Safe Bulkers (SB) Competitors $3.85 -0.03 (-0.77%) As of 01:23 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock SB vs. ARCB, BWLP, FLNG, CCEC, NMM, UP, CMRE, NVGS, LPG, and GSLShould you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include ArcBest (ARCB), BW LPG (BWLP), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Costamare (CMRE), Navigator (NVGS), Dorian LPG (LPG), and Global Ship Lease (GSL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Safe Bulkers vs. Its Competitors ArcBest BW LPG FLEX LNG Capital Clean Energy Carriers Navios Maritime Partners Wheels Up Experience Costamare Navigator Dorian LPG Global Ship Lease Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation. Do analysts recommend SB or ARCB? Safe Bulkers currently has a consensus price target of $4.47, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $89.42, indicating a potential upside of 29.21%. Given ArcBest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Safe Bulkers 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00ArcBest 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.46 Which has more volatility and risk, SB or ARCB? Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is SB or ARCB more profitable? Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 31.65% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.16%. ArcBest's return on equity of 11.79% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Safe Bulkers31.65% 10.04% 6.01% ArcBest 4.16%11.79%6.23% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SB or ARCB? ArcBest received 70 more outperform votes than Safe Bulkers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSafe BulkersOutperform Votes38661.37% Underperform Votes24338.63% ArcBestOutperform Votes45652.35% Underperform Votes41547.65% Which has higher valuation & earnings, SB or ARCB? ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSafe Bulkers$290.31M1.40$77.35M$0.675.75ArcBest$4.11B0.39$173.96M$7.569.15 Does the media favor SB or ARCB? In the previous week, ArcBest had 11 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ArcBest and 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat ArcBest's score of 0.46 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Safe Bulkers 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive ArcBest 2 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do institutionals & insiders believe in SB or ARCB? 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is SB or ARCB a better dividend stock? Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Safe Bulkers pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SummaryArcBest beats Safe Bulkers on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Safe Bulkers News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSafe BulkersDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$405.41M$800.59M$286.54B$19.85BDividend Yield5.18%4.65%3.56%3.83%P/E Ratio4.646.2513.6735.64Price / Sales1.401.29368.8645.93Price / Cash2.914.0411.5417.51Price / Book0.490.671.964.85Net Income$77.35M$99.79M$515.10M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.39%3.02%2.26%1.87%1 Month Performance8.30%3.07%1.59%2.97%1 Year Performance-36.31%-28.66%-6.39%9.80% Safe Bulkers Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SBSafe Bulkers4.0484 of 5 stars$3.85-0.8%$4.47+16.0%-34.7%$405.41M$290.31M4.64920Positive NewsARCBArcBest4.8866 of 5 stars$67.27+5.6%$89.33+32.8%-36.2%$1.54B$4.11B9.1815,700Analyst ForecastBWLPBW LPGN/A$11.15+0.9%N/A-37.1%$1.47B$3.39B5.901,500Short Interest ↑FLNGFLEX LNG1.2195 of 5 stars$23.63-1.3%$23.00-2.7%-10.9%$1.27B$354.55M10.848CCECCapital Clean Energy CarriersN/A$21.62-0.8%$24.00+11.0%N/A$1.26B$402.63M8.45N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMMNavios Maritime Partners4.5356 of 5 stars$39.03-0.5%$80.00+105.0%-24.2%$1.16B$1.33B3.26186UPWheels Up Experience0.7314 of 5 stars$1.62+7.3%N/A-22.0%$1.13B$772.53M-3.242,170CMRECostamare3.733 of 5 stars$8.89-3.0%$13.50+51.8%-41.0%$1.07B$2.05B3.642,870NVGSNavigator4.2278 of 5 stars$14.07+1.5%$21.60+53.5%-11.6%$976.43M$583.93M12.45120Positive NewsShort Interest ↑LPGDorian LPG4.8021 of 5 stars$22.34-0.7%$43.50+94.7%-45.6%$954.99M$353.34M5.68540Positive NewsGSLGlobal Ship Lease3.1202 of 5 stars$25.70-0.1%$29.00+12.8%-10.3%$911.13M$715.23M2.857Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ArcBest Competitors BW LPG Competitors FLEX LNG Competitors Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors Navios Maritime Partners Competitors Wheels Up Experience Competitors Costamare Competitors Navigator Competitors Dorian LPG Competitors Global Ship Lease Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SB) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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