Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB): Price and Financial Metrics

SB POWR Grades

• SB scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 83.89% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SB is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SB ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

SB Stock Summary

• SB's current price/earnings ratio is 2.1, which is higher than merely 2.31% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of SAFE BULKERS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 2.88% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• SAFE BULKERS INC's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 60.37%, greater than the shareholder yield of 97.26% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are KNOP, CPE, UTL, CMCT, and VNOM.
• SB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SAFE BULKERS INC's official web site, go to www.safebulkers.com.

SB Valuation Summary

• SB's EV/EBIT ratio is 3.3; this is 80.81% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 176 months, SB's price/sales ratio has gone down 5.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SB.

SB Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 370.22%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -255.29%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 66.04%.

Over the past 52 weeks, SB's revenue has gone up $130,873,000.

The table below shows SB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	329.031	217.208	163.555
2020-12-31	198.158	63.376	-25.313
2019-12-31	197.761	58.284	4.341
2018-12-31	193.191	85.449	16.3
2017-12-31	148.032	50.101	-99.141
2016-12-31	109.772	13.478	-69.991

SB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SB has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 82.95% of graded US stocks.
• SB's asset turnover comes in at 0.178 -- ranking 105th of 137 Transportation stocks.
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The table below shows SB's key quality metrics over time.