, such as recent maritime incidents involving vessels in and around the Red Sea, sanctions, “trade wars” (including the imposition of tariffs) and potential governmental requisitioning of our vessels during a period of war or emergency, global public health threats and major outbreaks of disease, any material cybersecurity incident, changes in seaborne and other transportation, including due to the maritime incidents in and around the Red Sea, fluctuating demand for tanker and LPG carriers and/or disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political events, international sanctions, international hostilities and instability, piracy, smuggling or acts of terrorism, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, including changes to environmental regulations applicable to the shipping industry and to vessel rules and regulations, as well as changes in inspection procedures and import and export controls, inadequacies in our insurance coverage, developments in tax laws, treaties or regulations or their interpretation in any country in which we operate and changes in our tax treatment or classification, the impact of climate change, adverse weather and natural disasters, accidents or the occurrence of other unexpected events, including in relation to the operational risks associated with transporting LPG, crude oil and/or refined petroleum products and any other factors described in our filings with the SEC.

The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward‐looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication, except to the extent required by applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all or any of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these foregoing and other risks and uncertainties. These factors and the other risk factors described in this press release are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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