Safe Bulkers (SB) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025)
Safe Bulkers (SB) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.28 for Q4 2025, down 23.68% on a QoQ basis from 0.23 in Q4 2024, and down 23.68% year-over-year from 0.37 in Q4 2024.
Safe Bulkers (SB) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Safe Bulkers' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.28 for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 23.68% year-over-year to 0.28 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.89 (down 77.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.47, up 123.03% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio was 0.28 for Q4 2025 at Safe Bulkers, down from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 8.18 in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.28 in Q4 2025.
- A 4-year average of 1.48 and a median of 0.23 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — FCF Payout Ratio surged 4848.27% — and 2025, when it slipped 23.68%.
- Safe Bulkers' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.03 in 2021, then sank by 897.77% to 0.25 in 2023, then increased by 9.92% to 0.23 in 2024, then dropped by 23.68% to 0.28 in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows SB's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.28 in Q4 2025, 0.23 in Q4 2024, and 0.25 in Q4 2023.
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| 1 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | 2,968,558.65 Bn | 2,968,557.73 Bn | 57.20 Mn | 0.00 |
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| 7 | Matson | 6.24 Bn | 6.14 Bn | - | 0.17 |
| 8 | Intercont (Cayman) | 3.95 Bn | 3.95 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Hafnia | 3.72 Bn | 3.60 Bn | 152.41 Mn | -0.38 |
| 10 | Safe Bulkers | 762.67 Mn | 590.90 Mn | 53.24 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.28 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.23 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.18 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 8,873.24 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.00 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | -0.06 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | -0.40 |