CPLP Overview
Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP) was an income-focused shipping company with primary exposure to product tankers on medium-term contracts and containerships on long-term contracts. They recently announced a unique transaction to split-off their more spot-focused assets into a merger with Wilbur Ross-backed Diamond S shipping (DSSI). I believe this transaction was quite favorable and I published a bullish review in December. Back in November, I mentioned how CPLP had "blowout earnings" numbers and Q4-18 was cruising to be even stronger. Sure enough, the delivered.
The Q4-18 earnings report was a slam-dunk