SFL – Third Quarter 2025 Results
Preliminary Q3 2025 results and quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share
Hamilton, Bermuda, November 11, 2025, SFL Corporation Ltd. (“SFL” or the “Company”) today announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and its 87th consecutive quarterly dividend.
Highlights
- 87th consecutive quarterly dividend declared, $0.20 per share
- Generated total operating revenues of $178 million, of which approximately 86 % of charter hire from shipping and 14 % from energy
- Adjusted EBITDA of $113 million, including $8 million from associated companies
- Reported net income of $8.6 million or $0.07 per share
- Continuous fleet optimization with the sale of older dry bulk and container vessels and efficiency upgrades on multiple modern vessels
Ole B. Hjertaker, CEO of SFL Management AS, said in a comment:
«SFL continues to strengthen its position as a leading maritime infrastructure company, with the majority of vessels and rigs on long term time charters to industrial end users. This strategy provides strong earnings visibility and a solid foundation for sustainable shareholder returns.
We remain focused on maintaining a modern and efficient fleet. So far, we have invested nearly $100 million in fuel efficiency and cargo optimization upgrades, improving both operational performance and environmental footprint. These initiatives have contributed to adding approximately $1.2 billion to our fixed rate charter backlog. And with the exception of our legacy drilling rig Hercules, all our assets are employed on profitable charters with high utilization. We remain optimistic about securing new employment for Hercules next year and continue to explore strategic opportunities to unlock additional value.
Our fixed rate charter backlog stands at approximately $4 billion, providing strong cash-flow visibility and supporting our long term dividend distribution capacity. Combined with our disciplined capital allocation and focus on accretive investments, SFL remains well positioned to deliver consistent value to its shareholders.»
Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share. The dividend will be paid on or around December 29, 2025. The record date and ex-dividend date on the New York Stock Exchange will be on December 12, 2025.
The full report can be found in the link below and at the Company’s website www.sflcorp.com.
Webcast and Presentation
In connection with the earnings release, a webcast will be held today at 10:00 AM (EST) / 4:00 PM (CET)
In order to listen to the webcast and see the presentation, you may do one of the following:
A: Join Webcast in Listen Only Mode:
Visit the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.sflcorp.com and click on the link to “Webcasts”, or access directly via the webcast link below. The webcast with slideshow will be played from this platform:
SFL Corporation Ltd. Q3 2025 Webcast
B: Join Conference Call to Participate in Live Q&A through Zoom:
Join through the Zoom link below to ask a question:
Meeting ID: 922 0282 1319
Passcode: 915411
The presentation material used in the webcast may be downloaded at www.sflcorp.com and replay details are also available at the Company website.
Questions may be directed to SFL Management AS:
Investor and Analyst Contact
Espen Nilsen Gjøsund, Vice President – Investor Relations: +47 47500500
André Reppen, Chief Treasurer & Senior Vice President: +47 23114055
Aksel C. Olesen, Chief Financial Officer: +47 23114036
Media Contact
Ole B. Hjertaker, Chief Executive Officer: +47 23114011
About SFL
SFL has a unique track record in the maritime industry and has paid dividends every quarter since its initial listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2004. The Company’s fleet of vessels is comprised of tanker vessels, bulkers, container vessels, car carriers and offshore drilling rigs. SFL’s long term distribution capacity is supported by a portfolio of long term charters and significant growth in the asset base over time. More information can be found on the Company’s website: www.sflcorp.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including SFL management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the Company’s records and other data available from third parties. Although SFL believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, SFL cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.
Important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements include the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions in the seaborne transportation industry, which is cyclical and volatile, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the markets in which the Company operates, including shifts in consumer demand from oil towards other energy sources or changes to trade patterns for refined oil products, changes in market demand in countries which import commodities and finished goods and changes in the amount and location of the production of those commodities and finished goods, technological innovation in the sectors in which we operate and quality and efficiency requirements from customers, increased inspection procedures and more restrictive import and export controls, changes in the Company’s operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry docking and insurance costs, performance of the Company’s charterers and other counterparties with whom the Company deals, the impact of any restructuring of the counterparties with whom the Company deals, and timely delivery of vessels under construction within the contracted price, governmental laws and regulations, including environmental regulations, that add to our costs or the costs of our customers, potential liability from pending or future litigation, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political instability, terrorist attacks, piracy or international hostilities, the length and severity of the coronavirus outbreak and governmental responses thereto and the impact on the demand for commercial seaborne transportation and the condition of the financial markets, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. SFL disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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