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Safe Bulkers SB

US equityMarket cap rank #3269Red Sea Shipping Crisis
$8.45 −$0.13 (-1.52%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:40 am ET · After hours $8.74 +3.43%
Open$8.51
Prev close$8.58
Day range$8.42 – $8.66
Volume954.5K
Market cap$961.89M
P/E (TTM)11.0
Dividend yield2.49%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership56.0%-2.98 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding193-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)0 buys / 6 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.99% of floatDays to cover 2.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share26.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%20%26%32%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.46M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$277.6KSuper−$1.2MBig−$3.6MMid−$5.0MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 54.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Polys Hajioannou26.75%
  • Vorini Holdings Inc.17.07%
  • Morgan Stanley4.32%
  • BlackRock3.13%
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.3.03%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp.2.47%
  • Fearnley Asset Management AS2.03%
  • Nicolaos Hadjioannou1.76%

By investor type

  • Individual/Insider28.84%
  • Mutual Fund25.94%
  • Private Company17.94%
  • Hedge Fund6.09%
  • Public Company5.48%
  • Government Pension Fund0.36%
  • Family Office/Trust0.12%
  • Insurance Company0.10%

Reported short interest has risen from 1.72% to 2.99% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Polys Hajioannou Individual/Insider 2026/Q3 +1,500,000 26.8%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +4,382,046 4.3%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +108,754 0.1%
Acadian Asset Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,193,218 1.4%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +499,747 3.1%
Fearnley Asset Management AS Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +433,360 2.0%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +393,663 1.3%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +369,030 0.4%
Jane Street Group, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +359,518 0.3%
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +256,847 0.8%
Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +183,189 0.2%
National Bank Trust Inc. Private Company 2026/Q3 +168,900 0.1%
Navellier & Associates, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +145,586 0.1%
Vanguard Investments Australia Limited Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +145,246 0.3%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +131,645 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
17 Mar 2026 Frank Sica Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 371,160
17 Mar 2026 Polys Hajioannou Chairperson & CEO Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 28,955,412
17 Mar 2026 Konstantinos Adamopoulos CFO, Treasurer & Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 6,000
17 Mar 2026 Ole Wikborg Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 15,608
17 Mar 2026 Vorini Holdings Inc. Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 19,426,015
17 Mar 2026 Christos Megalou Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 113,860
17 Mar 2026 Kristin Holth Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 20,617
4 Jun 2024 Konstantinos Adamopoulos CFO, Treasurer & Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -6,000 $6.20 –
19 May 2024 Ole Wikborg Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -109,767 $5.64 –
19 May 2024 Ole Wikborg Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -49,837 $5.64 –
15 May 2024 Ioannis Foteinos Chief Operating Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -15,531 $5.48 –
14 May 2024 Ioannis Foteinos Chief Operating Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -12,469 $5.47 –
6 May 2024 Loukas Barmparis President, Secretary & Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -40,000 $5.35 –

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 3,405,244 3.0% 2.0
31 Aug 2026 2,331,046 2.3% 3.1
14 Aug 2026 1,658,935 1.6% 2.6
31 Jul 2026 1,625,706 1.6% 1.8
15 Jul 2026 2,064,233 2.0% 2.2
30 Jun 2026 1,749,178 1.7% 1.4

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