KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP) Key Metrics
KNOP valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $342.1M
- Enterprise value
- $1.18B
- P/E (TTM)
- 70.7 10-yr median 9.2
- Forward P/E
- 14.4
- PEG ratio
- 10.45
- Price / sales
- 0.9 10-yr median 1.8
- Price / book
- 0.6 10-yr median 0.6
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.6 10-yr median 7.7
- Dividend yield
- 3.94% $0.40 a year
- Beta
- −0.03
KNOP key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsKNOP valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
KNOP returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
KNOP per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
KNOP financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
KNOP efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
KNOP valuation history
KNOP returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
KNOP debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
KNOP cash returned to shareholders
KNOP price vs earnings per share
KNOP key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $351.1M | $186.9M | $226.5M | $369.2M | $497.8M | $492.4M | $647.7M | $586.2M | $623.9M | $641.8M |
| Enterprise value | $1.22B | $1.03B | $1.12B | $1.38B | $1.41B | $1.47B | $1.60B | $1.62B | $1.60B | $1.36B |
| P/E ratio | 15.1 | 13.3 | — | 6.3 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
| Price / sales | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| Price / book | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | — | 0.9 | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
| EV / sales | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.2 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 14.1 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| Earnings yield | 6.6% | 7.5% | −15.2% | 15.9% | 10.8% | 13.2% | 9.1% | 14.0% | 10.9% | 9.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 44.3% | 72.9% | 56.9% | 26.4% | 31.1% | 34.3% | 25.6% | 25.3% | 24.6% | 16.8% |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 21.5% | 15.9% | 16.1% | 12.2% | 13.5% | 11.1% | 9.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.8% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 21.5% | 15.9% | 16.1% | 12.2% | 13.5% | 11.1% | 9.4% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $10.35 | $5.45 | $5.76 | $9.63 | $13.36 | $15.06 | $19.81 | $17.93 | $20.75 | $23.60 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $10.74 | $9.12 | $7.39 | $7.01 | $7.55 | $8.54 | $8.64 | $8.55 | $7.29 | $6.39 |
| Earnings per share | $0.69 | $0.41 | −$0.87 | $1.53 | $1.45 | $2.00 | $1.80 | $2.51 | $2.26 | $2.25 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $4.59 | $4.00 | $3.35 | $2.63 | $4.47 | $5.18 | $5.07 | $4.55 | $5.14 | $3.99 |
| Free cash flow per share | $4.58 | $3.97 | $3.28 | $2.55 | $4.16 | $5.17 | $5.07 | $4.54 | $5.11 | $3.96 |
| Cash per share | $2.62 | $1.95 | $1.63 | $1.24 | $1.67 | $1.61 | $1.33 | $1.28 | $1.53 | $1.02 |
| Book value per share | $18.31 | $17.82 | $15.45 | $17.01 | $18.06 | $21.34 | $21.77 | −$11.11 | $22.39 | $0.00 |
| Tangible book value per share | $18.31 | $17.82 | $15.45 | $17.01 | $18.06 | $21.31 | $21.73 | −$11.17 | $22.30 | $0.06 |
| Dividends per share | $0.31 | $0.30 | $0.26 | $2.07 | $2.13 | $2.43 | $2.43 | $2.43 | $2.29 | $2.21 |
| Capex per share | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.07 | $0.09 | $0.31 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.03 | $0.03 |
| Debt per share | $28.18 | $26.42 | $24.39 | $27.62 | $26.03 | $31.56 | $30.50 | $32.95 | $34.14 | $27.27 |
| Shares outstanding | 33.9M | 34.3M | 39.3M | 38.3M | 37.3M | 32.7M | 32.7M | 32.7M | 30.1M | 27.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −1.1% | −12.8% | +2.6% | +2.9% | +14.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | +8.7% | +10.6% | +7.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 3.8% | 2.3% | −5.5% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 9.3% | 33.9% | — | 20.2% | 23.5% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 6.7% | 4.7% | 1.3% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 7.4% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 8.1% | 8.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.4% | 0.9% | −2.1% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | 1.4% | 0.9% | −2.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 42.7% | 43.6% | 44.3% | 36.4% | 55.1% | 60.5% | 58.6% | 53.1% | 70.1% | 62.0% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 6.70 | 9.75 | — | 1.72 | 3.09 | 2.59 | 2.81 | 1.81 | 2.27 | 1.77 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $956.0M | $906.0M | $958.9M | $1.06B | $969.9M | $1.03B | $997.2M | $1.08B | $1.03B | $741.6M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $89.0M | $66.9M | $63.9M | $47.6M | $62.3M | $52.6M | $43.5M | $41.7M | $46.1M | $27.7M |
| Net debt | $867.0M | $839.1M | $895.0M | $1.01B | $907.6M | $979.3M | $953.7M | $1.04B | $980.5M | $714.0M |
| Debt / equity | 1.54 | 1.48 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.44 | 1.48 | 1.40 | — | 1.53 | — |
| Debt / assets | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.40 | 4.40 | 6.19 | 4.84 | 4.98 | 5.25 | 4.74 | 4.68 | 5.75 | 5.17 |
| Current ratio | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.70 | 0.22 | 0.64 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| Quick ratio | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.21 | 0.61 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.39 |
| Interest coverage | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| Working capital | −$315.5M | −$191.8M | −$37.8M | −$304.1M | −$42.1M | −$147.5M | −$51.2M | −$76.0M | −$66.7M | −$46.6M |
| Invested capital | $1.49B | $1.45B | $1.50B | $1.66B | $1.58B | $1.68B | $1.67B | $672.2M | $1.65B | $714.0M |
| Tangible asset value | $621.0M | $611.1M | $607.5M | $652.2M | $672.9M | $696.9M | $710.4M | $730.1M | $726.7M | $523.2M |
| Net current asset value | −$952.4M | −$865.7M | −$899.2M | −$995.8M | −$930.4M | −$1.02B | −$973.5M | −$1.05B | −$1.01B | −$739.5M |
| Graham number | $16.81 | $12.82 | — | $24.20 | $24.24 | $30.95 | $29.72 | — | $33.77 | $0.09 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$28.36 | −$25.68 | −$23.33 | −$26.69 | −$25.18 | −$31.34 | −$29.91 | −$32.41 | −$33.80 | −$27.29 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $10.4M | $10.4M | $10.4M | $79.5M | $79.4M | $79.3M | $79.3M | $79.3M | $69.0M | $60.2M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $3.0M | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | — | — | $4,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 44.7% | 74.0% | — | 135.5% | 147.3% | 121.6% | 134.6% | 96.6% | 101.3% | 98.5% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 8.6% | 7.6% | 8.1% | 81.4% | 51.3% | 47.0% | 47.9% | 53.4% | 44.9% | 55.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 4.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 0.2% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 6.9% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | — | — | −72.0% | — | −5.6% | 7.7% | 6.6% | −0.8% | −3.5% | −3.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 15.0 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 5.5 | 11.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 11.1 | 26.1 | 12.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 8.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 9.4 | -1.2 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.7 | -4.5 | -5.6 | -3.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 24.40 | 27.08 | 31.42 | 39.50 | 66.98 | 51.78 | 71.97 | 166.15 | 608.05 | 536.85 |
| Payables turnover | 32.98 | 14.01 | 28.91 | 48.22 | 44.47 | 45.83 | 39.83 | 29.03 | 31.78 | 41.33 |
| Inventory turnover | 66.78 | 32.03 | 44.38 | 43.31 | 57.64 | 60.98 | 63.35 | 62.12 | 69.24 | 86.06 |
| Asset turnover | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Average receivables | $14.9M | $11.5M | $9.3M | $6.8M | $4.2M | $5.4M | $3.9M | $1.7M | $360,500 | $323,500 |
| Average payables | $7.7M | $8.0M | $7.3M | $4.1M | $3.9M | $3.3M | $3.8M | $5.0M | $3.7M | $2.1M |
| Average inventory | $3.8M | $3.5M | $4.7M | $4.5M | $3.0M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.0M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | −0.1% |
Computed from KNOP's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 17, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
KNOP valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), KNOT Offshore Partners traded at 15.1 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 9.2. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 70.7 and the forward P/E is 14.4. KNOT Offshore Partners earned a return on equity of 3.8% and a return on invested capital of 6.7% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $956.0 million of debt and $89.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $867.0 million. It returned $13.4 million to shareholders: $10.4 million in dividends and $3.0 million in share buybacks, 9% of free cash flow. The share count rose 24.7% from 27.2M to 33.9M over 9 years.
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KNOP key metrics FAQ
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's P/E ratio?
KNOT Offshore Partners's trailing P/E ratio is 70.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 14.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 15.1, compared with a 10-year median of 9.2.
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's EV/EBITDA?
KNOT Offshore Partners's enterprise value was 6.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.2 billion, EBITDA $197.0 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 5.6.
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's return on equity?
KNOT Offshore Partners's return on equity (ROE) was 3.8% in fiscal 2025: net income of $23.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $616.1 million.
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's ROIC?
KNOT Offshore Partners's return on invested capital was 6.7% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does KNOT Offshore Partners have?
KNOT Offshore Partners had total debt of $956.0 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54 and $867.0 million of net debt (4.40 times EBITDA).
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's dividend yield?
KNOT Offshore Partners's forward dividend yield is 3.94%. KNOT Offshore Partners paid $10.4 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.31 per share), a payout ratio of 44.7%.
Does KNOT Offshore Partners buy back its shares?
Yes. KNOT Offshore Partners spent $3.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −1.1% over the year, to 33.9M..
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's free cash flow yield?
KNOT Offshore Partners generated $155.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 44.3% on its market value at year-end ($351.1 million).
What is KNOT Offshore Partners's current ratio?
KNOT Offshore Partners's current ratio was 0.26 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.26 times current liabilities.