Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2025)

Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) reported EBIT Margin of 25.53% for Q4 2025, up 539.0% year-over-year from 4.0% in Q4 2024, and up 111.66% quarter-over-quarter from 12.06% in Q3 2025.

Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) has 17 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 25.53% in Q4 2025.

  • EBIT Margin for Q4 2025 came in at 25.53%, up 539.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 13.13% (down 1714.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.13%, down 1714.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin grew to 25.53% in Q4 2025 per SBLK's latest filing, from 12.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 62.8% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 2.5% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 28.73% and a median of 27.98% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: EBIT Margin soared 6347 bps in 2021, then plunged 4800 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 62.8% in 2021, then slumped by 52 bps to 30.12% in 2022, then slipped by 25 bps to 22.48% in 2023, then decreased by 10 bps to 20.14% in 2024, then advanced by 27 bps to 25.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SBLK's EBIT Margin at 25.53% in Q4 2025, 12.06% in Q3 2025, and 5.35% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 C3is 744.65 Bn 744.65 Bn 9.11 Mn 45.48%
2 Kirby 7.86 Bn 7.78 Bn 291.34 Mn -31.42%
3 Matson 5.69 Bn 5.59 Bn - 8.10%
4 Hafnia 3.63 Bn 3.52 Bn 152.41 Mn 48.93%
5 Star Bulk Carriers 3.14 Bn 3.13 Bn 371.22 Mn 25.53%
6 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 3.12 Bn 1.01 Bn 57.20 Mn -1.31%
7 Costamare 1.93 Bn 1.42 Bn - 48.28%
8 Navios Maritime Partners 1.87 Bn 1.47 Bn 262.01 Mn 80.06%
9 Global Ship Lease 1.37 Bn 1.37 Bn - -
10 Capital Clean Energy Carriers 1.33 Bn 792.93 Mn 78.44 Mn 44.56%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 25.53%
Sep 30, 2025 12.06%
Jun 30, 2025 5.35%
Mar 31, 2025 6.53%
Dec 31, 2024 20.14%
Sep 30, 2024 28.74%
Jun 30, 2024 36.12%
Mar 31, 2024 36.38%
Dec 31, 2023 22.48%
Sep 30, 2023 27.98%
Jun 30, 2023 24.06%
Mar 31, 2023 2.50%
Dec 31, 2022 30.12%
Sep 30, 2022 34.09%
Jun 30, 2022 50.90%
Mar 31, 2022 50.50%
Dec 31, 2021 62.80%
Jun 30, 2021 45.51%
Mar 31, 2021 24.16%
Dec 31, 2020 23.41%