Star Bulk Announces the Availability of Its 2025 Annual Report on Form 20‐F
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Star Bulk Carriers (Nasdaq: SBLK) announced that its 2025 Annual Report on Form 20‑F, including audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, was filed with the SEC on March 19, 2026.
The Annual Report is available on the SEC website and on the company investor website for investor review.
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News Market Reaction – SBLK
In the Mar 20 session, SBLK declined 1.76%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 06 | Vessel acquisition plan | Positive | -3.9% | Conditional agreement to buy 16 Diana Shipping vessels for $470.5M. |
| Feb 25 | Q4 earnings, dividend | Positive | +0.4% | Reported $65.2M Q4 net income and declared $0.37 dividend per share. |
| Jan 30 | Earnings date set | Neutral | +0.2% | Announced Q4 2025 results release date and follow-up conference call. |
| Dec 10 | Q4 TCE update | Neutral | -2.4% | Provided estimated Q4 2025 fleetwide and segment TCE rate guidance. |
| Nov 18 | Q3 results, dividend | Neutral | -1.3% | Reported Q3 2025 results with lower revenues YoY and $0.11 dividend. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Recent news shows a mix of aligned and divergent reactions, with several fundamentally positive or neutral updates met by mild share price pressure.
Over the past six months, Star Bulk has focused on fleet expansion, capital returns, and operational transparency. An acquisition deal for 16 vessels worth $470.5 million and prior Q3–Q4 2025 results, including net income of $65.2M and declared dividends, reflect an active capital allocation strategy. TCE guidance and earnings dates provided visibility on operating performance. Today’s Form 20-F availability follows the March 19, 2026 annual filing, consolidating audited 2025 results and detailed risk disclosures, and fits into this pattern of ongoing reporting and balance-sheet updates.
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ATHENS, Greece, March 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (Nasdaq: SBLK), today announced that the Company’s annual report on Form 20‐F (the “Annual Report”), which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2026. The Annual Report can be found on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at https://www.starbulk.com.
About Star Bulk
Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk’s vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, minerals and grain, and minor bulks, which include bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, New York, Stamford and Singapore. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SBLK”. As of the date of this release on a fully delivered basis and as adjusted for the delivery of the eight firm Kamsarmax vessels currently under construction, we own a fleet of 143 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 14.3 million dwt consisting of 17 Newcastlemax, 15 Capesize, 1 Mini Capesize, 7 Post Panamax, 45 Kamsarmax, 47 Ultramax and 11 Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 55,569 dwt and 209,537 dwt.
In addition, in November 2021, we took delivery of the Capesize vessel Star Shibumi, under a seven-year charter-in arrangement and in 2024, we took delivery of the vessels Star Voyager, Star Explorer, Stargazer, Star Earendel, Star Illusion and Star Thetis, each subject to a seven-year charter-in arrangement.
Contacts
| Company: Simos Spyrou, Christos Begleris Co ‐ Chief Financial Officers Star Bulk Carriers Corp. c/o Star Bulk Management Inc. 40 Ag. Konstantinou Av. Maroussi 15124 Athens, Greece Email: info@starbulk.com www.starbulk.com | Investor Relations / Financial Media: Nicolas Bornozis President Capital Link, Inc. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1540 New York, NY 10169 Tel. (212) 661‐7566 E‐mail: starbulk@capitallink.com www.capitallink.com |
