Hornbeck Offshore Services has extended its string of negative earnings to a fifth consecutive quarter.

HOS booked a $31.2m loss for the past quarter in results released today versus a $19m loss for the same period last year.

The Louisana-based, New York-traded offshore support vessel owner also missed analysts' already pessimistic earnings per share target of -$0.71 at -$0.81.

The news comes even as HOS has more vessels on the water.