Safe Bulkers (SB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Safe Bulkers, Inc. is a dry bulk shipping company that owns and operates ocean-going vessels used to transport bulk commodities. Its fleet serves the international maritime trade in cargoes such as coal, grain, iron ore, fertilizers and other raw materials and construction-related products.

Founded in 2007, the company operates a fleet that includes dry bulk vessel classes such as panamax, kamsarmax, ultramax and supramax ships. Safe Bulkers provides transportation services to customers around the world, with vessels trading on international routes and calling at ports across major global shipping regions.

Safe Bulkers is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Polys Hajioannou, who has been associated with the company since its establishment. The company is incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SB.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.67 to $9.04
• 50-Day Range: $6.83 to $9.19
• 52-Week Range: $4.14 to $9.31
• Volume: 2.14 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $915.48 million
• P/E Ratio: 11.53
• Dividend Yield: 3.34%
• Price Target: $6.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Safe Bulkers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Safe Bulkers scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 539th out of 662 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Safe Bulkers has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Safe Bulkers has a consensus price target of $6.00, representing about 33.3% downside from its current price of $8.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Safe Bulkers is 11.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.97.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Safe Bulkers is 11.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Safe Bulkers has a P/B Ratio of 1.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.83% 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 3.09, 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 40.51%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Safe Bulkers pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

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: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Safe Bulkers has a news sentiment score of 1.24. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for SB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Safe Bulkers to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 600% 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 7/16 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/16 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/16/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 8/26 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/26 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/26/2026
• Today: 9/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• 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: -33.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.53
• 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: 3.32
• Cash Flow: $1.04 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.67
• Book Value: $8.12 per share
• Price / Book: 1.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 101,830,000
• Free Float: 60,845,000
• Market Cap: $915.45 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.82