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Saratoga Investment (SAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$23.74 +0.03 (+0.13%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

About Saratoga Investment Stock (NYSE:SAR)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$23.48
$24.07
50-Day Range
$23.23
$26.07
52-Week Range
$21.56
$26.49
Volume
84,009 shs
Average Volume
80,318 shs
Market Capitalization
$327.64 million
P/E Ratio
15.52
Dividend Yield
12.47%
Price Target
$25.42
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

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. The firm prefers to invest in aerospace, automotive aftermarket and services, business products and services, consumer products and services, education, environmental services, industrial services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare products and services, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, restaurants services, food services, software services, technology services, specialty chemical, media and telecommunications. It seeks to invest in the United States. The firm primarily invests $5 million to $50 million in companies having EBITDA of $2 million or greater and revenues of $8 million to $250 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. It invests through direct lending as well as participation in loan syndicates. The firm was formerly known as GSC Investment Corp. Saratoga Investment Corp. was formed on 2007 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Florham Park, New Jersey.

Saratoga Investment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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33rd Percentile Overall Score

SAR MarketRank™: 

Saratoga Investment scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 774th out of 937 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Saratoga Investment has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Saratoga Investment has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Saratoga Investment's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Saratoga Investment are expected to decrease by -29.26% in the coming year, from $3.93 to $2.78 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Saratoga Investment is 15.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.72.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Saratoga Investment is 15.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 46.86.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Saratoga Investment has a P/B Ratio of 0.88. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.29% of the outstanding shares of Saratoga Investment have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Saratoga Investment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Saratoga Investment has recently increased by 16.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Saratoga Investment is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.59%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Saratoga Investment does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Saratoga Investment is 193.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on EPS estimates, Saratoga Investment will have a dividend payout ratio of 106.47% in the coming year. This indicates that Saratoga Investment may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about Saratoga Investment's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.29% of the outstanding shares of Saratoga Investment have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Saratoga Investment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Saratoga Investment has recently increased by 16.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Saratoga Investment has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Saratoga Investment this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    15 people have searched for SAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 275% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Saratoga Investment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Saratoga Investment insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    12.00% of the stock of Saratoga Investment is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 19.09% of the stock of Saratoga Investment is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Saratoga Investment's insider trading history.
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SAR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Saratoga Investment's stock was trading at $25.86 at the start of the year. Since then, SAR shares have decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $23.74.
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Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.39. The financial services provider had revenue of $43 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $36.84 million. Saratoga Investment had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.88% and a net margin of 13.64%.

Top institutional investors of Saratoga Investment include Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (1.01%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.81%), International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.82%) and Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC (0.45%). Insiders that own company stock include Christian L Oberbeck and Steven M Looney.
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Shares of SAR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Saratoga Investment investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Energy Transfer (ET), Rithm Capital (RITM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 9/26 Dividend
9/11/2024
Dividend Payable
9/26/2024
Last Earnings
10/08/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/19 Dividend
12/04/2024
Dividend Payable
12/19/2024
Today
12/20/2024
Fiscal Year End
2/28/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Finance
Industry
Investment advice
Sub-Industry
Financial Services
Employees
3,211
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$25.42
High Stock Price Target
$26.25
Low Stock Price Target
$25.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+7.1%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.25
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$8.93 million
Pretax Margin
38.31%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$34.01 million
Cash Flow
$4.14 per share
Book Value
$27.12 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
12,145,000
Market Cap
$327.64 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.33
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This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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