Ardmore Shipping Corp
ASC NYSE Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight Financials FY2016โFY2025
Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026
$20.03
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- Legal name
- Ardmore Shipping Corp
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 20-F ยท Mar 6, 2026
- Accession ยท CIK
- 0001104659-26-024690
0001577437
Revenue and margins
Ardmore Shipping Corp had $310M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 23.6% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 24.8% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was โ in fiscal 2025, โ of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Ardmore Shipping Corp returned $12.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 2.9%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Ardmore Shipping Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $55.4M | $50.6M | $46.8M | $47.0M | $46.8M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $145M | $129M | $46.0M | $38.8M | $127M |
| Debt / equity | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.2x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 3.0x | 3.7x | 4.2x | 4.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 2.7x | 3.4x | 3.9x | 4.0x |
| Total assets | $725M | $724M | $691M | $705M | $789M |
| Total liabilities | $396M | $217M | $117M | $69.4M | $154M |
| Shareholders' equity | $292M | $469M | $537M | $608M | $634M |
| Net debt (โ = net cash) | $89.7M | $78.2M | โ$0.8M | โ$8.2M | $80.2M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โPlanโ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
โ
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ9 is strong, 0โ2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count didn't rise | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross margin rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| F-score | โ / 3 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | โ4.4% | โ3.6% | โ6.2% | โ5.4% | โ6.8% | โ4.6% | 2.0% | โ6.1% | โ3.9% | โ5.4% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.34 | 1.09 | 0.71 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
10 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioโs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $164M | $196M | $210M | $230M | $220M | $192M | $446M | $396M | $406M | $310M |
| Operating income | $24.0M | $8.5M | โ$9.6M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Interest expense | $17.8M | $21.4M | $27.4M | $26.8M | $18.2M | $16.2M | $15.5M | $11.4M | $6.8M | $6.1M |
| Pretax income | $3.8M | โ$12.4M | โ$42.8M | โ$22.8M | โ$5.8M | โ$36.4M | $139M | $118M | $138M | $41.6M |
| Income tax | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.4M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| Net income | $3.7M | โ$12.5M | โ$42.9M | โ$22.9M | โ$6.0M | โ$36.8M | $138M | $117M | $133M | $41.0M |
| Net income to common | โ | โ | โ | โ$22.9M | โ$6.0M | โ$38.1M | $135M | $113M | $129M | $36.1M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.12 | โ$0.37 | โ$1.31 | โ$0.69 | โ$0.18 | โ$1.12 | $3.52 | $2.71 | $3.06 | $0.88 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $42.6M | $18.4M | $9.4M | $20.5M | $46.1M | โ$2.9M | $124M | $160M | $160M | $81.6M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $30.1M | $34.3M | $35.1M | $32.3M | $32.2M | $31.7M | $29.3M | $27.8M | $30.2M | $33.8M |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.3M | $0.5M | $1.6M | $2.3M | $3.0M | $2.6M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $4.7M | $2.8M |
| Share buybacks | $3.0M | $11.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M | โ | โ | โ | $17.9M | โ |
| Dividends paid | $9.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.7M | โ | โ | $47.2M | $45.1M | $12.2M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $12.3M | $11.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.9M | โ | โ | $47.2M | $63.0M | $12.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $56.0M | $39.5M | $56.9M | $51.7M | $58.4M | $55.4M | $50.6M | $46.8M | $47.0M | $46.8M |
| Total debt | $453M | $404M | $228M | $207M | $211M | $145M | $129M | $46.0M | $38.8M | $127M |
| Finance lease liabilities | โ | โ | $239M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.0M |
| Current assets | $93.8M | $83.9M | $109M | $98.0M | $103M | $94.2M | $158M | $127M | $127M | $112M |
| Current liabilities | $59.0M | $58.3M | $75.5M | $60.4M | $62.9M | $58.5M | $52.9M | $33.8M | $29.8M | $25.8M |
| Inventory | $7.3M | $9.6M | $12.8M | $10.2M | $10.3M | $11.1M | $15.7M | $12.6M | $11.3M | $8.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | $785M | $752M | $721M | $661M | $631M | $603M | $531M | $524M | $546M | $638M |
| Total assets | $884M | $846M | $845M | $772M | $752M | $725M | $724M | $691M | $705M | $789M |
| Total liabilities | $479M | $465M | $498M | $446M | $432M | $396M | $217M | $117M | $69.4M | $154M |
| Preferred stock | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.0M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Shareholders' equity | $404M | $381M | $347M | $326M | $320M | $292M | $469M | $537M | $608M | $634M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 4.3% | โ4.6% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| EBITDA margin | 32.9% | 21.8% | 12.1% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Net margin | 2.3% | โ6.4% | โ20.4% | โ9.9% | โ2.7% | โ19.1% | 31.1% | 29.5% | 32.8% | 13.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 2.9% | 0.9% | โ1.5% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 1.1% | โ1.3% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on equity | 0.9% | โ3.2% | โ11.8% | โ6.8% | โ1.9% | โ12.0% | 36.4% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | โ1.4% | โ5.1% | โ2.8% | โ0.8% | โ5.0% | 19.1% | 16.5% | 19.1% | 5.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 0.9% | โ3.3% | โ12.4% | โ7.0% | โ1.9% | โ13.0% | 28.8% | 21.1% | 21.2% | 5.7% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | โ | 19.2% | 7.3% | 9.5% | โ4.3% | โ12.5% | 131.6% | โ11.2% | 2.5% | โ23.6% |
| Net income growth | โ | โ433.3% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ15.6% | 13.9% | โ69.2% |
| EPS growth | โ | โ408.3% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ23.0% | 12.9% | โ71.2% |
| Share count change | โ | 10.9% | โ1.8% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 13.2% | 9.0% | 0.5% | โ2.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.3x | 8.5x | 16.1x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt / equity | 1.1x | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 1.4x | 0.4x | โ0.4x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 3.0x | 3.7x | 4.2x | 4.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 2.7x | 3.4x | 3.9x | 4.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | โ | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Accruals ratio | โ4.4% | โ3.6% | โ6.2% | โ5.4% | โ6.8% | โ4.6% | 2.0% | โ6.1% | โ3.9% | โ5.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001577437). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
