Safe Bulkers (SB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.85 -0.03 (-0.77%) As of 06/12/2025 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Safe Bulkers Short Interest DataSafe Bulkers (SB) has a short interest of 2.20 million shares, representing 3.98% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 2.33% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.4, indicating that it would take 4.4 days of the average trading volume of 575,644 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,200,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,150,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+2.33%Dollar Volume Sold Short$8.38 millionShort Interest Ratio4.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 31, 2025Outstanding Shares105,300,000 sharesFloat Size55,300,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.98%Today's Trading Volume476,728 sharesAverage Trading Volume575,644 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average83% Short Selling Safe Bulkers? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Safe Bulkers and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSB Short Interest Over TimeSB Days to Cover Over TimeSB Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Safe Bulkers Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/31/20252,200,000 shares $8.38 million +2.3%4.0%4.4 $3.81 5/15/20252,150,000 shares $7.96 million +24.3%3.9%3.9 $3.70 4/30/20251,730,000 shares $5.86 million +41.8%3.0%3 $3.39 4/15/20251,220,000 shares $4.04 million +11.9%2.1%1.9 $3.32 3/31/20251,090,000 shares $4.04 million -0.9%1.9%1.6 $3.71 3/15/20251,100,000 shares $4.16 million +2.8%1.9%1.6 $3.79 2/28/20251,070,000 shares $4.00 million -21.3%1.9%1.5 $3.74 2/15/20251,360,000 shares $4.90 million -9.9%2.4%1.9 $3.61 1/31/20251,510,000 shares $5.37 million -5.6%2.6%2.2 $3.56 1/15/20251,600,000 shares $5.70 million -3.6%2.7%2.5 $3.56 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SB and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Safe Bulkers and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 12/31/20241,660,000 shares $5.93 million -3.5%2.8%2.5 $3.57 12/15/20241,720,000 shares $6.33 million -8.0%3.0%2.8 $3.68 11/30/20241,870,000 shares $7.24 million +5.7%3.2%3.2 $3.87 11/15/20241,770,000 shares $7.56 million +2.3%3.0%3.4 $4.27 10/31/20241,730,000 shares $7.25 million +0.6%3.0%3.3 $4.19 10/15/20241,720,000 shares $7.53 million No Change3.0%3 $4.38 9/30/20241,720,000 shares $8.91 million +4.9%3.0%3.2 $5.18 9/15/20241,640,000 shares $7.79 million -14.6%2.8%3 $4.75 8/31/20241,920,000 shares $9.81 million -6.3%3.3%3.5 $5.11 8/15/20242,050,000 shares $10.15 million -5.5%3.5%3.3 $4.95 7/31/20242,170,000 shares $10.98 million -16.9%3.7%3.5 $5.06 7/15/20242,610,000 shares $14.67 million -3.3%4.5%4.5 $5.62 6/30/20242,700,000 shares $15.71 million +14.4%4.6%4.6 $5.82 6/15/20242,360,000 shares $13.52 million +26.9%3.9%3.8 $5.73 5/31/20241,860,000 shares $10.55 million -18.4%2.9%2.6 $5.67 5/15/20242,280,000 shares $12.43 million -12.0%3.6%3 $5.45 4/30/20242,590,000 shares $12.91 million +6.2%4.1%3.2 $4.99 4/15/20242,440,000 shares $11.54 million -5.1%3.9%3 $4.73 3/31/20242,570,000 shares $12.75 million +6.6%4.1%2.9 $4.96 3/15/20242,410,000 shares $11.93 million +12.1%3.8%2.6 $4.95 2/29/20242,150,000 shares $9.97 million +15.0%3.4%2.4 $4.64 2/15/20241,870,000 shares $7.83 million No Change3.0%2.2 $4.19 1/31/20241,870,000 shares $7.55 million -6.0%3.0%2.5 $4.04 1/15/20241,990,000 shares $7.70 million +17.1%3.2%2.8 $3.87 12/31/20231,700,000 shares $6.68 million -8.1%2.7%2.5 $3.93 12/15/20231,850,000 shares $7.18 million +11.5%2.9%3.3 $3.88 11/30/20231,660,000 shares $6.44 million -13.1%2.6%3.2 $3.88 11/15/20231,910,000 shares $6.66 million +4.4%3.0%4.4 $3.49 10/31/20231,830,000 shares $5.75 million -5.2%2.9%4.5 $3.14 10/15/20231,930,000 shares $6.39 million -10.2%3.1%4.5 $3.31The End of Elon Musk…? 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According to his research, if you listen to the media and miss out on Elon's newest breakthrough, it's going to cost you the fortune of a lifetime.Click here to see why the "End of Elon" crowd is about to be wrong again. 9/30/20232,150,000 shares $6.97 million +4.9%3.4%4.9 $3.24 9/15/20232,050,000 shares $6.48 million +3.5%3.2%4.5 $3.16 8/31/20231,980,000 shares $6.33 million +9.4%3.1%4.2 $3.20 8/15/20231,810,000 shares $6.05 million -10.4%2.8%3.4 $3.34 7/31/20232,020,000 shares $6.73 million -6.9%3.2%3.3 $3.33 7/15/20232,170,000 shares $7.14 million +3.8%3.3%3.4 $3.29 6/30/20232,090,000 shares $6.81 million -14.3%3.2%3.1 $3.26 6/15/20232,440,000 shares $8.25 million +14.6%3.8%3.3 $3.38 5/31/20232,130,000 shares $6.74 million -27.6%3.2%2.4 $3.17 5/15/20232,940,000 shares $10.32 million +9.3%4.4%3.1 $3.51 4/30/20232,690,000 shares $9.85 million -7.9%3.8%3 $3.66 4/15/20232,920,000 shares $11.21 million -0.7%4.1%3.1 $3.84 3/31/20232,940,000 shares $10.85 million +7.3%4.2%3.2 $3.69 3/15/20232,740,000 shares $9.48 million +38.4%3.9%3 $3.46 2/28/20231,980,000 shares $7.43 million -2.9%2.8%2.4 $3.75 2/15/20232,040,000 shares $6.55 million -35.7%2.9%2.5 $3.21 1/31/20233,170,000 shares $10.43 million -8.1%4.5%3.7 $3.29 1/15/20233,450,000 shares $10.42 million +19.8%4.8%4.1 $3.02 12/30/20222,880,000 shares $8.38 million -23.2%4.0%3.3 $2.91 12/15/20223,750,000 shares $10.65 million +19.1%5.2%3.9 $2.84 11/30/20223,150,000 shares $8.98 million +2.9%4.4%3.2 $2.85 11/15/20223,060,000 shares $9.58 million -5.9%4.2%3.1 $3.13 10/31/20223,250,000 shares $8.22 million +20.4%4.5%3.4 $2.53 10/15/20222,700,000 shares $7.29 million -9.7%3.7%2.9 $2.70 9/30/20222,990,000 shares $7.39 million +10.7%4.1%3.2 $2.47 9/15/20222,700,000 shares $8.75 million +18.9%3.7%2.9 $3.24 8/31/20222,270,000 shares $7.24 million +6.1%3.1%2.3 $3.19 8/15/20222,140,000 shares $7.88 million -18.0%2.9%1.8 $3.68 7/31/20222,610,000 shares $10.07 million -33.3%3.6%2.1 $3.86 7/15/20223,910,000 shares $13.18 million +14.3%5.3%3.1 $3.37 6/30/20223,420,000 shares $13.06 million +111.1%4.7%2.5 $3.82 6/15/20221,620,000 shares $6.77 million -28.3%2.2%1.1 $4.18 5/31/20222,260,000 shares $10.76 million +67.4%3.1%1.6 $4.76 5/15/20221,350,000 shares $5.44 million -28.2%1.8%1 $4.03 4/30/20221,880,000 shares $7.73 million +35.3%2.6%1.3 $4.11 4/15/20221,390,000 shares $5.92 million -19.7%1.9%0.9 $4.26 3/31/20221,730,000 shares $8.23 million +32.1%2.4%1.2 $4.76 3/15/20221,310,000 shares $5.96 million +19.1%1.8%1 $4.55 2/28/20221,100,000 shares $4.60 million -12.7%1.5%0.8 $4.18 2/15/20221,260,000 shares $5.41 million +22.3%1.7%1 $4.29 1/31/20221,030,000 shares $3.59 million +29.2%1.4%0.8 $3.49 1/15/2022797,300 shares $2.91 million -11.8%1.1%0.6 $3.65 12/31/2021904,300 shares $3.41 million -44.5%1.2%0.7 $3.77 12/15/20211,630,000 shares $5.88 million +6.5%2.2%1.1 $3.61 11/30/20211,530,000 shares $5.54 million -20.3%2.1%0.8 $3.62 11/15/20211,920,000 shares $7.01 million +7.3%2.7%1 $3.65 10/29/20211,790,000 shares $7.98 million +17.8%2.5%1 $4.46 10/15/20211,520,000 shares $7.01 million +4.1%2.1%0.9 $4.61 9/30/20211,460,000 shares $7.55 million -1.4%2.1%0.9 $5.17 9/15/20211,480,000 shares $7.70 million +39.6%2.1%1 $5.20The End of Elon Musk…? 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According to his research, if you listen to the media and miss out on Elon's newest breakthrough, it's going to cost you the fortune of a lifetime.Click here to see why the "End of Elon" crowd is about to be wrong again. 8/31/20211,060,000 shares $4.28 million -15.9%1.5%0.8 $4.04 8/13/20211,260,000 shares $4.35 million -11.3%1.8%0.8 $3.45 7/30/20211,420,000 shares $4.74 million -6.6%2.1%0.8 $3.34 7/15/20211,520,000 shares $5.08 million +15.2%2.2%0.7 $3.34 6/30/20211,320,000 shares $5.29 million +21.1%2.0%0.7 $4.01 6/15/20211,090,000 shares $4.23 million +32.7%1.7%0.6 $3.88 5/28/2021821,400 shares $3.03 million -8.1%1.4%0.5 $3.69 5/14/2021893,300 shares $3.47 million +2.4%1.7%0.7 $3.89 4/30/2021872,200 shares $2.90 million +7.3%1.8%0.7 $3.32 4/15/2021813,000 shares $1.85 million -9.0%1.6%0.9 $2.27 3/31/2021893,500 shares $2.22 million +8.2%1.8%1.1 $2.48 3/15/2021825,900 shares $2.36 million +22.1%1.7%1 $2.86 2/26/2021676,500 shares $1.95 million -11.3%1.4%1.1 $2.88 2/12/2021762,700 shares $1.90 million +9.3%1.6%1.3 $2.49 1/29/2021697,600 shares $1.16 million -0.7%1.4%1.7 $1.66 1/15/2021702,400 shares $1.35 million +22.5%1.5%2.3 $1.92 12/31/2020573,300 shares $745.29 thousand +4.9%1.2%2.2 $1.30 12/15/2020546,800 shares $634.29 thousand +8.1%1.1%2.7 $1.16 11/30/2020506,000 shares $597.08 thousand +16.9%1.1%2.9 $1.18 11/15/2020432,900 shares $432.90 thousand -6.1%0.9%2.7 $1.00 10/30/2020461,200 shares $416.88 thousand -3.9%1.0%3.1 $0.90 10/15/2020479,900 shares $489.50 thousand +7.7%1.0%3.2 $1.02 9/30/2020445,600 shares $458.97 thousand -8.4%0.9%3.2 $1.03 9/15/2020486,400 shares $525.31 thousand +2.5%1.0%3.5 $1.08 8/31/2020474,600 shares $526.81 thousand -7.0%1.0%3.1 $1.11 8/14/2020510,100 shares $635.07 thousand -11.8%1.1%2.6 $1.25 7/31/2020578,200 shares $769.01 thousand +4.6%1.2%2.5 $1.33 7/15/2020552,900 shares $680.07 thousand -7.3%1.1%2.4 $1.23 6/30/2020596,300 shares $757.30 thousand +51.7%1.2%2.5 $1.27 6/15/2020393,100 shares $491.38 thousand -53.4%0.8%1.5 $1.25 SB Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Safe Bulkers' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Safe Bulkers shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 31st, investors have sold 2,200,000 shares of SB short. 3.98% of Safe Bulkers' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Safe Bulkers' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Safe Bulkers? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. SB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Safe Bulkers's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Safe Bulkers? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.98% of Safe Bulkers' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Safe Bulkers' short interest increasing or decreasing? Safe Bulkers saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,200,000 shares, an increase of 2.3% from the previous total of 2,150,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Safe Bulkers' float size? Safe Bulkers currently has issued a total of 105,300,000 shares. Some of Safe Bulkers' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Safe Bulkers currently has a public float of 55,300,000 shares. How does Safe Bulkers' short interest compare to its competitors? 3.98% of Safe Bulkers' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "transportation" compare to Safe Bulkers: ArcBest Co. (5.35%), BW LPG Limited (2.07%), FLEX LNG Ltd. (8.28%), Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (1.84%), Wheels Up Experience Inc. (4.63%), Costamare Inc. (2.01%), Navigator Holdings Ltd. (1.14%), Dorian LPG Ltd. (4.22%), Global Ship Lease, Inc. (2.96%), Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (17.52%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($64.96 billion), Invesco QQQ ($27.88 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.94 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.58 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($5.72 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.45 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.54 billion), and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Safe Bulkers stock? Short selling SB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Safe Bulkers as its price is falling. SB shares are trading down $0.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Safe Bulkers? A short squeeze for Safe Bulkers occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of SB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Safe Bulkers' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including SB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies ArcBest Short Interest Data BW LPG Short Interest Data FLEX LNG Short Interest Data Navios Maritime Partners Short Interest Data Wheels Up Experience Short Interest Data Costamare Short Interest Data Navigator Short Interest Data Dorian LPG Short Interest Data Global Ship Lease Short Interest Data Frontier Group Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:SB) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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