A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ: SBLK) stock price up 2.88% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $18.43. SBLK’s price has ranged from $12.06 to $24.51 over the past 52 weeks.
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Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -44.35%. With a float of $91.62 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $116.78 million.
In an organization with 301 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 33.92%, operating margin of 29.93%, and the pretax margin is 24.07%.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Marine Shipping Industry. The insider ownership of Star Bulk Carriers Corp is 21.77%, while institutional ownership is 33.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 23 ’25, was worth 234,187. Before that another transaction happened on May 16 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,000 for $16.80, making the entire transaction worth $84,000.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -44.35% per share during the next fiscal year.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ: SBLK) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Star Bulk Carriers Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.46. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.80. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.24.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.98, a number that is poised to hit 0.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.87 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.15 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.82 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.72%.
During the past 100 days, Star Bulk Carriers Corp’s (SBLK) raw stochastic average was set at 98.29%, which indicates a significant increase from 93.39% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.49 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.48 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $17.03, while its 200-day Moving Average is $16.69. However, in the short run, Star Bulk Carriers Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $19.15. Second resistance stands at $19.33. The third major resistance level sits at $19.63. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $18.66, it is likely to go to the next support level at $18.36. The third support level lies at $18.18 if the price breaches the second support level.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ: SBLK) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 2.22 billion, the company has a total of 117,630K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,265 M while annual income is 304,650 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 230,650 K while its latest quarter income was 460 K.