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Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. is a Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight company, listed on Nasdaq (SBLK).1

$27.86 down 0.91 (3.16%)Price as of Oct 15, 2026 at 17:33 UTC

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

$1.0BRevenue, fiscal 20253
$84.2MNet income, fiscal 20253

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  • TickerSBLK on Nasdaq1
  • IndustryDeep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight1
  • Headquarters1T1
  • Incorporated inMarshall Islands4
  • Business addressC/O Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str, Maroussi, Athens, 141244
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer4

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Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH 96960. The name of our registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.5 From its latest annual report

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

13.1%Operating margin3
8.1%Net margin3
-17.6%Revenue growth, 20253
3.4%Return on equity3
$211.9MFree cash flow3

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

  • Other costs85¢$887.1M
  • Interest7¢$71.2M
  • Profit8¢$84.2M

Out of $1.0B in revenue.3

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2025

  • Capital spending28¢$84.0M
  • Dividends paid12¢$34.4M
  • Share buybacks33¢$98.1M
  • Kept or used elsewhere27¢$79.4M

Out of $295.9M of cash from operations.3

Financial statements

Revenue6789103$1.0B in 2025+60% since 2018
0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B2018: $651.6M$651.6M20182019: $821.4M$821.4M2019+26%2020: $693.2M$693.2M2020−16%2021: $1.4B$1.4B2021+106%2022: $1.4B$1.4B2022+1%2023: $949.3M$949.3M2023−34%2024: $1.3B$1.3B2024+33%2025: $1.0B$1.0B2025−18%
Operating income6789103$136.9M in 2025+4% since 2018
0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M$800.0M2018: $131.9M$131.9M20182019: $73.7M$73.7M2019−44%2020: $84.0M$84.0M2020+14%2021: $739.4M$739.4M2021+780%2022: $607.6M$607.6M2022−18%2023: $238.5M$238.5M2023−61%2024: $383.0M$383.0M2024+61%2025: $136.9M$136.9M2025−64%
Net income6789103$84.2M in 2025+44% since 2018
-$200.0M0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M$800.0M2018: $58.4M$58.4M20182019: -$16.2M-$16.2M20192020: $9.7M$9.7M20202021: $680.5M$680.5M2021+6945%2022: $566.0M$566.0M2022−17%2023: $173.6M$173.6M2023−69%2024: $304.7M$304.7M2024+76%2025: $84.2M$84.2M2025−72%

Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.3

Period ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Voyage revenues (Note 17)$1.0B$1.3B$949.3M
Voyage expenses (Notes 4 and 18)$215.0M$266.2M$253.8M
Charter-in hire expenses (Note 7)$63.5M$58.0M$17.7M
Vessel operating expenses (Note 18)$269.2M$275.0M$221.3M
Dry docking expenses$92.2M$62.7M$42.0M
Depreciation (Note 6)$168.3M$164.1M$138.4M
Management fees (Notes 3 and 11)$23.2M$19.0M$16.8M
General and administrative expenses (Note 3)$70.5M$70.8M$54.4M
Impairment loss$0$1.8M$17.8M
Loss on write-down of inventory$0$6.3M$9.3M
Other operational loss$5.4M$2.3M$952.0K
Other operational gain (Note 20)-$15.0M-$4.7M-$34.0M
Loss on bad debt$0$308.0K$300.0K
(Gain)/Loss on forward freight agreements and bunker swaps, net (Note 19)-$4.9M$4.0M$1.3M
(Gain)/Loss on sale of vessels (Note 6)$18.3M-$43.3M-$29.4M
Total operating expenses, net$905.6M$882.5M$710.8M
Operating income$136.9M$383.0M$238.5M
Interest and finance costs (Note 9)-$71.2M-$91.8M-$71.3M
Interest income and other income/(loss)$18.9M$16.4M$15.2M
Gain/(Loss) on derivative financial instruments, net (Note 19)$980.0K-$1.9M-$3.5M
Gain/ (Loss) on debt extinguishment, net (Notes 9 and 19)-$431.0K-$1.1M-$5.1M
Total other expenses, net-$51.8M-$78.5M-$64.8M
Income before taxes and equity in income/ (loss) of investee$85.1M$304.5M$173.7M
Income tax (expense) / refund (Note 15)$0$116.0K-$183.0K
Income before equity in income/(loss) of investee$85.1M$304.7M$173.5M
Equity in income/(loss) of investee (Note 4)-$907.0K-$4.0K$60.0K
Net income$84.2M$304.7M$173.6M
Earnings per share, basic$0.73$2.85$1.76
Earnings per share, diluted$0.73$2.80$1.75
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic (Note 13)115.0M shares106.9M shares98.5M shares
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, diluted(Note 13)115.4M shares108.7M shares98.9M shares

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Corporate structure

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. sits at the top of its group. 1 entity on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

  • Famatown Finance Ltd Filed SCHEDULE 13D on Star Bulk Carriers Corp., latest Oct 6, 2025 (3 filings since Mar 18, 2025)
  • OCM Opps EB Holdings Ltd. Filed SC 13D on Star Bulk Carriers Corp., latest Apr 12, 2024
  • FMR LLC Filed SC 13G/A on Star Bulk Carriers Corp., latest Feb 9, 2023 (2 filings since Feb 9, 2022)
  • Star Bulk Carriers Corp. 1T

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Star Bulk Carriers Corp. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Construction in progress$87.3M3 Dec 31, 2025$27.5M3 Dec 31, 2024+217.1%
Property and equipment, net$3.0B3 Dec 31, 2025$3.2B3 Dec 31, 2024−8.5%
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$157.1M3 Dec 31, 2025$184.5M3 Dec 31, 2024−14.9%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$488.5M3 Dec 31, 2025$425.1M3 Dec 31, 2024+14.9%
Debt securities available for sale$1.5M3 Dec 31, 2025$03 Dec 31, 2024
Long-term investments$826.0K3 Dec 31, 2025$1.7M3 Dec 31, 2024−52.3%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$51.5M3 Dec 31, 2025$78.6M3 Dec 31, 2024−34.5%

Leadership

Who has led Star Bulk Carriers Corp., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

President

  1. Hamish Norton2026–now

Chief financial officer

  1. Christos Begleris2026–now
  2. Symeon Spyrou2026–now

Chief operating officer

  1. Nikolaos Reskos2026–now
Board members and other officers (12)

Calendar

Coming up

  1. Nov 17, 2026Reports results for the quarter ending Sep/2026 A year earlier it reported $0.22 a share, on Nov 18, 2025.28

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Filings

208 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 63 insider forms, 17 large holders, 123 other. The latest 20:

  1. Oct 14, 20264/A PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  2. Oct 14, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  3. Oct 9, 20266-K EDGAR
  4. Oct 9, 2026424B5 EDGAR
  5. Oct 9, 2026424B5 EDGAR
  6. Oct 8, 2026S-8 EDGAR
  7. Oct 7, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  8. Oct 5, 2026144 EDGAR
  9. Sep 22, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  10. Sep 22, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  11. Sep 21, 2026144 EDGAR
  12. Sep 18, 2026144 EDGAR
  13. Sep 18, 20266-K REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER EDGAR
  14. Sep 17, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  15. Sep 17, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  16. Sep 17, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  17. Sep 17, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  18. Sep 17, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  19. Sep 16, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR
  20. Sep 16, 20264 PRIMARY DOCUMENT EDGAR

The 208 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

29 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 9 buys and 20 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 21, 2026Vrettou EleniDirectorSale3,500$32.12$112.4KForm 4
Sep 18, 2026Balakrishnan MaheshDirectorSale10,000$32.34$323.4KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Pappa Milena MariaDirectorBuy74,400$28.27$2.1MForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Pappas AlexandrosBuy74,400$28.27$2.1MForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Karellis NikolaosDirectorBuy2,000$28.27$56.5KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Zagari RaffaeleDirectorBuy60,000$28.27$1.7MForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Plakantonaki CharisChief Strategy OfficerBuy3,000$28.27$84.8KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Spyrou Symeonco CFOBuy15,000$28.27$424.1KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Reskos NikolaosChief Operating OfficerBuy10,000$28.27$282.7KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Erhardt KoertDirectorBuy6,000$28.27$169.6KForm 4
Aug 25, 2026Zagari RaffaeleDirectorSale50,000$31.20$1.6MForm 4
Aug 24, 2026Zagari RaffaeleDirectorSale50,000$30.70$1.5MForm 4
Aug 17, 2026Plakantonaki CharisChief Strategy OfficerSale10,825$29.82$322.8KForm 4
Aug 14, 2026Plakantonaki CharisChief Strategy OfficerSale10,825$28.95$313.4KForm 4
Aug 6, 2026Reskos NikolaosChief Operating OfficerSale5,000$29.50$147.5KForm 4
Jul 30, 2026Reskos NikolaosChief Operating OfficerSale5,000$28.99$144.9KForm 4
Jun 12, 2026Blystad ArneDirectorBuy7,580Form 4
Jun 11, 2026Karellis NikolaosDirectorSale20,000$26.96$539.2KForm 4
Jun 1, 2026Reskos NikolaosChief Operating OfficerSale5,000$28.49$142.4KForm 4
May 21, 2026Reskos NikolaosChief Operating OfficerSale30,000$27.29$818.7KForm 4

All 29 trades can be filtered by person here when JavaScript is on.

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Members of Congress who traded it

2 trades disclosed by members of Congress. “Vs S&P since” is the stock’s change since the trade minus the S&P 500’s.

DateMemberTradeAmountVs S&P sinceFiling
Apr 30, 2024Tommy TubervilleRepublican, SenateSale$50,001 - $100,000+38.7%Report
Feb 27, 2024Tommy TubervilleRepublican, SenateBuy$50,001 - $100,000−32.9%Report

Members report amounts as ranges, not exact figures. Returns are price-only (no dividends).

SEC filer profile

How Star Bulk Carriers Corp. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARStar Bulk Carriers Corp.1
  • CIK0001386716
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated filer not an emerging growth company; not a shell company5
  • Incorporated inMarshall Islands5
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 311
  • Industry code (SIC)4412 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight1
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Energy & Transportation, Division of Corporation Finance1
  • Business addressC/O Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str, Maroussi, Athens, 14124, Greece1
  • Phone011-30-210-617-84001
  • Shares outstanding113,424,507 shares as of Dec 31, 20255
  • AuditorDeloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A, Athens, Greece PCAOB ID 1163; it also attests to the company’s internal control over financial reporting5
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 14, 20071
  • Filings732 in all: 6-K (311), 144 (56), 4 (49), SC 13G/A (31), UPLOAD (29), SC 13D/A (28), CORRESP (23), 20-F (19)1
    All 46 form types

    424B5 (19), 3 (18), EFFECT (18), SC 13G (16), F-3 (12), FWP (10), F-3/A (9), F-4/A (8), 424B3 (7), 425 (7), 6-K/A (7), SC 13D (6), 4/A (4), 424B1 (4), 20-F/A (3), 25-NSE (3), 8-A12B (3), CERTNAS (3), POS AM (3), 144/A (2), 424B2 (2), F-3ASR (2), F-4 (2), S-8 (2), SCHEDULE 13G (2), SCHEDULE 13G/A (2), 3/A (1), 305B2 (1), 424B4 (1), 424B7 (1), DEL AM (1), DFAN14A (1), F-1 (1), F-1/A (1), F-8/A (1), IRANNOTICE (1), S-8 POS (1), SCHEDULE 13D (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (20-F) Mar 19, 2026

Securities registered for trading

ClassSymbolExchange
Common Shares, par value $0.01 per shareSBLKNasdaq Global Select Market

From the cover page of the 20-F filed Mar 19, 2026 (Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act).5

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