After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
SBLK belongs to the Industrials sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Marine Shipping industry. The current market capitalization of Star Bulk Carriers Corp is $2.22B. A total of 1.46 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.41M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Balakrishnan Mahesh bought 14,245 shares of SBLK for 16.44 per share on May 23 ’25. In a previous transaction on May 16 ’25, Norton Hamish bought 5,000 shares at 16.80 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Norton Hamish acquired of 6,312 shares on Apr 11 ’25 at a per-share price of $13.53. In another insider transaction, Koert Erhardt bought 11,500 shares at $15.04 per share on Dec 18 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Star Bulk Carriers Corp pays an annual dividend of $1.44, resulting in a dividend yield of 7.59%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.59.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SBLK has a high of $24.51 and a low of $12.06.
As of this writing, SBLK has an earnings estimate of $0.05 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 3.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.12 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.01.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. SBLK’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $450.29M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.59B in debt and $290.80M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $21.00, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.08B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SBLK is Buy with a score of 5.00.
