Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ:SBLK) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 2.36% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $18.44.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $18.02, falling within a range of $18.055 and $18.48. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 0.954 whereas the PE ratio is 9.33 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $24.51, and the low was $12.06. On the whole, SBLK has fluctuated by 11.45% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Star Bulk Carriers Corp currently standing at about $2.16 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-May-14. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.44, with its dividend yield at 7.81%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 875.37M, with a low estimate of 180.62M and a high estimate of 198.7M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 188.41M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that SBLK’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.80, with the price of SBLK currently trading nearly 6.34% and 11.53% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 67.63, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.76% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.70%. Furthermore, Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK)’s beta value is 0.95.
A comparison of Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. SBLK showed an intraday change of 2.36% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 23.38%%.
Data on historical trading for Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ:SBLK) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 2.12 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.41 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 116.78 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 21.77% of Star Bulk Carriers Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 33.54% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.74 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 1.97. According to the data, the short interest in Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) stood at 237.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 4.09 million. The stock has fallen by -22.57% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the SBLK stock heading into the next quarter.
