NYSE· Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight· CIK 0001434754

SB

SAFE BULKERS, INC.
$8.81 ▼ -1.45%
Prev close $8.94
Market cap$975.7M
12-mo target$9.50 (+7.8%)
Industrials & Manufacturing
Snapshot
The big-picture read on SB right now — valuation, ownership and activity at a glance.
Market Cap
$975.7M
Cap Size
Small Cap
Social Sentiment
50° Neutral
SEC Reports
14
Press Releases
2
Price chart 30d -2.2%
Daily candles (open–high–low–close) with volume. Green = up day, red = down day.
Vol
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Analyst ratings buy % +8000.0%
How Wall Street rates the stock today, and the latest firm-by-firm actions.
Recent analyst actions
DateFirmActionRatingFirm rating
Nov 26, 2025JefferiesMAINTAINBuy 53%
May 20, 2025JefferiesMAINTAINBuy 53%
Feb 19, 2025JefferiesMAINTAINBuy 53%
Nov 14, 2024JefferiesMAINTAINBuy 53%
May 11, 2023JefferiesMAINTAINHold 53%
Feb 16, 2023JefferiesREITERATEHold 53%
Sep 26, 2022JefferiesDOWNGRADEHold 53%
Sep 13, 2021HC Wainwright & Co.INITIATEBuy 43%
May 6, 2021JefferiesMAINTAINHold 53%
Feb 17, 2021JefferiesMAINTAINHold 53%
Monthly consensus history
PeriodStr. BuyBuyHoldSellStr. SellBuy %Distribution
Sep 1, 20263520080%
Aug 1, 20263520080%
Jul 1, 20263520080%
Jun 1, 2026003330%
May 1, 2026003330%
Apr 1, 2026003330%
Mar 1, 2026003330%
Feb 1, 2026003330%
Price targets
Where 2 covering analysts think SB trades over the next 12 months.
$9.50 +7.8% upside Buy
Current$8.81 Low$9.20 Median$9.50 High$9.80 2 analysts
$9.20$9.80
Analyst rating None as of Oct 2, 2026
Social media sentiment mood +0.0%
Retail-investor mood aggregated across social media. 0° = very bearish, 100° = very bullish.
50°
Neutral
BearishNeutralBullish
2 mentions 0 bullish 0 bearish 2 neutral
Reports & filings
AI-scored summaries of recent SEC filings and press releases, with sentiment and impact.
14 SEC filing reports analyzed · 1 bullish, 1 bearish, 1 mixed, 11 neutral · avg impact 3.4/10.Plus 2 press releases.
Upcoming & catalyst events
Scheduled dates plus disclosed catalysts — earnings, dividends, enforcement, FDA and clinical-trial events. Colored dot = impact.
Oct 2, 2026
dividend
Safe Bulkers, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on its 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares; 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
MONACO, Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE/Euronext Athens: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk t
Sep 18, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: SB — 58.9% short (0.3M / 0.5M)
Short: 321,258 | Exempt: 4,579 | TRF Vol: 545,461 | Short Ratio: 58.9% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Sep 17, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: SB — 67.6% short (0.5M / 0.7M)
Short: 501,586 | Exempt: 1,910 | TRF Vol: 741,940 | Short Ratio: 67.6% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Sep 15, 2026
short_interest_report
Short Interest: SB up 46% to 3.4M shares
Settlement 2026-09-15 | Days to cover: 2.01 | ≈2.98% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 10, 2026
ftd
FTD: SB — 250,000 shares ($2.1M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260910, Price: $8.36, FTD Value: $2,090,000, SAFE BULKERS INC COM STK (MH)
Earnings estimates
Forecast earnings per share and revenue by period — and whether estimates are rising.
PeriodEPS Est.RangeGrowth30d RevUp/DnRevenue#
Current Q$0.27$0.25–$0.28120.8%+0.0%1↑ 0↓$0.1B2
Next Q$0.30$0.25–$0.36117.9%+7.0%1↑ 0↓$0.1B2
Current FY$1.03$0.96–$1.11223.4%+2.5%1↑ 0↓$0.3B2
Next FY$0.70$0.58–$0.82-32.4%+9.4%1↑ 0↓$0.3B2
Current-quarter EPS estimate — revision history
WhenEPS estimateChange vs now
Current$0.265—
7d ago$0.265—
30d ago$0.265—
60d ago$0.230+0.035
90d ago$0.230+0.035
Insider activity
Buying and selling by company executives and directors (SEC Form 4).
1 insiders, 1 transactions. Net $0.00 — $0.00 bought, $0.00 sold.
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesPriceValue
Sep 11, 2026Hajioannou PolysChief Executive OfficerAWARD1,500,000——
Short interest & halts
FINRA semi-monthly short positions, Reg SHO threshold status, and recent trading halts for SB.
Shares short
3,405,244
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
Change vs prior
+46.1%
Semi-monthly cycle
Days to cover
2.0
At avg daily volume
Of shares outstanding
≈3.0%
Estimate — not % of float
All SB filing & press-release reports (16)