KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Friday

KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is anticipated to announce its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Friday, September 4th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.06 per share and revenue of $93.4750 million for the quarter. Interested persons can check the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Friday, September 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM ET.

KNOT Offshore Partners Stock Performance

KNOT Offshore Partners stock opened at $11.30 on Thursday. KNOT Offshore Partners has a fifty-two week low of $7.74 and a fifty-two week high of $11.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.24 and a current ratio of 0.25. The stock has a market cap of $380.36 million, a P/E ratio of 20.93 and a beta of -0.05. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $10.53 and its 200-day moving average price is $10.52.

KNOT Offshore Partners Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 27th were paid a dividend of $0.075 per share. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. This is an increase from KNOT Offshore Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 27th. KNOT Offshore Partners’s payout ratio is 55.56%.

Insider Activity at KNOT Offshore Partners

In other news, Director Trygve Seglem purchased 1,250,000 shares of KNOT Offshore Partners stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $20.00 per share, with a total value of $25,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,458,333 shares in the company, valued at $29,166,660. This represents a 600.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KNOP. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in shares of KNOT Offshore Partners by 115.0% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 9,042 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 4,836 shares in the last quarter. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP bought a new position in KNOT Offshore Partners in the 2nd quarter worth about $68,000. Cetera Investment Advisers acquired a new position in KNOT Offshore Partners during the 4th quarter worth $125,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of KNOT Offshore Partners in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $138,000. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its position in KNOT Offshore Partners by 220.3% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 16,557 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $104,000 after acquiring an additional 11,388 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.82% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have weighed in on KNOP. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of KNOT Offshore Partners in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded KNOT Offshore Partners from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 29th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded KNOT Offshore Partners from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, KNOT Offshore Partners has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $14.00.

About KNOT Offshore Partners

KNOT Offshore Partners LP is a publicly traded limited partnership formed in 2013 to own and operate shuttle tankers under long‐term charters in the offshore oil industry. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KNOP, the partnership specializes in the transportation of crude oil from offshore production facilities to onshore refineries. Its fleet comprises moderne shuttle tankers equipped with dynamic positioning systems, enabling safe transfer operations in harsh weather and sea conditions.

The partnership’s vessels primarily serve fields in the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa, where they operate under multi‐year contracts with major energy producers.