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Consumer Discretionary · ·
$9.18
▲ $0.17 (+1.9%)
Market data updated: 09/19 05:04 PM
News analyzed: 09/19/2026
Market Cap
$945.59M
Day Range
$8.91 - $9.26
52-Week Range
$4.14 - $9.31
Beta
—
Next Earnings
23.11.2026
Support
$6.69
Resistance
$9.31
SB is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
+96.6% (1Y)
🟡 Moderate
Strengths: 10/14 factors positiveRisk: Medium
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟢 Bullish
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Price vs. SMA 50
Price is above the 50-day average
Technical
Biggest negative driver
MACD
MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
Technical
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB) demonstrates a robust overall investor score of 84, driven primarily by strong technical performance and overwhelmingly positive news sentiment. The technical category scores an 85, reflecting a clear upward trend with the stock price above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, alongside a positive MACD histogram indicating rising momentum. However, the RSI (74.0) and %K (89.9) metrics signal overbought conditions, which may suggest near-term consolidation or a pullback. The news category achieves a near-perfect score of 98, underpinned by multiple positive earnings call highlights—particularly the Q2 2026 report, where adjusted EBITDA nearly doubled—and broader industry momentum. Despite this, the risk category scores only 50, with a relatively high ATR (3.1% of price) and a Sharpe ratio of 0.84, indicating moderate volatility and a mixed risk-reward profile over the past three years (43.3% annualized return but with a 51.5% peak drawdown).
The stock price is firmly above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, with a positive MACD histogram and strong ADX (44.6) confirming an upward trend. However, overbought conditions are evident via RSI (74.0) and %K (89.9).
Technical strength signals sustained momentum, but overbought levels may indicate potential short-term volatility or correction.
Recent earnings calls (Q2 2026) highlight significant financial improvements, including nearly doubled adjusted EBITDA, alongside broader industry movement. All news sources are either positive or neutral.
Positive news sentiment strongly supports the stock’s valuation and growth narrative, reinforcing investor confidence.
The ATR (3.1% of price) and Sharpe ratio (0.84) suggest moderate volatility, while historical data shows a 43.3% annualized return but a 51.5% peak drawdown over three years.
The risk profile indicates potential for high returns but also significant downside volatility, requiring cautious positioning.
StockIQ conclusion
Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB) exhibits a compelling combination of technical strength and positive news sentiment, supported by recent earnings growth. However, overbought technical indicators and moderate volatility introduce caution, particularly for short-term traders. The risk profile remains balanced, with historical drawdowns offset by strong momentum. Investors should monitor overbought conditions and macroeconomic factors to assess sustainability.
Written automatically from the computed data shown on this page only — not investment advice.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
as of 09/10/202678
This Week
70
7D Ago
↑ +8
Improving
Technical
82
7D Ago: 65
↑ +17
News
80
7D Ago: 98
↓ -18
Risk
50
7D Ago: 42
↑ +8
Biggest Improvements
Biggest Declines
📊 Score History
78
Today
—
30D
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90D
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1Y
🕰️ Signal Timeline
What StockIQ actually saw for this stock, and what happened after each signal — real data, not a forecast.
today · $9.09
Evidence: StockIQ Score dropped from 86 to 76 over the last 14 days
What happened after
Still awaiting outcome
today · $9.10
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
Still awaiting outcome
today · $9.10
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
Still awaiting outcome
10d ago · $8.36
Evidence: -5.8pp vs. sector average today
What happened after
10d ago · $8.93
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
10d ago · $8.93
Evidence: 11 bullish / 0 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
11d ago · $8.84
Evidence: -3.7pp vs. sector average today
What happened after
11d ago · $9.17
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
11d ago · $9.17
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
12d ago · $9.17
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
12d ago · $9.17
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
13d ago · $9.17
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
13d ago · $9.17
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
14d ago · $9.17
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
14d ago · $9.17
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
14d ago · $9.15
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
14d ago · $9.15
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
15d ago · $9.03
Evidence: המניה במגמת עלייה ברורה ללא טווח מסחר מוגדר בטווח הזמן שנבדק.
What happened after
15d ago · $9.03
Evidence: 10 bullish / 2 bearish technical signals agreeing
What happened after
16d ago · $9.09
Evidence: +5.0pp vs. sector average today
What happened after
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
⚖️ Base Case
78 / 100
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🕰️ StockIQ Time Machine
What did StockIQ know — and when? Pick a date from the real accumulated history.
As of August 26, 2026
Then
79
$8.70
Now
78
$9.18
What happened since
Signals detected by this date
No signals detected by this date
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
No data available
Quality
No data available
Value
No data available
Momentum
82
Risk
50
Sentiment
80
Fundamental
No data available
Institutional
No data available
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Recent media coverage of Safe Bulkers, Inc. highlights its strong financial performance in Q2 2026, with adjusted EBITDA nearly doubling to $50 million. The company reported higher earnings driven by elevated charter rates and increased bareboat charter income, prompting a second consecutive quarterly dividend hike. Executives emphasized fleet modernization and favorable market conditions as key contributors to profitability.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about Safe Bulkers, Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value). News trend score: 80. Reason: 8 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
42
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
50
Psychology
50
Fundamentals
—
Technical
82
Valuation
—
The price is holding at a real, documented historical support/resistance level (a 50-day high or low).
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Price (3M)
+36%
Market Narrative
61
Fundamental Reality
50
Narrative Gap
+11
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The market behavior suggests a dominant euphoric state, where extreme momentum, overperformance, and sentiment create a feedback loop. FOMO is secondary but consistent with the euphoric rally, while anchoring hints at traders fixating on resistance levels. The narrative gap (20-point) implies optimism may outpace fundamentals. The key question: *Will traders sustain euphoria despite the stock’s recent underperformance relative to peers?*
Updated: 09/09/2026, 02:50 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"stronger charter rates and increased bareboat charter income lifted revenue and profitability"
"boosts quarterly dividend for the second consecutive quarter"
"Adjusted EBITDA Nearly Doubles to $50"
🧠 Market Brain events driving this
📈 17D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: Medium (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Jesse Livermore — 53/100
🔴 Weakest match
Morgan Housel — 6/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
This stock sparks a sharp divide between methodologies, with only Jesse Livermore’s momentum-driven approach showing clear enthusiasm (79), while the rest either lack sufficient data or flag significant red flags. Livermore’s positive score reflects his focus on price trends, suggesting the stock’s recent action aligns with his rules, whereas most others—like Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, or Peter Lynch—can’t form a verdict due to insufficient fundamentals or growth data. Even those with scores below 50, such as Howard Marks or Morgan Housel, warn of late-cycle risks, overvaluation, or volatility that would deter patient investors, while Samuel Armstrong Nelson’s low score (17) hints at an overbought cycle. The contrast underscores how momentum traders might see opportunity where value or growth investors see uncertainty or caution.
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟢 100
Not enough dividend/growth data for a real Smith read
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 25%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 60
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟡 53
No clear trend — Livermore preferred to stay out of this
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet/valuation data for a real Graham read
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 50
Not enough fundamentals data for a real Fisher read
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟡 50
Not enough growth data for a real Lynch read
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet data for a real Bagehot read
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟡 50
Mixed signal on whether growth translates to real profit
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟡 50
Not enough valuation data for a real Enterprising-Graham read
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 42
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 38
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🔴 33
Pattern consistent with a crowd delusion Mackay would flag
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🔴 33
Looks late-cycle — the position Marks would treat with extra caution
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🔴 30
Risk/valuation combination Marks would flag as a caution sign
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🔴 9
Cycle looks stretched toward overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 6
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 280 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (10 bullish · 2 bearish · 0 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 13.8.2026 | $0.075 |
| 30.6.2026 | $0.060 |
| 29.6.2026 | $0.060 |
| 2.3.2026 | $0.050 |
| 1.3.2026 | $0.050 |
| 21.8.2025 | $0.050 |
| 20.8.2025 | $0.050 |
| 6.6.2025 | $0.050 |
| 5.6.2025 | $0.050 |
| 3.3.2025 | $0.050 |
| 2.3.2025 | $0.050 |
| 2.12.2024 | $0.050 |
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 8 positive, 9 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 20 articles.
ChartMill · 19.9.2026
Benzinga · 17.9.2026
SeekingAlpha · 15.9.2026
GlobeNewswire · 14.9.2026
Yahoo · 14.9.2026
Yahoo · 10.9.2026
GlobeNewswire · 10.9.2026
SeekingAlpha · 10.9.2026
Benzinga · 9.9.2026
Yahoo · 8.9.2026
GlobeNewswire · 8.9.2026
Yahoo · 28.8.2026
GuruFocus.com · 28.8.2026
Benzinga · 26.8.2026
SeekingAlpha · 1.8.2026
MarketBeat · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
Moby · 30.7.2026
Yahoo · 30.7.2026
SeekingAlpha · 29.7.2026
StockIQ doesn't currently have enough real data to compute a reliable score for Safe Bulkers, Inc Common Stock ($0.001 par value) (SB) — only 3 of 7 categories are available right now. Rather than show a misleading number, this page shows which data is missing instead.
StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — and for SB specifically, there currently isn't enough real data (only 3 of 7 categories available) to state even a factual score reliably. Check back once more data is available.
SB's technical score is 82/100, which currently reads as bullish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Price is above the 50-day average; Price is above the 200-day average; RSI 63.5 — healthy positive momentum.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum; %K 82.1 — overbought.
Yes — SB has a real recorded dividend payment history on StockIQ. See the Dividends section on this page for the actual per-share amounts and dates.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 1 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hajioannou Polys | Grant/Award from Employer | 11.9.2026 | 1,500,000 | +1,500,000 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
2,331,046 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 1,625,706 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
54.7% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 56.5% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology