Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Forecasted to Earn Q3 2025 Earnings of $0.82 Per Share

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Saratoga Investment in a research report issued on Thursday, October 10th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.82 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.88. B. Riley currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $25.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Saratoga Investment's current full-year earnings is $3.60 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Saratoga Investment's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.60 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on SAR. Compass Point increased their price objective on shares of Saratoga Investment from $24.75 to $26.25 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Saratoga Investment from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH cut shares of Saratoga Investment from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $25.42.

Saratoga Investment Price Performance

Shares of Saratoga Investment stock traded up $0.27 on Monday, hitting $24.10. The company had a trading volume of 55,838 shares, compared to its average volume of 77,680. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $23.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 0.22 and a quick ratio of 0.07. The company has a market cap of $331.21 million, a PE ratio of 19.91 and a beta of 1.32. Saratoga Investment has a 52 week low of $21.56 and a 52 week high of $27.00.

Institutional Trading of Saratoga Investment

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SAR. Quadrature Capital Ltd boosted its stake in Saratoga Investment by 80.3% in the 4th quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 100,385 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,595,000 after purchasing an additional 44,722 shares during the period. Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new position in Saratoga Investment in the 1st quarter worth approximately $726,000. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC acquired a new position in Saratoga Investment in the 1st quarter worth approximately $710,000. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its stake in Saratoga Investment by 14.3% in the 1st quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 126,133 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,926,000 after purchasing an additional 15,782 shares during the period. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Saratoga Investment by 5.7% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 126,165 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,927,000 after purchasing an additional 6,837 shares during the period. 19.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Saratoga Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 11th were issued a dividend of $0.74 per share. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.28%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 11th. Saratoga Investment's payout ratio is 244.63%.

About Saratoga Investment

Saratoga Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in leveraged and management buyouts, acquisition financings, growth financings, recapitalization, debt refinancing, and transitional financing transactions at the lower end of middle market companies. It structures its investments as debt and equity by investing through first and second lien loans, mezzanine debt, co-investments, select high yield bonds, senior secured bonds, unsecured bonds, and preferred and common equity.