SAFE BULKERS INC SB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP Y7388L103 · ISIN MHY7388L1039
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryDeep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($7.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $6.31. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($1.5m notional), 5 hold puts ($2.6m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 111 |
| Q4 2022 | 103 |
| Q1 2023 | 100 |
| Q2 2023 | 104 |
| Q3 2023 | 97 |
| Q4 2023 | 112 |
| Q1 2024 | 124 |
| Q2 2024 | 140 |
| Q3 2024 | 133 |
| Q4 2024 | 131 |
| Q1 2025 | 142 |
| Q2 2025 | 130 |
| Q3 2025 | 137 |
| Q4 2025 | 147 |
| Q1 2026 | 147 |
| Q2 2026 | 160 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 66 | 71 |
| Q4 2024 | 63 | 69 |
| Q1 2025 | 79 | 57 |
| Q2 2025 | 62 | 74 |
| Q3 2025 | 63 | 62 |
| Q4 2025 | 65 | 63 |
| Q1 2026 | 78 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | 100 | 43 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $1.1m | $79.5k | 0.07 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9m | $109.4k | 0.04 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.3m | $633 | 0.00 |
| Q2 2026 | $1.5m | $2.6m | 1.68 |
Biggest buyers
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +499.7k |
| FEARNLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT AS | Added | +433.4k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +393.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +369.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +359.5k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | Added | +256.8k |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | New | +183.2k |
| NAVELLIER & ASSOCIATES INC | New | +145.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +131.6k |
Biggest sellers
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Sold out | -1.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -747.8k |
| DENALI ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -447.4k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | Reduced | -382.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -306.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -196.8k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC | Sold out | -188.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -122.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Reduced | -107.7k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $889.7k141.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $531.3k84.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $67.5k10.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $40.4k6.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $20.2k3.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $1.1m178.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $868.3k137.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $479.6k76.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $132.5k21.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $3.2k500 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
Vorini Holdings Inc.
13D · may seek influence
-3.7 pts · filed 2026-09-11
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended and supplemented by the following: On September 9, 2026, the Issuer placed 12,000,000 new shares of the Common Stock (such shares, the "Offer Shares" and such transaction, the "Private Placement") to selected institutional investors who participated an accelerated bookbuilding process. Based on the results of the accelerated bookbuilding process, the Issuer accepted offers for 12,000,000 Offer Shares and set the offering price for the Offer Shares at (euro)6.70 per Offer Share (the "Offer Price"). As a result, the total gross proceeds raised from the Prive Placement amounted to 80,400,000. Polys Hajioannou, acting through Moutoulas, participated in the Private Placement and was allocated 1,500,000 Offer Shares. Subject to the lock-up agreement described in Item … Full filing |
43.8% |
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0m $25.5m | Reduced -1.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.6m $22.5m | Added +499.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.8m $17.7m | Reduced -747.8k |
| FEARNLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 5.25% of their portfolio | 2.3m $14.6m | Added +433.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $11.2m | Reduced -196.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $10.5m | Added +57.4k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $10.3m | Added +1.2m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $10.0m | Reduced -382.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $9.4m | Added +393.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.9m | Reduced -306.3k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $8.5m | Added +82.8k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.2m $7.7m | Added +12.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 901.7k $5.7m | Added +256.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 847.6k $5.4m | Added +45.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 805.4k $5.1m | Added +41.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 755.4k $4.8m | Added +122.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 734.4k $4.6m | Added +107.9k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 706.5k $4.5m | Added +42.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 623.4k $3.9m | Added +72.3k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 564.4k $3.6m | Added +112.9k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.9k $3.1m | Added +44.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 417.2k $2.6m | Added +369.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 410.2k $2.6m | Added +63.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 399.5k $2.5m | Added +43.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 370.0k $2.3m | Added +359.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 329.6k $2.1m | Reduced -122.5k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.3k $1.7m | Added +131.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.1k $1.7m | Added +37.0k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 262.6k $1.7m | Added +5.9k |
| Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 260.0k $1.6m | Added +50.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 200.2k $1.3m | Added +70.7k |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 183.2k $1.2m | New |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.6k $1.1m | Added +11.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.9k $977.7k | Reduced -107.7k |
| NAVELLIER & ASSOCIATES INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 145.6k $918.6k | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.3k $904.5k | Added +8.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.5k $861.2k | Added +61.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.9k $851.4k | Added +21.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.8k $844.4k | Reduced -43.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.4k $828.9k | Added +16.0k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.2k $783.8k | Reduced -12.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.3k $771.0k | Added +80.7k |
| Odyssean, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 118.9k $750.1k | Added +41.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.2k $663.6k | Reduced -56.3k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 105.0k $662.6k | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.9k $636.4k | Added +83.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.8k $629.7k | Reduced -11.0k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 87.4k $551.2k | Added +20.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.9k $548.3k | Added +78 |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 86.7k $547.1k | Reduced -28.0k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.0k $523.7k | Added +4.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.8k $497.0k | New |
| Voleon Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.1k $492.6k | Reduced -55.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.3k $483.0k | Added +8.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.0k $454.2k | Added +13.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.9k $447.5k | Reduced -23.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.9k $428.5k | Added +2.7k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.9k $415.8k | Added +32.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.8k $402.4k | Added +20.7k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.6k $401.4k | Added +26.6k |
| DENALI ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 57.4k $362.3k | Reduced -447.4k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.7k $351.5k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.9k $340.4k | Added +17.5k |
| Ethic Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.0k $328.2k | Reduced -2.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.7k $320.0k | Added +30.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.5k $306.1k | Added +26.9k |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.8k $301.5k | New |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.7k $295.0k | Reduced -15.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.3k $292.2k | New |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.8k $289.2k | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.4k $287.0k | Added +10.3k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.5k $274.5k | Added +7.9k |
| QUADRANT CAPITAL GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.1k $272.2k | Reduced -52.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.5k $262.1k | New |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 41.1k $259.2k | Reduced -100.3k |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.0k $258.4k | Added +3.2k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.8k $251.2k | Added +11.5k |
| Cornerstone Investment Partners, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 37.8k $238.5k | New |
| PCM Encore, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 35.7k $225.5k | Unchanged |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.0k $208.6k | Unchanged |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $170.3k | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.2k $165.0k | Added +128 |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $160.8k | Added +2.5k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $160.7k | Added +1.0k |
| HARVEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 25.0k $157.8k | Added +5.0k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.9k $144.7k | Added +3.1k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.8k $157.0k | Added +3.5k |
| Abel Hall, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 21.2k $133.7k | Reduced -171 |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $130.8k | Reduced -1.9k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.6k $130.0k | New |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.3k $128.2k | Reduced -26.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.2k $127.3k | Unchanged |
| SEEDS INVESTOR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.2k $127.2k | Added +1.0k |
| Kiker Wealth Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.0k $126.2k | Unchanged |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.4k $122.4k | Added +32 |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.2k $115.0k | Added +6.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.3k $109.5k | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.6k $104.9k | Added +3.4k |
| PharVision Advisers, LLC 1.96% of their portfolio | 16.5k $104.1k | Reduced -8.5k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.5k $104.1k | Unchanged |