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) Return on invested capital

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Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 6.99%, up 4.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.83%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.6% (fiscal 2015) to 14.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Marine Shipping industry median of 5.17% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 2.83% (4.39)
FY2024 7.22% 1.56
FY2023 5.66% (6.98)
FY2022 12.6% (2.27)
FY2021 14.9% 13.08
FY2020 1.83% 0.27
FY2019 1.56% (2.29)
FY2018 3.85% 2.35
FY2017 1.50% 5.64
FY2016 −4.14% 10.48

Against its own ten years

Low −14.6% High 14.9%
Ten-year median 2.83%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 20.3%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 13.3%
MATX Matson, Inc. compare 12.8%
DAC Danaos Corporation compare 7.91%
CMRE Costamare Inc. compare 7.21%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. 6.99%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 6.14%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 5.07%
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 3.83%
Marine Shipping industry median 5.17%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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