Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK)

• Market cap: $1.64B
• 1 day: 0.34%
• 5 days: 4.76%
• 1 month: -5.27%
• 3 months: -5.27%
• 6 months: -23.11%
• Year to date: -4.90%
• 1 year: -39.39%
• 5 years: 159.96%
• 10 years: -25.37%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Marine Shipping

About: Star Bulk Carriers Corp provides seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. The company owns and operates dry bulk carrier vessels, which are used to transport bulk, such as iron ore, coal, grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. It owns a fleet of vessels that consists of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax, and Supramax. It generates revenues through the voyages it carries out.

Employees: 301

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

7% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 43

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 220 [Q3] → 217 (-3) [Q4]

6.1% less ownership

Funds ownership: 38.21% [Q3] → 32.11% (-6.1%) [Q4]

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 67 | Existing positions reduced: 79

30% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $17M | Put options by funds: $24.3M

47% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.07B [Q3] → $571M (-$503M) [Q4]

63% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q3] → 3 (-5) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $21 42% upside
• Avg. target: $21 42% upside
• High target: $21 42% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Omar Nokta 7% 1-year accuracy 4 / 56 met price target

42% upside $21

Buy Maintained

19 Feb 2025