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Financial Performance & Scoring -- © 2004 Gaskins IPO Desktop/IPOdesktop

Updated MONDAY, 3-22 at 2:00 pm NYtime

Update includes Hornbeck Offshore (HOS)

. Opening Premium Star Ratings:

for DekstopPass subscribers

. Business Model Rating Criteria

A = high growth market, potential leader; B = more competitive market; C='public venture capital'

. Calculations

. IPO Price to annualized Sales Ratio -- (Price / Sales)

Numerator

Denominator

IPO market capitalization…

Annualized Sales (last quarter's revenues times 4)

(post-IPO # of shares times mid-point of IPO price range)

. IPO Price to annualized Earnings (loss) -- (Price / Earnings)

Numerator

Denominator

IPO market cap

Annualized Earnings (loss) from the last quarter

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Hornbeck Offshore

HOS, 2-stars, C+

(Owns and operates deepwater-capable offshore supply vessels,plus tugs and tank barges)

Mandeville, LA

2001

2002

2003

DecQtr Est

IPO Mkt

Price /

Revenue (mm)

60.8

92.5

110.8

29.2

Cap (mm)

Sales

Operating Expense %

54%

53%

58%

57.2%

$287

Net Income

7

11.6

11.2

2.1

@$15

2.5

Net income %

12%

13%

10%

7%

EBITDA

37

47.3

54.1

EBITDA %

61%

51%

49%

(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortication)

Last 4 quarters

March

June

Sept

Dec

Revenues (mm)

27

26

28

29.2

Operating Expense %

51.6%

56.2%

60.3%

57.2%

Net Income

4.3

2.6

2.1

2.1

Net Income %

16%

10%

7.4%

7%

Observatons

. For the last three years, Exp % is increasing, EBITDA % is decreasing

. For the last four quarters Net Income% is decreasing

VALUATION RATIOS

IPO Mrkt

Price /

Price /

Price /

Price /

% offered

Cap (mm)

Sales

Earnings

BookValue

TangibleBV

in IPO

HornbeckOffshr (HOS)

287

2.5

34

1.5

1.5

29%

SCORECARD

Mgt

Market

Market Do-

Proprie-

Total

1-5, 5 is high

Growth

mination

tary

rating

20 is perfect

2

2

2

1

7

Business

Offshore supply vessels OSVs) plus tugs and tank barges

Revenue contributn

2001

2002

2003

. OSVs

49%

50%

56%

. Tugs & tank barges

51%

50%

44%

(The contribution % from OSVs is increasing)

Current fleet size

. Fleet of 23 OSVs is among the youngest in the industry with an average age

of approximately three years.

. Tug and tank barge fleet consists of 12 ocean-going tugs, 16 ocean-going

tank barges and one coastwise tanker.

Operating Expenses by segment

. OSVs

35%

44%

50%

. Tugs & tank barges

60%

61%

67%

(The operating expense % is increasing)

Utilization rates

. OSVs

99%

95%

89%

. Tugs & tank barges

84%

78%

74%

(Daily utilization rates are declining)

Daily rental rates

. OSVs

11,872

12,176

10,940

. Tugs & tank barges

8,944

9,499

10,971

Competition

. Certain of competitors have announced plans to construct 21 new

U.S.-flagged OSVs and seven foreign-flagged OSVs

Use of $77 mm in IPO Proceeds

. Fund a portion of the cost of the construction of ocean-going,

double-hulled tank barges

. Retrofit of certain existing vessels

. General corporate purposes.

Compare & Contrast

. There are no direct SIC category comparisons.

. TODCO and K-Sea Transportation are in the same approximate space.

Ratio comparison summary -- based on annualizing last reported quarter's results

NAME/symbol

Mrkt

Price /

Price /

Price /

Price /

Price

Cap (mm)

Sales

Earnings

BookValue

TangibleBV

3-17-04

TODCO (THE)

917

4

-29

1.8

1.8

15.29

(contract oil and gas drilling services)

K-Sea Trans (KSP)

247

2.9

301

1.9

4.0

29.05

(barges, boats & tugboats for oil transportation)

HornbeckOffshr (HOS)

287

2.5

34

1.5

1.5

Note: HOS's price-to-book value and P/E ratio is less than THE or KSP

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