Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ:GOGL)

Nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, to like here. Debt is growing by leaps and bounds. They are issuing shares like a bunch of drunken sailors (pun intended). Shares outstanding have grown from 24MM in 2010 to 173MM in 2015. Balance sheet has all sorts of issues, and the company’s deficits and losses continue to grow each quarter. I pulled apart the income statement, and I am struggling to see how they ever turn an annual profit for their shareholders. They now have $1.1 BILLION in debt which equates to interest expense of about $44MM a year. The debt is heavily secured by the PP&E assets so I fail to see how anything is really here for shareholders. The interest level is not the end of the world but when you combine it with their very, very thin gross margins and high SG&A expenses, this company seems like it will never reach profitability for its shareholders.

Dry Bulk shipping could recover, but with the slow-down in China and other developing nations accelerating, I definitely wouldn’t count on it. Another very easy one, in my opinion.