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Safe Bulkers is a marine shipping business based in the US. Safe Bulkers shares (SB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Safe Bulkers employs 9 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $355.5 million.
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| Latest market close | $3.25 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $2.31 - $4.96 |
| 50-day moving average | $2.94 |
| 200-day moving average | $3.39 |
| Wall St. target price | $4.15 |
| PE ratio | 2.0488 |
| Dividend yield | $0 (5.95%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.64 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $3.25 from 2023-02-07
| 1 week (2023-02-02) | -2.99% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-01-09) | 12.07% |
| 3 months (2022-11-09) | 21.72% |
| 6 months (2022-08-09) | -12.63% |
| 1 year (2022-02-09) | -18.34% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-02-09) | 44.44% |
| 3 years (2020-02-07) | 155.91% |
| 5 years (2018-02-09) | 6.33% |
Valuing Safe Bulkers stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Safe Bulkers's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Safe Bulkers's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 2x. In other words, Safe Bulkers shares trade at around 2x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Safe Bulkers's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $249.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Safe Bulkers's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $355.5 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 56.15% |
| Gross profit TTM | $247.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.78% |
| Return on equity TTM | 29.75% |
| Profit margin | 57.07% |
| Book value | $6.28 |
| Market capitalisation | $399.4 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 19.42% of net profits
Recently Safe Bulkers has paid out, on average, around 19.42% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.95% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Safe Bulkers shareholders could enjoy a 5.95% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Safe Bulkers's case, that would currently equate to about $0 per share.
While Safe Bulkers's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Safe Bulkers is investing more in its future growth.
Safe Bulkers's most recent dividend payout was on 14 December 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 November 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Safe Bulkers's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.3106 up to $4.9641. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Safe Bulkers's is 0.9044. This would suggest that Safe Bulkers's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Safe Bulkers, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides marine drybulk transportation services. It owns and operates drybulk vessels for transporting bulk cargoes primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. As of March 18, 2022, the company had a fleet of 40 drybulk vessels having an average age of 10. 4 years; and an aggregate carrying capacity of 3,925,500 deadweight tons. Its fleet consisted of 12 Panamax class vessels, 7 Kamsarmax class vessels, 15 post- Panamax class vessels, and 6 Capesize class vessels. Safe Bulkers, Inc.
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