Company Analysis

International Seaways, Inc. (INSW)

NYSE: INSW · Water Transportation · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.6● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.2

The grade of International Seaways, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.630% of the headline
● Present5.640% of the headline
▶ Future5.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-05-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-05-31) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $398 million in fiscal 2016 to $843 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 35% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.7%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 21% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak35.4%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 48% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 34 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, International Seaways, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 48% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 34 sales (21 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 24%: owes 24¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, International Seaways, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 24 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 8% of its family
  • return on equitytop 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 18 in its family; net margin 36.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $843 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 36.7% ranks in the top 14%; revenue growth of -0.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$843Mtop 47% of its family
  • net margin36.7%top 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.8%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Zabrocky, Lois K (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-18, 6 months (bottom 6% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.7 years (top 31%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.7 yearstop 31% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 24% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $117 million against debt of $541 million leaves -15.9% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 45.1% of revenue (top 9%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.9%top 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue45.1%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.8% a year over the last three filed years against 8.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew -11.4% (bottom 26%); capital spending grew 436.4% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). International Seaways, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Pool Revenue Leases at $642 million (76%), Time and Bareboat Charter Leases at $158 million (19%), Voyage Charter Leases at $44 million (5%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.5 points a yearbottom 26% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-11.4%bottom 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending436.4%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 40% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

International Seaways, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $843 million in fiscal 2025 came in 15.5% below the $998 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 41% of its family); net income of $309 million against a prior three-year average of $454 million (bottom 32%); a net margin of 36.7% against 46.9% before (bottom 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-15.5%top 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-32%bottom 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-10.2 pointsbottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton INSW · research, not advice