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Costamare Bulkers Posts $9.8 Million Adjusted Profit as Cash Tops Debt by $108.9 Million
Costamare Bulkers Holdings Limited reported second-quarter adjusted net income of $9.8 million, or $0.40 per share, with net income of $5.2 million, or $0.21 per share, for the period ended June 30. The dry bulk owner, which spun off from Costamare Inc. on May 6, 2025, said cash now exceeds debt by $108.9 million and that it entered the third quarter with $331.5 million in total liquidity, a cushion management said allows countercyclical growth if vessel values fall. Fleet utilization reached 99.1% in the second quarter and 98.3% in the first half, while the company took delivery of the 2018-built Astros and booked a combined $7.7 million gain on the sale of the older Clara and Miracle during the first half. The 2009-built Bermondi is under agreement to be sold, expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, and all six owned Capesize vessels remain on period charters, with 12 period agreements index-linked and convertible to fixed rates. Chief Executive Gregory Zikos said the quarter's Capesize market was unusually volatile, with rates peaking in late May before correcting by nearly $20,000 a day through the end of June, and added that the company's legacy Cargill-related trading positions are expected to clear entirely by the end of 2026.