Saratoga Investment (SAR) Competitors $23.46 +0.61 (+2.67%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$23.50 +0.04 (+0.19%) As of 04/17/2025 06:23 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SAR vs. GSBD, CET, MUC, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, and HQHShould you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Saratoga Investment vs. Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk & volatility, SAR or GSBD? Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is SAR or GSBD a better dividend stock? Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Saratoga Investment pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 224.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saratoga Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts prefer SAR or GSBD? Saratoga Investment currently has a consensus target price of $25.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.05%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Saratoga Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Saratoga Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25Goldman Sachs BDC 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media favor SAR or GSBD? In the previous week, Saratoga Investment and Saratoga Investment both had 5 articles in the media. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.45 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Saratoga Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Goldman Sachs BDC 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has higher valuation and earnings, SAR or GSBD? Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Saratoga Investment. Saratoga Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goldman Sachs BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSaratoga Investment$46.93M7.17$8.93M$2.489.46Goldman Sachs BDC$78.71M15.74$195.87M$0.5718.54 Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAR or GSBD? Goldman Sachs BDC received 5 more outperform votes than Saratoga Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSaratoga InvestmentOutperform Votes26957.73% Underperform Votes19742.27% Goldman Sachs BDCOutperform Votes27455.35% Underperform Votes22144.65% Is SAR or GSBD more profitable? Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 22.01% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 17.01%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat Saratoga Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Saratoga Investment22.01% 15.53% 4.80% Goldman Sachs BDC 17.01%15.72%7.08% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SAR or GSBD? 19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryGoldman Sachs BDC beats Saratoga Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Saratoga Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SAR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSaratoga InvestmentInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$327.81M$9.94B$10.82B$18.42BDividend Yield13.03%24.86%5.99%4.21%P/E Ratio9.4634.6421.6731.10Price / Sales7.177.2425.4326.58Price / Cash6.1317.7117.6117.54Price / Book0.873.422.564.30Net Income$8.93M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance4.10%4.09%1.87%1.42%1 Month Performance-3.02%-7.13%-3.71%-7.33%1 Year Performance3.26%0.87%535.22%2.26% Saratoga Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SARSaratoga Investment1.5742 of 5 stars$23.46+2.7%$25.08+6.9%+3.9%$327.81M$46.93M9.463,211Short Interest ↑News CoverageGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC2.4545 of 5 stars$10.08-4.9%$13.00+29.0%-30.2%$1.18B$78.71M14.39N/AShort Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$40.83-0.5%N/A+5.2%$1.18B$296.20M0.006News CoveragePositive NewsMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.63-1.3%N/A-3.5%$1.02B$38.10M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMFICMidCap Financial Investment3.305 of 5 stars$10.88-5.4%$14.60+34.2%-21.0%$1.02B$110.35M6.97N/AHigh Trading VolumeNMFCNew Mountain Finance3.4641 of 5 stars$9.33-6.7%$11.00+17.9%-21.6%$1.01B$123.78M8.89N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.8394 of 5 stars$14.25-5.7%$18.50+29.8%-4.4%$920.89M$138.19M7.161,000Short Interest ↓High Trading VolumeBBDCBarings BDC1.9202 of 5 stars$8.16-5.8%$10.00+22.6%-6.0%$859.61M$123.59M7.8426High Trading VolumeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$9.77-2.5%N/A+0.4%$842.04M$152.17M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumePFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.0381 of 5 stars$9.37-6.8%$12.00+28.1%-12.3%$823.88M$114.06M6.69658Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$14.20-4.4%N/A-6.3%$718.88M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GSBD Competitors CET Competitors MUC Competitors MFIC Competitors NMFC Competitors BCSF Competitors BBDC Competitors AWF Competitors PFLT Competitors HQH Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners🥾⛏️👷♂️ What I Learned From Numerous Mine Visits...Twenty years ago, I made a decision that changed my life. 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