Safe Bulkers (SB) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)

Safe Bulkers (SB) posted Times Interest Earned of -$11.45 for Q1 2026, down 1308.62% on a QoQ basis from -$0.81 in Q4 2025, and down 37.12% year-over-year from -$18.21 in Q1 2025.

Safe Bulkers (SB) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Safe Bulkers' Times Interest Earned history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$11.45 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 37.12% year-over-year to -$11.45 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $13.65 (up 491.57% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.99, down 51.43% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was -$11.45 for Q1 2026 at Safe Bulkers, down from -$0.81 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $0.71 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$25.73 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$10.56 and a median of -$9.83 in 2024 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Times Interest Earned plunged 295.74% — and 2023, when it jumped 103.39%.
  • Safe Bulkers' Times Interest Earned stood at -$10.49 in 2022, then soared by 103.39% to $0.36 in 2023, then jumped by 100.62% to $0.71 in 2024, then sank by 214.03% to -$0.81 in 2025, then sank by 1308.62% to -$11.45 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SB's Times Interest Earned at -$11.45 in Q1 2026, -$0.81 in Q4 2025, and -$9.73 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 2,964,341.97 Bn 2,964,341.05 Bn 57.20 Mn 0.16
2 Danaos 2,542.12 Bn 2,541.24 Bn 203.71 Mn 9.51
3 Sfl 1,584.69 Bn 1,584.53 Bn 66.27 Mn 1.66
4 Capital Clean Energy Carriers 1,419.00 Bn 1,418.46 Bn 95.52 Mn -4.00
5 Globus Maritime 59.97 Bn 59.95 Bn 8,083.00 -0.01
6 Kirby 8.07 Bn 7.99 Bn 291.34 Mn 37.26
7 Matson 6.26 Bn 6.16 Bn - 0.15
8 Hafnia 3.73 Bn 3.62 Bn 152.41 Mn -8.49
9 Intercont (Cayman) 3.56 Bn 3.56 Bn - -
10 Safe Bulkers 768.80 Mn 597.03 Mn 53.24 Mn -11.45

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -11.45
Dec 31, 2025 -0.81
Sep 30, 2025 -9.73
Jun 30, 2025 -7.71
Mar 31, 2025 -8.35
Dec 31, 2024 0.71
Sep 30, 2024 -9.83
Jun 30, 2024 -9.70
Mar 31, 2024 -9.57
Dec 31, 2023 0.36
Sep 30, 2023 -10.15
Jun 30, 2023 -11.08
Mar 31, 2023 -11.39
Dec 31, 2022 -10.49
Sep 30, 2022 -18.96
Jun 30, 2022 -25.73
Mar 31, 2022 -25.67
Dec 31, 2021 -22.69
Sep 30, 2021 -16.81
Jun 30, 2021 -9.64