Safe Bulkers, Inc. (SB.PD) company profile
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $851.14MP/E 26.7Yield 2.50%
About Safe Bulkers
Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight, SIC 4412
Safe Bulkers, Inc. is an international provider of marine dry bulk transportation services. The company transports bulk cargo globally, chartering its fleet of dry bulk vessels on period time charters or in the spot charter market. Its customers include major multinational commodity trading enterprises, such as Cargill International S.A., ADM International S.A.R.L., Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, and Olam International Limited. The company organizes its vessel operations, technical management, and commercial chartering activities through affiliated management companies.
The company operates a fleet of dry bulk cargo vessels, comprising Capesize, Post-Panamax, Kamsarmax, and Panamax class carriers that navigate worldwide shipping routes. Safe Bulkers is incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and maintains its principal executive office in Monaco, with additional operational and management support based in Cyprus and Greece.
Summary of the business section of Safe Bulkers's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Safe Bulkers, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Monaco, O9
- Address
- Apt. D11, Les Acanthes, 6, Avenue Des Citronniers MC98000
- Phone
- 011-30-2-111-888-400
- Website
- safebulkers.com
- Employees
- 174, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
- Auditor
- Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A., Athens, Greece
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- SB.PD
- Other tickers
- SB, SB.PC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- May 29, 2008
- Shares outstanding
- 106M, Dec 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1434754
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Polys Hajioannou | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 1,500,000 |
| Ioannis Foteinos | Chief Operating Officer, Director | – |
| Konstantinos Adamopoulos | Chief Financial Officer, Director | 6,000 |
| Loukas Barmparis | President, Director | 8,500 |
| Jeffrey Bunzel | Director | – |
| Vasilis Hajioannou | Director | – |
| Christos Megalou | Director | 113,860 |
| Marina Hajioannou | Director | – |
| Kristin Holth | Director | 20,617 |
| Ole Wikborg | Director | 15,608 |
| Frank V. Sica | Director | 1,752 |
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
Offering
- Type
- Initial public offering
- Final prospectus filed
- May 29, 2008
- Offer price
- $19.00
- Securities offered
- 10,000,000
- Gross proceeds
- $190.00M
- Exchange
- NYSE
- First trading day
- May 30, 2008
- First-day close
- $18.90-0.5%
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Nov 26, 2008
“Per Share Total Public offering price $19.00 $190,000,000 Underwriting discounts and commissions $1.235 $12,350,000 Proceeds to selling stockholder $17.765 $177,650,000 The underwriters may also purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of our common stock from the selling stockholder at the public offering pri”
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, approximately 933 people served on board the vessels in our fleet, and our Managers employed approximately 174 people on shore.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2020 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Feb 21, 2018 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Jun 30, 2014 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| May 7, 2014 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Jun 18, 2013 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| May 29, 2008 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| May 22, 2008 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |