Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

SBLK Industrials Marine Shipping

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, down 17.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+44.5%
EPS
+433,233.3%
Free cash flow
+25.8%
Total debt
−12.6%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

26.89 0.39 +1.47%
Market cap
$3.0B
P/E
10.4×
Fwd P/E
6.1×
Dividend yield
7.08%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.26
Beneish M
−2.46
Dividend safety
57/100

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) Gross margin

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Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 48.8%, up 10.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (38.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.9% (fiscal 2015) to 66.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Marine Shipping industry median of 60.6% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 38.6% (9.07)
FY2024 47.7% 4.03
FY2023 43.7% (15.71)
FY2022 59.4% (6.98)
FY2021 66.4% 28.98
FY2020 37.4% 6.44
FY2019 30.9% (14.99)
FY2018 45.9% (1.16)
FY2017 47.1% 25.52
FY2016 21.6% 7.63

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 56.9% 9.74
Mar 2026 47.1% (1.31)
Dec 2025 48.5% 8.31
Sep 2025 40.1% 5.67
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Against its own ten years

Low 13.9% High 66.4%
Ten-year median 43.7%
Current reading's percentile 76

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
DAC Danaos Corporation compare 75.0%
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 72.3%
CMRE Costamare Inc. compare 71.3%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 64.5%
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 61.4%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. 48.8%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 33.2%
MATX Matson, Inc. compare 24.6%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 13.7%
Marine Shipping industry median 60.6%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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