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CMRE — Costamare Inc.

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Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary

February 18, 2026

Costamare Inc. (CMRE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary

  1. Key Financial Results and Metrics:

    • Q4 2025 net income: $73 million; full-year net income: $370 million.
    • Adjusted net income for Q4: $72 million ($0.60 per share); full-year adjusted net income: $376 million ($3.12 per share).
    • Liquidity: $590 million.
    • Fleet deployment: 96% for 2026 and 92% for 2027.
    • Total contracted revenues: $3.4 billion with an average remaining time charter duration of 4.5 years.

  2. Strategic Updates and Business Highlights:

    • Secured long-term cash flows by forward chartering 12 vessels (4,000 to 14,000 TEUs) with an average duration of 6 years, generating approximately $940 million in incremental revenues.
    • Idle fleet remains low at less than 1%, indicating a strong charter market.
    • Neptune Maritime Leasing (NML) has funded or committed to 54 shipping assets, totaling over $665 million in investments.

  3. Forward Guidance and Outlook:

    • The company maintains a robust charter market outlook, with charter rates remaining high and a fully employed fleet.
    • No significant debt maturities until 2027, and plans to refinance two container ships at lower costs.

  4. Bad News, Challenges, or Points of Concern:

    • While the company has low leverage, there are no immediate plans for early debt repayment, which may concern some investors looking for aggressive debt reduction.
    • Deferred revenues increased substantially quarter-over-quarter, but management indicated this is primarily an accounting treatment rather than a cash flow concern.

  5. Notable Q&A Insights:

    • CFO Gregory Zikos emphasized the company's prudent debt management and low leverage, indicating no need for early debt prepayments.
    • Clarified that the increase in deferred revenues is an accounting issue related to charter hire fluctuations, and that cash revenue remains the focus for performance assessment.

Overall, Costamare Inc. reported solid financial performance in Q4 2025, with strong strategic initiatives in place to secure future revenues, despite minor concerns regarding deferred revenue accounting and debt management strategies.

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