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Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ: SBLK) closed the day trading at $18.27 down -1.67% from the previous closing price of $18.58. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.67 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.44 million shares were traded. SBLK stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.22.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SBLK, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.62 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.00. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.55 and its Current Ratio is at 1.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.51 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.42.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for the company, DNB Markets on November 21, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $20.20 from $19.30 previously.
On October 23, 2024, Stifel Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $30 to $21.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 03 ’25 when Koert Erhardt bought 20,000 shares for $20.00 per share.
Norton Hamish bought 50,625 shares of SBLK for $1,005,412 on Dec 02 ’25. On Nov 28 ’25, another insider, CHARIS PLAKANTONAKI, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 15,000 shares for $19.93 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SBLK now has a Market Capitalization of 2088489088 and an Enterprise Value of 2867304960. As of this moment, Star’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.79, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.85. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.86. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.729 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.919.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SBLK is 0.76, which has changed by 0.23866665 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13613915 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SBLK has reached a high of $20.87, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.57%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SBLK traded about 1.04M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SBLK traded about 1410040 shares per day. A total of 114.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 88.48M. Insiders hold about 22.78% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 28.89% stake in the company. Shares short for SBLK as of 1764288000 were 782823 with a Short Ratio of 0.75, compared to 1761868800 on 1553914. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 782823 and a Short% of Float of 0.69999998.
Dividends & Splits
SBLK’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.30, up from 0.3 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.016146395. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 15.06. The current Payout Ratio is 89.20% for SBLK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-05 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-05. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-06-20 when the company split stock in a 1:5 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
. The current market rating for Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) reflects the collective analysis of 2.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.34, with high estimates of $0.48 and low estimates of $0.21.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.0 and $0.77 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.87. EPS for the following year is $2.78, with 3.0 analysts recommending between $2.88 and $2.7.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $250.51M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $252.1M to a low estimate of $248.92M. As of. The current estimate, Star Bulk Carriers Corp’s year-ago sales were $242.63MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $198.2M. There is a high estimate of $210.6M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $189M.
A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SBLK’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $831.95M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $824M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $828.65M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $999.23MBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.03B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.1B and the low estimate is $998M.
