NASDAQ:SBLKStar Bulk Carriers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Star Bulk Carriers' stock was trading at $7.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SBLK stock has decreased by 30.9% and is now trading at $5.09. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Star Bulk Carriers in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Star Bulk Carriers.

Star Bulk Carriers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Star Bulk Carriers.

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 26th. The shipping company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.10) by $0.13. The shipping company had revenue of $160.86 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $165.18 million. Star Bulk Carriers had a negative net margin of 0.99% and a positive return on equity of 0.60%. View Star Bulk Carriers' earnings history.

Star Bulk Carriers declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Star Bulk Carriers' dividend history.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Star Bulk Carriers' shares. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $10.40. On average, they expect Star Bulk Carriers' stock price to reach $9.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 92.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Star Bulk Carriers.

News coverage about SBLK stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Star Bulk Carriers earned a daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the shipping company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutStar Bulk Carriers.

Star Bulk Carriers saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,010,000 shares, a decline of 22.7% from the April 30th total of 2,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 597,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Star Bulk Carriers' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Star Bulk Carriers investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Diana Shipping (DSX), Scorpio Bulkers (SALT), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Fossil Group (FOSL), Coca-Cola (KO), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Golden Ocean Group (GOGL).

Star Bulk Carriers trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SBLK."

Star Bulk Carriers' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Deutsche Bank AG (0.31%), Asio Capital LLC (0.26%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.22%), Jeereddi Investments LP (0.19%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.15%) and RBF Capital LLC (0.14%).

SBLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, RBF Capital LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Jeereddi Investments LP.

SBLK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Asio Capital LLC, Invesco Ltd., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Clearbridge Investments LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP, Keebeck Alpha LP, and Voloridge Investment Management LLC.

Shares of SBLK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SBLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.09.

Star Bulk Carriers has a market capitalization of $489.00 million and generates $821.36 million in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $-16,200,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.26 on an earnings per share basis. Star Bulk Carriers employs 169 workers across the globe.

The official website for Star Bulk Carriers is www.starbulk.com.

Star Bulk Carriers' mailing address is 40 AGIOU KONSTANTINOU STR MAROUSSI, ATHENS J3, 15124. The shipping company can be reached via phone at 011-30-21-0617-8400 or via email at [email protected]