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Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Maroussi, Greece, June 3, 2020 – Pyxis Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXS) (the “Company” or “Pyxis Tankers”), a growth-oriented pure play product tanker
About this update from Pyxis Tankers Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Maroussi, Greece, June 3, 2020 – Pyxis Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXS) (the “Company” or “Pyxis Tankers”), a growth-oriented pure play product tanker company, today announced unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2020.\n Summary For the three months ended March 31, 2020, our Revenues, net were $6.6 million and our time charter equivalent revenues increased by $0.2 million, or 3.8%, to $5.0 million compared to the same period in 2019. Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020, was $1.2 million, or a loss per share (basic and diluted) of $0.06 which were marked improvements over the same period in 2019. Our Adjusted EBITDA was $1.2 million which represented an increase of $0.7 million over the comparable 2019 quarter. Please see “Non-GAAP Measures and Definitions” below. Valentios Valentis, our Chairman and CEO commented: “Our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 reflected a better chartering environment and continued cost discipline compared to the same period in 2019. During the first quarter, 2020 our medium range product tankers (“MR”) operated on staggered, shorter-term time charters in order to obtain predictable cash flow, especially in light of the various uncertainties, including those discussed below. The average daily time charter equivalent rates (“TCE”) for our MR’s was $15,400 in the first quarter of 2020. As of June 1, 2020, 100% of available days in the second quarter of 2020 were booked at an average daily TCE of $15,700 for our MR’s. As previously disclosed, we completed the sale of the Pyxis Delta, our 2006 built non-eco tanker, in January 2020. The net proceeds were applied to de-lever our balance sheet, improve liquidity and better position us for growth. During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, our fleet-wide vessel operating expenses were slightly less than $5,700 per day, a 5.6% improvement over the comparable period in 2019. The first five months of 2020 may be remembered as a period of extreme volatility for the product tanker market. In early January, solid supply/demand fundamentals for the sector provided a favorable outlook at that time. The introduction of the new IMO 2020 fuel regulations had a relatively small impact as ample low-sulphur fuels blends were available worldwide, and the average price of very low sulphur fuel oil in the three major h...