Tidewater reports revenue of $122.1 million for Q1 2019

Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) on May 6 announced revenue for the three-months ended March 31, 2019, of $122.1 million and a net loss for the same period of $21.7 million (or $0.58 per common share). Excluding certain costs outlined below, net loss for the three-months ended March 31, 2019 was $18.0 million (or $0.49 per common share).

John T. Rynd, Tidewater’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “March 31 marked the first full quarter with Tidewater and GulfMark operating as a combined company and I’m pleased that the benefits of this merger are immediately evident. With a larger vessel fleet, revenues were up 33% as compared to the same period in 2018 and up 11% from the quarter ended December 31, 2018. Demonstrating the value of leveraging Tidewater’s existing global platform and our team’s progress towards meeting our merger synergy targets, G&A continued its downward trend during the quarter, reaching the same level as the quarter ended March 31, 2018. We continue to make progress in improving our shore base cost structure, and we are now positioning ourselves to exit 2019 with an annual G&A run rate of $87 million.

"Capital discipline, both working capital discipline and capital expenditure discipline, is key to exceeding the return on capital objectives we have set for ourselves. The entire team is focused on obtaining these goals and our long-term compensation incentives are driven by return on capital targets. Discipline on the capital tied up in our fleet in lay-up is also part of that focus and considerable progress has been made towards meeting our ambitious goal of selling or recycling 40 additional vessels by the end of the year, with 16 vessel dispositions already completed in the first quarter and more in process.

"There are strong indications that E&P spending offshore will increase this year, driving steadily improving drilling activity and the availability of OSVs in several key markets within which we have a large presence, such as the North Sea and West Africa, has shown signs of tightening as we enter the seasonally more active summer season. With strong OSV sector leadership positions in almost every market in the world, Tidewater is best-positioned to benefit from the upside as the market continues improves through 2019,” John T. Rynd said.

Included in the $21.7 million ($0.58 per common share) net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were the following costs were general and administrative expenses for severance and similar expenses related to integrating Tidewater and GulfMark operations of $3.7 million ($0.10 per common share).

Common shares, New Creditor Warrants, GulfMark Creditor Warrants, and the sum of common shares, New Creditor Warrants and GulfMark Creditor Warrants outstanding at March 31, 2019 were 37,381,954, 2,070,463, 2,046,795 and 41,499,212, respectively. New Creditor Warrants and GulfMark Creditor Warrants are each exercisable to acquire one common share at strike prices of $0.001 and $0.01, respectively.

Tidewater owns and operates the largest fleet of Offshore Support Vessels in the industry, with over 60 years of experience supporting offshore energy exploration and production activities worldwide.