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Safe Bulkers, Inc.

$SB·$682M·Marine Shipping·Industrials
$6.70+3.9%YTD+39.6%1Y+74.5%
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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Safe Bulkers, Inc., along with its affiliated entities, specializes in the ocean-going transportation of dry bulk commodities. The company maintains and operates a fleet of dry bulk carriers, primarily utilized for shipping essential bulk cargoes such as coal, grain, and iron ore. As of March 18, 2022, Safe Bulkers possessed 40 dry bulk vessels, which collectively offered a carrying capacity of 3,925,500 deadweight tons and had an average age of 10.4 years. This fleet was comprised of 12 Panamax, 7 Kamsarmax, 15 Post-Panamax, and 6 Capesize class ships. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Monaco.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Marine Shipping sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SB.

Marine Shipping · Industrials

Crude tanker spot rates are tightening as Middle East supply route extensions add ton-miles per cargo barrel, compressing effective fleet supply; dry bulk rates are stabilising as Chinese iron ore restocking demand and firm steel output support Capesize bookings. Longer sea lanes — not fleet size — are the structural earnings lever.

Top industry ETF

$SEAU.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF
+17.6%YTD
+16.9%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
12.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
5.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
28.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
38.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.18$0.10+71.4%
Q4 2025Feb 18, 2026$0.14$0.140.0%
Q3 2025Nov 25, 2025$0.12$0.18-35.1%
Q2 2025Jul 29, 2025$0.01$0.08-87.5%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $0.21

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$74.4M+15.6%45.3%35.6%$0.20—
Q4 FY25$72.6M+1.5%42.0%31.1%$0.10$-8.8M
Q3 FY25$73.1M-3.7%39.4%29.1%$0.15$20.1M
Q2 FY25$65.7M-16.3%27.7%16.0%$-0.00$19.1M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$293.1M$283.8M – $302.3M$0.76$0.73 – $0.791
FY27$270.1M$257.0M – $283.3M$0.37$0.35 – $0.392
FY28$294.1M$284.8M – $303.4M$0.53$0.51 – $0.551
FY29$237.7M$230.2M – $245.1M$0.83$0.79 – $0.861

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.82%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+19.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 51.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.855-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Safe Bulkers, Inc. (SB) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·1d agoStock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq 100 Futures Jump After Sharp Sell-Off On Fed Rates Pause— Freecast, Smith & Wesson In Focus (UPDATED)feeds.benzinga.com·2d agoSafe Bulkers, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Dividend on Common Stockglobenewswire.com·2d agoSafe Bulkers, Inc. Sets Date for the First Quarter 2026 Results, Conference Call, and Webcastglobenewswire.com·11d agoSafe Bulkers, Inc. Sets Date for the First Quarter 2026 Results, Conference Call, and Webcastglobenewswire.com·11d ago

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