profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Star Bulk Carriers
$28.01+2.38% today
+49.1% in 1 year
1-year low $18.091-year high $32.48
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $38.62 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Star Bulk Carriers sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.44 billion in 2022 to $1.04 billion in 2025, with $84.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Star Bulk Carriers handed back 63% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $98M$34M
Free cash flow 2025$212M
Bought back its own shares$98M
Paid as dividends$34M
Cash vs. debt$489M vs. $1.2B
Star Bulk Carriers vs. similar companies
Star Bulk Carriers grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Bulk Carriers | 38.6× · Expensive | ||
 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone | 34.3× · Expensive | ||
 A.P. Møller - Mærsk | 15.3× · Fair price | ||
 Cosco Shipping | 7.2× · Cheap | ||
 Hapag-Lloyd | 25.2× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Star Bulk Carriers's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,437 | 949 | 1,265 | 1,042 | |
| 677 | 259 | 421 | 211 | |
| 629 | 238 | 352 | 150 | |
| 779 | 400 | 561 | 322 | |
| 566 | 174 | 305 | 84 | |
| 5.52 | 1.76 | 2.80 | 0.73 | |
| 47.1% | 27.3% | 33.2% | 20.3% | |
| 43.8% | 25.1% | 27.8% | 14.4% | |
| 39.4% | 18.3% | 24.1% | 8.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,434 | 3,028 | 4,086 | 3,805 |
| Cash | 270 | 227 | 425 | 489 |
| Total debt | 1,323 | 1,265 | 1,456 | 1,229 |
| Total liabilities | 1,414 | 1,368 | 1,605 | 1,356 |
| 2,019 | 1,660 | 2,482 | 2,449 | |
| 103 | 99 | 109 | 115 | |
| 14.7% | 7.1% | 8.0% | 3.3% | |
| 28.0% | 10.5% | 12.3% | 3.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 770 | 336 | 471 | 296 | |
| 25 | 18 | 55 | 84 | |
| 744 | 318 | 416 | 212 | |
| Dividends paid | 669 | 158 | 277 | 34 |
| 20 | 393 | 25 | 98 | |
| 28 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
Valuation
- 38.6×
- 8.4×
- –
- 1.2×
- 3.1×
- 15.3×
- 12.4×
- 6.5%
- 2.6%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 20.3%
- 14.4%
- 8.1%
- 34.5%
- 5.7%
- 10.3%
- 5.9%
- 3.9%
- 6.0%
- –
Growth
- −10.1%
- −49.1%
- −49.1%
- +43.1%
- +3.2%
Financial health
- 1.4×
- 0.39
- 25.8%
- 3.1×
- 1.73
- 1.73
- 0.30
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 35%of 982
Top 23%of 989
Bottom 20%of 870
Bottom 4%of 986
Top 26%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $29.00
- Range
- $29.00 – $29.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | 0.65 | 0.60 | +8.2% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.33 | −15.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.11 | 0.03 | +266.7% |
| May 14, 2025 | -0.07 | -0.23 | +69.6% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.42 | −19.0% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 0.71 | 0.98 | −27.6% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.78 | 0.83 | −6.0% |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.87 | 0.81 | +7.4% |
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
+43.1%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.05 in 2019 → $0.30 in 2025
How safe it looks
40.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 16.2%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
55No pass
Philip Fisher
25No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
10No pass
Charlie Munger
33No pass
Terry Smith
34No pass
Questions about Star Bulk Carriers
Is Star Bulk Carriers a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Star Bulk Carriers AI analysis
What does Star Bulk Carriers do?
Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a shipping company, engages in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide. It is in Marine Shipping, based in Marousi, Greece, with 294 employees.
Does Star Bulk Carriers pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 41% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $34.4 million in dividends.
Is Star Bulk Carriers stock halal?
No. Star Bulk Carriers does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 38% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Star Bulk Carriers stock done over the past year?
Up 49.1% over the past twelve months, to $28.01. It traded between $18.09 and $32.48 and is 13.8% below its high.
Who are Star Bulk Carriers's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Cosco Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Star Bulk Carriers's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.