Torm Keeps Outperform Rating as Evercore Trims Target and CEO Meldgaard Champions Case-by-Case Expansion
Published on 11/13/2026 at 04:51 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Evercore ISI nudged its price target on Torm down to USD 44 from USD 45 on 5 November, while reaffirming its "Outperform" rating on the product tanker specialist. The revision trimmed the brokerage's headline number without touching its recommendation — and it landed a day before the stock's latest move, with Torm shares gaining 2.3% to close at EUR 32.78.
That modest retreat in the target sits against a far more substantial improvement in the underlying business. Torm's third-quarter 2026 results showed a net profit of USD 199 million, more than double the USD 78 million booked in the same period a year earlier, on EBITDA of USD 274 million.
Guidance Floor Raised on Firm Tanker Market
Alongside the quarterly figures, the Copenhagen-listed owner lifted the bottom end of its full-year 2026 outlook. Time-charter equivalent earnings are now guided to a range of USD 1.75 billion to USD 1.9 billion, while EBITDA is projected at between USD 1.35 billion and USD 1.5 billion. Management pointed to favourable conditions in the product tanker market and disruptions to global oil trade flows as the forces behind the improved expectations.
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Those same drivers underpin Torm's expansion thinking. Chief executive Jacob Meldgaard has signalled that the company will weigh any participation in shuttle tanker operations in the Gulf of Oman on a case-by-case basis, following the mid-November move into that segment first reported on 4 November. The selective approach fits the broader picture painted at the quarterly update: favourable product tanker markets combined with rerouted oil trade create openings, but each commitment is to be judged on its own economic merits.
Newbuilds and Capital Moves Round Out the Picture
Torm's planning also stretches beyond the current trading environment. A joint venture for LR2 newbuildings, with Yangzijiang reported as partner, has deliveries scheduled for 2029 and 2030.
On the capital side, the company increased its share capital on the day of the latest share price gain through the issue of 48,167 Class A shares. The issuance followed the exercise of restricted share units, with the new stock taken up against cash payment at a subscription price of DKK 179.80 per share. A separate amended Schedule 13D/A stake disclosure was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
For investors, the takeaway is a company translating strong market conditions into a higher earnings floor while keeping expansion deliberately measured. The raised guidance signals confidence; the case-by-case discipline in new ventures is the yardstick against which that confidence will be judged.
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