Safe Bulkers (SB) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)
Safe Bulkers (SB) posted Return on Capital Employed of 12.7% for Q4 2025, down 20.4% on a QoQ basis from 15.96% in Q4 2024, and down 326.0% year-over-year from 5.62% in Q4 2024.
Safe Bulkers (SB) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Safe Bulkers' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 12.7% for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 326.0% year-over-year to 12.7% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 12.7% (down 326.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.24%, down 475.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 12.7% for Q4 2025 at Safe Bulkers, down from 15.96% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 27.53% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 8.54% in Q2 2021.
- A 5-year average of 16.06% and a median of 14.59% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 1827 bps — and 2023, when it plunged 1293 bps.
- Safe Bulkers' Return on Capital Employed stood at 19.33% in 2021, then soared by 42 bps to 27.53% in 2022, then sank by 47 bps to 14.59% in 2023, then advanced by 9 bps to 15.96% in 2024, then dropped by 20 bps to 12.7% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows SB's Return on Capital Employed at 12.7% in Q4 2025, 15.96% in Q4 2024, and 14.59% in Q4 2023.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.96% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.59% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 19.33% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.75% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.54% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.05% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.20% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 4.38% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 15.96% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -6.64% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -2.74% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -4.96% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -3.54% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -2.65% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.09% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 2,441.97% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 1,220.66% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 958.52% |