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Star Bulk Carriers (Star Bulk Carriers) Dividend Yield % : 5.54% (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Star Bulk Carriers Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-13), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Star Bulk Carriers is 5.54%.

Warning Sign:

Star Bulk Carriers Corp stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

SBLK' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 6.12   Max: 33.16
Current: 5.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Star Bulk Carriers was 33.16%. The lowest was 0.30%. And the median was 6.12%.

SBLK's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
78.63% of 627 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.97 vs SBLK: 5.54

Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.30.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Star Bulk Carriers was 1.18. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.68.

As of today (2024-05-13), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Star Bulk Carriers is 5.54%.

Star Bulk Carriers's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.22.

During the past 12 months, Star Bulk Carriers's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -75.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 215.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Star Bulk Carriers was 406.60% per year. The lowest was -40.70% per year. And the median was 96.05% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Star Bulk Carriers Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Star Bulk Carriers Dividend Yield % Chart

Star Bulk Carriers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 1.13 9.93 33.03 7.38

Star Bulk Carriers Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.03 24.14 21.47 13.22 7.38

Competitive Comparison of Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield %

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Star Bulk Carriers's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Star Bulk Carriers Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Star Bulk Carriers Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4500002024-03-112024-03-122024-03-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2200002023-12-042023-12-052023-12-18Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4000002023-08-212023-08-222023-09-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3500002023-06-062023-06-072023-06-27Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Star Bulk Carriers's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.42/25.56
=5.56 %

Current Share Price is $25.56.
Star Bulk Carriers's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.42.

Star Bulk Carriers's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.8/25.56
=7.04 %

Current Share Price is $25.56.
Star Bulk Carriers's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.45 * 4 = $1.8.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Star Bulk Carriers  (NAS:SBLK) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Star Bulk Carriers (Star Bulk Carriers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
C/o Star Bulk Management Inc, 40 Agiou Konstantinou Street, Maroussi, Athens, GRC, 15124
Star Bulk Carriers Corp provides seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. The company owns and operates dry bulk carrier vessels, which are used to transport bulk, such as iron ore, coal, grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. It owns a fleet of vessels that consists of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Panamax, and Supramax. It generates revenues through the voyages it carries out.
Executives
Ramius Advisors Llc 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Enterprise Ltd 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Carpathia Master Fund Ltd 10 percent owner C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Baldwin Lp 10 percent owner C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Peter A Cohen 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 40 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 2020, NEW YORK NY 10019
Thomas W Strauss 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ramius Capital Group Llc 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
C4s & Co Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Morgan B Stark 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jeffrey M Solomon 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022