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Investing.com -- Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC shares fell 8% after the company reported declining operational performance across its energy storage portfolio, with a significant reduction in its dividend target for fiscal year 2026.
The energy storage fund reported total revenue of £35.3 million for fiscal year 2025, but saw operational EBITDA decline approximately 26% to £21 million. Fund-level EBITDA, which includes fund costs, totaled just £8.7 million, resulting in dividend coverage of only 0.32x for the period.
Despite benefiting from increased operational capacity, the company’s revenue per megawatt declined 26% across its portfolio to £86,000/MW/year. The most substantial decline occurred in the ERCOT (Texas) market, where revenue plummeted 76% YoY.
Gore Street announced a significant cut to its dividend target for FY26, reducing it to 2.25 pence per share from the previous 4 pence per share. The company will not pay a dividend in the first quarter of FY26 but expects to target a minimum 3 pence per share dividend from FY27 onwards. A special dividend of 3 pence per share related to US investment tax credits will be paid this calendar year.
The company reported that its funded portfolio is now fully operational with total capacity at 753MW/921MWh, up from 421.4MW/392.1MWh in FY24. Gore Street also revealed plans to invest £18-22 million to upgrade 130MW of its Great Britain assets from 1-hour to 2-hour duration.
"While year-end NAV/sh was reported in the strategic update last month, new financial details regarding trading performance highlight a substantial weakening in asset performance in all larger markets, particularly ERCOT and Ireland, although this is in line with our expectations, as highlighted in our report last month.
We think the new dividend policy is likely below investor’s expectations, but a necessary step to reflect a more sustainable income policy given the funded portfolio is now 100% operational," RBC analysts noted.
The company’s gearing increased to 17.8% from 6.5% in FY24, slightly above previous guidance of 15%, reflecting below-budget cash generation and NAV decline.
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