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Onespaworld Holdings Ltd.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 29 October 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 4 raised, 3 lowered, 6 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Record third-quarter revenue growth: Total revenues were $258.5 million, a third-quarter record. The company reported all-time records for Total revenues, Income from operations and Adjusted EBITDA. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 6%: Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $35.0 million from $33.0 million in the prior-year quarter. Source
  • Maritime growth offset resort decline: Maritime revenue grew, while destination resort Total revenues fell $1.0 million, partly from closures of hotels where the company had previously operated. Source
  • Guest spend drove most of growth: Average guest spend rose 4%, adding $7.8 million. Fleet expansion added $6.8 million and revenue days added $3.2 million. Source
  • Third-quarter buybacks of $17.6 million: The company repurchased 816,028 common shares in the third quarter for $17.6 million. Source
  • Quarterly dividend raised 25%: The Board set the quarterly dividend at $0.05 per share, a 25% increase from $0.04. Source
  • AI accelerated for efficiency: Management said it is accelerating integration of AI technologies to drive operational efficiencies and revenue, cash flow and earnings growth. Source

“We delivered a record third quarter at the high end of our guidance”

Leonard Fluxman, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Total revenues SourceFiscal 2025 (year ended December 31, 2025)$960-965 millionRaised from $950-970 million
Adjusted EBITDA SourceFiscal 2025 (year ended December 31, 2025)$122-124 millionRaised from $117-127 million
Total revenues SourceFourth quarter 2025 (three months ended December 31, 2025)$241-246 millionNew
Adjusted EBITDA SourceFourth quarter 2025 (three months ended December 31, 2025)$30-32 millionNew
Period-end ship count SourceFourth quarter 2025 (period end)206New
Average ship count SourceFourth quarter 2025198New
Period-end ship count SourceFiscal 2025 (year end)206Lowered from 207
Average ship count SourceFiscal 2025196Raised from 195
Period-end resort count SourceFourth quarter 2025 (period end)48New
Period-end resort count SourceFiscal 2025 (year end)48Lowered from 50
Average resort count SourceFiscal 202549Lowered from 50
Average resort count SourceFourth quarter 202548New
Quarterly dividend SourceDividend payable December 3, 2025$0.05 per shareRaised from $0.04 per share

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2025 Total revenues guidance narrowed to $960-965 million from $950-970 million; the midpoint moved up. Source
  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance narrowed to $122-124 million from $117-127 million; the midpoint moved up. Source
  • New guidance: Fourth-quarter 2025 guidance for Total revenues and Adjusted EBITDA was first issued in this release. Source
  • Guidance lowered: Fiscal 2025 year-end ship count forecast lowered by one vessel, from 207 to 206, attributed to a delivery shifting to 2026. Source
  • Guidance lowered: Fiscal 2025 year-end destination resort count forecast lowered from 50 to 48. The release gives no reason. Source
  • New: Quarterly dividend increased 25% to $0.05 per share from $0.04. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Record third-quarter revenue growth: Total revenues were $258.5 million, a third-quarter record. The company reported all-time records for Total revenues, Income from operations and Adjusted EBITDA. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 6%: Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $35.0 million from $33.0 million in the prior-year quarter. Source
  • Operating income rose 5%: Income from operations rose 5% to $26.3 million, from $25.0 million in the third quarter of 2024. Source
  • Nine-month revenue and earnings rose: Nine-month Total revenues rose 6% to $718.9 million, Adjusted EBITDA reached $92.0 million, and diluted EPS was $0.57. Source
  • Net income gain from lower interest: Net income was $24.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share. The company attributed the increase to higher operating income and lower interest expense, net. Source

Maritime and destination resort segments

  • Maritime growth offset resort decline: Maritime revenue grew, while destination resort Total revenues fell $1.0 million, partly from closures of hotels where the company had previously operated. Source
  • Resort count and revenue per resort fell: Average destination resorts fell to 50 from 52, and quarter-end resorts to 49 from 52. Average weekly revenue per resort fell to $10,794 from $11,860. Source
  • Maritime ship count rose: Average ship count was 199, against 195 a year earlier. Health and wellness centers were on 204 ships at quarter-end, against 196. Source

“Employing our balanced capital allocation strategy, fueled by our strong cash flow generation and positive outlook”

Stephen Lazarus, President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Products, services and guest spend

  • Guest spend drove most of growth: Average guest spend rose 4%, adding $7.8 million. Fleet expansion added $6.8 million and revenue days added $3.2 million. Source
  • Pre-booked revenue added $2.7 million: Pre-booked revenues at health and wellness centers on ships counted at September 30 added $2.7 million to volume and spend. Source
  • Service and product revenue both grew: Service revenues were $208.0 million and product revenues were $50.5 million, both up 7% from the third quarter of 2024. Source

Costs, margins and earnings

  • Cost of services rose with service revenue: Cost of services rose $12.5 million, attributable to the $13.6 million increase in Service revenues. Source
  • Cost of products rose with product sales: Cost of products increased $2.7 million, attributable to the $3.2 million increase in Product revenues. Source
  • Salaries slightly below prior year: Salaries, benefits and payroll taxes were $8.4 million in the quarter, against $8.6 million a year earlier. Source
  • Adjusted net income per diluted share rose: Adjusted net income was $30.4 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, against $27.3 million, or $0.26, a year earlier. Source

“we are well positioned to generate consistently increasing after-tax free cash flow and continue our strong performance trajectory for the near and long term”

Leonard Fluxman, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Guest demand and momentum

  • Guest count, frequency and spend rose: Management cited higher cruise line health and wellness center guest count, average service frequency per guest, and average guest spend across key metrics. Source
  • Fourth quarter begins with momentum: Management said the company enters the fourth quarter with positive momentum, continuing the third-quarter performance. Source
  • Four new ship builds launched: Health and wellness centers launched on four new ship builds during the quarter, supporting ship-count growth. Source

Capital, cash and shareholder returns

  • Asset-light model funds returns: Management said the asset-light model generates free cash flow that funds dividends, repurchases and accelerated debt paydown. Source
  • Third-quarter buybacks of $17.6 million: The company repurchased 816,028 common shares in the third quarter for $17.6 million. Source
  • Post-quarter buybacks of $15 million: The company repurchased 721,663 shares for $15 million after quarter-end, during the fourth quarter to date. Source
  • Debt repaid and cash at $30.8 million: Debt was repaid by $11.3 million in the quarter. Liquidity, including the undrawn $50 million facility, was $80.8 million. Source
  • $42.4 million left on buyback: As of October 29, 2025, $42.4 million remained on the $75 million share repurchase program adopted in April 2025. Source
  • Quarterly dividend raised 25%: The Board set the quarterly dividend at $0.05 per share, a 25% increase from $0.04. Source

Strategy, technology and investment

  • AI accelerated for efficiency: Management said it is accelerating integration of AI technologies to drive operational efficiencies and revenue, cash flow and earnings growth. Source
  • Guest services and technology investment: Lazarus said the company continued expanding guest services and products and investing in technology to strengthen its competitive position with partners. Source
  • Global platform cited as advantage: Management attributed continued performance to its complex global operating platform. Source

People and leadership

  • Cruise staff on vessels rose: Cruise ship personnel on vessels were 4,466 at quarter-end, against 4,204 a year earlier. Source
  • Executive roles named: Leonard Fluxman is Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Stephen Lazarus is President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Source
  • Former commercial officer costs in nine months: Nine-month salaries include $1.1 million severance and $1.4 million equity vesting expense tied to the former Chief Commercial Officer's first-quarter 2025 termination. Source

Coming up, as management said on 29 October 2025

  • Dividend payable December 3: The $0.05 quarterly dividend is payable December 3, 2025 to holders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2025. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Period-end ship count Source204
Average ship count Source199
Period-end destination resort count Source49
Average destination resort count Source50
Revenue days Source18,338
Average weekly revenue per ship Source$95,675
Cruise ship personnel on vessels Source4,466

Earlier plans management reported on

  • On track: Management said it remains on track to launch health and wellness centers on two additional new ship builds before year-end. Source
  • Not stated: The prior release said the company was on track for nine new ship builds commencing voyages that year. This release does not restate the status of that target.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.