KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE: KNOP):

• 8/16/2026 – KNOT Offshore Partners was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 8/8/2026 – KNOT Offshore Partners was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 8/4/2026 – KNOT Offshore Partners was upgraded by Zacks Research from “strong sell” to “hold”.
• 7/29/2026 – KNOT Offshore Partners had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 7/6/2026 – KNOT Offshore Partners was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.

KNOT Offshore Partners Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 13th. Investors of record on Monday, July 27th were paid a $0.075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 27th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. This is an increase from KNOT Offshore Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. KNOT Offshore Partners’s dividend payout ratio is 55.56%.

Insider Transactions at KNOT Offshore Partners

In related news, Director Trygve Seglem purchased 1,250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of $20.00 per share, with a total value of $25,000,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 1,458,333 shares in the company, valued at $29,166,660. The trade was a 600.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

KNOT Offshore Partners LP is a publicly traded limited partnership formed in 2013 to own and operate shuttle tankers under long‐term charters in the offshore oil industry. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KNOP, the partnership specializes in the transportation of crude oil from offshore production facilities to onshore refineries. Its fleet comprises moderne shuttle tankers equipped with dynamic positioning systems, enabling safe transfer operations in harsh weather and sea conditions.

The partnership’s vessels primarily serve fields in the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa, where they operate under multi‐year contracts with major energy producers.