Safe Bulkers Ownership | Who Owns Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers Ownership Summary

Safe Bulkers is owned by 28.64% institutional investors, 45.96% insiders, and 25.40% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 3.37% of SB shares. iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund, with 1.46% of its assets in Safe Bulkers shares.

SB Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Safe Bulkers	28.64%	45.96%	25.40%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	39.35%	12.62%	48.03%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	13.54%	28.40%	58.06%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.60M	3.37%	$12.84M
Blackrock	3.62M	3.28%	$21.07M
Renaissance	3.31M	3.10%	$11.80M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.80M	1.68%	$6.41M
American century companies	1.75M	1.64%	$6.24M
Lsv asset management	1.65M	1.55%	$5.90M
State street	1.62M	1.47%	$9.45M
Goldman sachs group	1.54M	1.44%	$5.49M
Bridgeway capital management	1.09M	1.02%	$3.89M
Acadian asset management	777.77K	0.73%	$2.77M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Denali advisors	691.77K	0.26%	$2.47M
Bridgeway capital management	1.09M	0.09%	$3.89M
Sherbrooke park advisers	58.65K	0.07%	$209.36K
Salvus wealth management	13.19K	0.03%	$47.10K
Empowered funds	546.56K	0.03%	$1.95M
Harvey capital management	30.00K	0.03%	$107.10K
Renaissance	3.31M	0.02%	$11.80M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	126.15K	0.02%	$734.19K
Dgs capital management	18.81K	0.02%	$67.17K
Campbell & co investment adviser	57.43K	0.02%	$205.04K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Goldman sachs group	1.54M	0.00%	452.91K
Morgan stanley	798.06K	0.00%	323.50K
Squarepoint ops	280.13K	0.00%	280.13K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.80M	0.01%	257.14K
Mariner	391.01K	0.00%	233.74K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Acadian asset management	777.77K	0.01%	-413.55K
Scion asset management	-	-	-400.00K
Two sigma investments, lp	160.19K	0.00%	-318.35K
Segall bryant & hamill	-	-	-284.10K
Marshall wace, llp	-	-	-248.86K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Squarepoint ops	280.13K	0.00%	280.13K	$1.00M
Gsa capital partners llp	57.70K	0.02%	57.70K	$206.00K
Koss-olinger consulting	27.70K	0.01%	27.70K	$99.00K
Ballentine partners	24.95K	0.00%	24.95K	$89.06K
Simplex trading	21.41K	0.00%	21.41K	$124.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
National bank of canada /fi/	-6.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-14.00
True wealth design	-20.00
Allspring global investments	-21.00
Rothschild investment	-25.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	139	4.51%	30,456,115	2.41%	28	3.69%	76	15.15%	42	-6.67%
Dec 31, 2024	128	-6.57%	28,011,747	-6.71%	26	3.32%	65	-5.80%	40	-11.11%
Sep 30, 2024	136	-4.23%	30,007,820	-0.13%	28	3.55%	68	-20.93%	45	36.36%
Jun 30, 2024	141	11.90%	30,046,941	11.20%	27	4.81%	85	21.43%	33	10.00%
Mar 31, 2024	126	6.78%	27,019,807	11.68%	23	5.06%	70	6.06%	30	7.14%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.49M	1.46%	729.00
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	1.12M	1.10%	2.76K
Acadian Emerging Markets Small-Cap Comp	988.04K	0.93%	305.67K
Columbia Small Cap Value I A	858.32K	0.82%	-
Columbia Small Cap Value I	858.32K	0.82%	858.32K
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF	605.10K	0.59%	-
Fidelity Small Cap Index	597.00K	0.57%	-
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	568.18K	0.56%	-
Goldman Sachs Small Cp Val Insghts Instl	569.25K	0.54%	-
Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value N	542.10K	0.52%	-

SB Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 28.64%, followed by 45.96% insiders and 25.40% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Safe Bulkers's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 13.54%, which Safe Bulkers exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.6M shares, 3.37%), Blackrock (3.62M shares, 3.28%), and Renaissance (3.31M shares, 3.10%). Together, they hold 9.75% of Safe Bulkers’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Safe Bulkers?

Yes, BlackRock owns 3.28% of Safe Bulkers, totaling 3.62M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 21.07M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -76.66K shares, a -2.07% change.

Who is Safe Bulkers’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Denali advisors is Safe Bulkers’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.26% of its assets in 691.77K Safe Bulkers shares, valued at 2.47M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Safe Bulkers shares?

iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Safe Bulkers shares, with 1.46% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.49M Safe Bulkers shares.

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