Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK)

Nasdaq: SBLK · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight · Athens · filing with the SEC since 2007

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Grade4.8

◀ Past 6.0● Present 4.7▶ Future 3.7

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The grade of Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.8/10

◀ Past6.030% of the headline

● Present4.740% of the headline

▶ Future3.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

6.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $222 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 18.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span18.7%top 28% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 42% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak33.9%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.0% a year. 89% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 23 sales, 11 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 4.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 89% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 23 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 11 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-14, buying about $5 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 35% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.7/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

3.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 36%: owes 36¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 36 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
return on equitybottom 27% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 43 in its family; net margin 8.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of 8.1% ranks in the bottom 34%; revenue growth of -10.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$1.04Btop 11% of its family
net margin8.1%bottom 34% of its family
three-year revenue growth-10.1%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s leadership is put at 5.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $489 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 12.8% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 20.3% of revenue (bottom 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets12.8%top 15% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue20.3%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.1% a year over the last three filed years against 18.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 11% of its family); the newest year grew -17.6% (bottom 23%); capital spending grew 49% a year (top 35%) (its annual reports). Star Bulk Carriers Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-28.9 points a yearbottom 11% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-17.6%bottom 23% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending49.0%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

2.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 26% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 12.2% below the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $84 million against a prior three-year average of $348 million (bottom 22%); a net margin of 8.1% against 27.2% before (bottom 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-12.2%bottom 38% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-76%bottom 22% of its family
net margin against its prior average-19.2 pointsbottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SBLK · research, not advice