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

26.71 0.21 +0.79%
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) Operating margin

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Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.7%, up 14.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −181.7% (fiscal 2015) to 51.8% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is in line with the Marine Shipping industry median of 27.7% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.1% (17.14)
FY2024 30.3% 5.15
FY2023 25.1% (17.16)
FY2022 42.3% (9.52)
FY2021 51.8% 39.68
FY2020 12.1% 3.15
FY2019 8.97% (11.28)
FY2018 20.3% 8.55
FY2017 11.7% 60.89
FY2016 −49.2% 132.46

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 43.4% 18.43
Mar 2026 25.0% (0.58)
Dec 2025 25.5% 13.47
Sep 2025 12.1% 6.71
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Against its own ten years

Low −181.7% High 51.8%
Ten-year median 13.1%
Current reading's percentile 69

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 62.3%
DAC Danaos Corporation compare 48.4%
CMRE Costamare Inc. compare 46.3%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 35.7%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. 27.7%
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 27.7%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 25.3%
MATX Matson, Inc. compare 16.8%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 8.21%
Marine Shipping industry median 27.7%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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