Posted on August 5, 2026
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced today revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 of $342.3 million and $668.5 million, respectively, compared with $341.4 million and $674.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Tidewater’s net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, was $21.7 million ($0.43 per common share) and $27.8 million ($0.56 per common share), respectively, compared with net income of $72.9 million ($1.46 per common share) and $115.6 million ($2.27 per common share), respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
Quintin Kneen, Tidewater’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “The second quarter of 2026 came in nicely above our expectations, driven by both revenue outperformance and lower-than-expected operating expenses. Day rate and utilization both outperformed, with revenue for the quarter coming in at $342.3 million. Gross margin of 46.9% came in well ahead of our expectations due to the increase in revenue and lower than anticipated operating expenses, but was down modestly from the first quarter due to costs associated with the conflict in the Middle East. Realized day rates improved materially during the quarter, up $655 per day, representing the largest absolute sequential day rate improvement since the third quarter of 2024. The improvement in day rates was driven primarily by our largest class of PSVs, with day rate momentum realized across multiple of our regional reporting segments. Further, new term contract fixture day rate momentum accelerated from the first quarter with our weighted average term contract rate increasing approximately 7.5% sequentially up approximately $1,690 per day to $24,341. Utilization also came in higher than anticipated during the quarter, though this was largely related to the timing of drydocks of certain vessels moving to later in the year.
“During the first quarter, Operation Epic Fury commenced in the Middle East, one of our principal operating regions. To date, we’ve yet to experience any material activity disruptions in the region and, in fact, realized our highest utilization and day rate in recent memory during the second quarter. From a cost perspective, we incurred less costs in the quarter than anticipated, though our costs do remain somewhat elevated compared to our cost structure prior to the commencement of the conflict. We’ve submitted our first batch of invoices for direct, conflict-related costs, and have received modest reimbursements associated with these submitted invoices; we continue to expect to realize additional reimbursements for conflict-related, direct cost increases. Looking forward, we expect to continue to incur conflict-related costs in the Middle East, though we have made structural adjustments to our wage schemes to minimize the impact of conflict-related wage increases.
“We recently updated the market on our expected closing timing for the WSUT acquisition. We now anticipate to close the transaction around September 1, 2026. In the interim, our integration efforts have continued and we expect a swift integration of the organization onto Tidewater’s platform, consistent with our approach and integration cadence in prior acquisitions.
“Volatility and uncertainty continue to be major themes in the global energy landscape as the conflict in the Middle East and the associated disruptions with the conflict persist. While these near-term factors can influence sentiment, the longer-term considerations for the energy sector, namely offshore activity, remain constructive. Our conversations with customers continue to point to a broad pick-up in offshore activity as we progress through this year and into 2027, with the pace of tendering for new contracts and opportunities picking up materially. We believe that the opportunity set we’re currently seeing is a function of projects already contemplated for commencement and that new projects contemplated in response to the reshaping of the global energy supply chain have yet to be developed and commercialized. We do anticipate that over time there will be incremental projects developed in response to regional energy security considerations, but the lead time to these projects is often measured in years rather than months, solidifying the long-term durability of the offshore cycle.
“We remain confident that the geographic diversification of our fleet and an established onshore infrastructure in every major offshore market globally provides us a distinct advantage to capitalize on the broad-based offshore activity increase we see ahead of us. Each factor of demand of our vessels – production support, subsea and EPCI support and drilling support – are all poised for continued growth and the supply of available offshore vessels may be insufficient to meet this heightened level of demand. We anticipate that we will continue to see leading indicators of this supply and demand imbalance, as illustrated by this quarter’s weighted average leading edge day rate, as we progress through the remainder of 2026 and that we will be the beneficiary of in 2027. We are modestly revising our 2026 revenue guidance range of $1.42 billion to $1.47 billion and our 2026 gross margin guidance range of 49% to 50% to account for the approximately two-month delay in the closing of the WSUT transaction and continued elevated, but declining, operating costs associated with the conflict in the Middle East. We expect to incur approximately $13.1 million of conflict-related costs in 2026, approximately $7.6 million of which we are contractually permitted to bill back to our customers.”
Tidewater will hold a conference call to discuss results for the three months ending June 30, 2026 on August 4, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. Investors and interested parties may listen to the earnings conference call via telephone by calling +1.833.461.5787 if calling from the U.S. or Canada (+1.365.657.4084 if calling from outside the U.S. or Canada) and provide Conference ID: 600 500 897 prior to the scheduled start time. A live webcast of the call will also be available in the Investor Relations section of Tidewater’s website at investor.tdw.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on August 4, 2026. To access the replay, visit the Investor Relations section of Tidewater’s website at investor.tdw.com.
About Tidewater
Tidewater owns and operates the largest fleet of offshore support vessels in the industry, with 70 years of experience supporting offshore energy exploration, production and offshore wind activities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.tdw.com.
