# Safe Bulkers, Inc. (SB)

- Sector: Industrials · Industry: Marine Shipping
- SEC CIK: 0001434754 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001434754))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sb
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-07-29; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**C+** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $38.6M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | failed | $38.6M | $172.6M |
| Earnings growing recently | failed | $38.6M | $97.4M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 2.7% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $8.06 | $6.40 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 13.4% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 13.4% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 24.3% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 4.6% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.66 |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $288.1M |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $38.6M |
| Net margin | 13.4% |
| Operating margin | 24.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.6% |
| Debt to equity | 0.66 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $0.30 |
| Share price | $8.14 |
| Market value | $838.7M |
| Price / earnings | 27.1x |
| Price / sales | 2.9x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sb)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sb/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sb/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sb/earnings)

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