Safe Bulkers Ownership | Who Owns Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers Ownership Summary

Safe Bulkers is owned by 29.16% institutional investors, 47.28% insiders, and 23.56% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 3.35% of SB shares. iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund, with 1.34% of its assets in Safe Bulkers shares.

SB Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Safe Bulkers	29.16%	47.28%	23.56%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	64.07%	12.69%	23.24%
Industry	Marine Shipping Stocks	24.10%	29.89%	46.00%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.44M	3.35%	$12.40M
Blackrock	3.62M	3.28%	$21.07M
Renaissance	3.31M	3.10%	$11.80M
Lsv asset management	2.05M	2.00%	$7.40M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.79M	1.75%	$6.48M
State street	1.62M	1.47%	$9.45M
Goldman sachs group	1.54M	1.44%	$5.49M
American century companies	1.44M	1.41%	$5.20M
Bridgeway capital management	1.09M	1.02%	$3.89M
Denali advisors	930.08K	0.91%	$3.36M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Denali advisors	930.08K	0.35%	$3.36M
E fund management (hong kong)	117.54K	0.32%	$521.86K
Manatuck hill partners	225.00K	0.31%	$812.25K
Sage investment counsel	25.00K	0.12%	$111.00K
Bridgeway capital management	1.09M	0.09%	$3.89M
Koss-olinger consulting	167.42K	0.05%	$604.00K
State of wyoming	93.63K	0.05%	$415.69K
Sherbrooke park advisers	30.00K	0.05%	$108.32K
Kiker wealth management	20.00K	0.04%	$88.80K
Emc capital management	21.15K	0.04%	$76.00K

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
State street	1.62M	0.00%	205.65K
American century companies	1.44M	0.00%	204.87K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
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
Two sigma advisers, lp	555.00K	0.00%	-227.20K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Squarepoint ops	280.13K	0.00%	280.13K	$1.00M
E fund management (hong kong)	117.54K	0.32%	117.54K	$521.86K
Gsa capital partners llp	57.70K	0.02%	57.70K	$206.00K
Verition fund management	32.71K	0.00%	32.71K	$118.09K
Savvy advisors	24.20K	0.01%	24.20K	$87.36K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
National bank of canada /fi/	-6.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-14.00
Allspring global investments	-21.00
Rothschild investment	-35.00
Smartleaf asset management	-45.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	127	-9.29%	29,884,371	-1.88%	29	3.56%	58	-24.68%	47	11.90%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.37M	1.34%	-
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	1.33M	1.30%	4.99K
Acadian Emerging Markets Small-Cap Comp	988.04K	0.93%	305.67K
Columbia Small Cap Value I A	882.70K	0.86%	24.20K
Columbia Small Cap Value Discv A	882.70K	0.86%	24.20K
Columbia Small Cap Value I	858.50K	0.84%	181.00
Columbia Small Cap Value Discovery Fund	858.50K	0.84%	181.00
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF	643.08K	0.63%	442.00
Goldman Sachs Small Cp Val Insghts Instl	597.08K	0.58%	27.83K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	582.65K	0.57%	-29.36K

SB Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 29.16%, followed by 47.28% insiders and 23.56% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Safe Bulkers's industry, Marine Shipping Stocks, is 24.10%, which Safe Bulkers exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Safe Bulkers?

Safe Bulkers’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.44M shares, 3.35%), Blackrock (3.62M shares, 3.28%), and Renaissance (3.31M shares, 3.10%). Together, they hold 9.73% 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 0.35% of its assets in 930.08K Safe Bulkers shares, valued at 3.36M$.

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 1.34% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.37M Safe Bulkers shares.

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