Safe Bulkers (SB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB) is a marine transportation company that owns and operates dry bulk vessels. Its fleet transports major and minor bulk commodities, including iron ore, coal, grain, and other raw materials used in global industrial and agricultural supply chains.

The company operates a range of dry bulk vessel classes, including Panamax, Kamsarmax, Ultramax, Supramax, Handysize, and Capesize ships. Safe Bulkers provides transportation services to commodity producers, traders, and other commercial customers through international shipping routes.

Safe Bulkers was founded in 2007 and is incorporated in the Marshall Islands, with its principal executive office in Monaco. The company was founded by Polys Hajioannou, who serves as chairman, while Dr. Loukas Barmparis serves as president and chief executive officer. Its vessels serve customers and ports across major global dry bulk trade regions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.14 to $7.40
• 50-Day Range: $7.04 to $9.19
• 52-Week Range: $4.66 to $9.31
• Volume: 75,623 shs
• Average Volume: 855,680 shs
• Market Capitalization: $752.73 million
• P/E Ratio: 9.51
• Dividend Yield: 4.06%
• Price Target: $6.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Safe Bulkers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Safe Bulkers scored higher than 44% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 481st out of 647 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Safe Bulkers has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Safe Bulkers has a consensus price target of $6.00, representing about 17.2% downside from its current price of $7.25.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Safe Bulkers has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Safe Bulkers is 9.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.17.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Safe Bulkers is 9.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 32.87.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Safe Bulkers has a P/B Ratio of 0.89. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.60% of the float of Safe Bulkers has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Safe Bulkers has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.99, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Safe Bulkers has recently increased by 21.65%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Safe Bulkers is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.07%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Safe Bulkers does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Safe Bulkers is 38.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.00

News Sentiment

Safe Bulkers has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Safe Bulkers this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for SB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Safe Bulkers to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Safe Bulkers insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

40.25% of the stock of Safe Bulkers is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

21.69% of the stock of Safe Bulkers is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/26 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/26 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/26/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/09/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Record date for 12/9 Dividend: 11/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/9 Dividend: 11/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Marine Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Marine Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SB
• CIK: 1434754
• Web: www.safebulkers.com
• Phone: 377302111888400
• Fax: 211-187-8500
• Employees: 1,107
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Safe Bulkers: $6.00
• High Price Target: $6.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -16.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $38.56 million
• Net Margins: 28.29%
• Pretax Margin: 28.29%
• Return on Equity: 9.63%
• Return on Assets: 5.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 1.00

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $275.74 million
• Price / Sales: 2.65
• Cash Flow: $0.98 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.31
• Book Value: $8.12 per share
• Price / Book: 0.88

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 101,830,000
• Free Float: 60,845,000
• Market Cap: $731.65 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.09