SAR vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, and PHK
Should you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Saratoga Investment vs. Its Competitors
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Saratoga Investment has a consensus price target of $24.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.71%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Central Securities.
In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 0 mentions for Central Securities. Saratoga Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Central Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Saratoga Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saratoga Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Central Securities.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Saratoga Investment pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 24.85% compared to Central Securities' net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 12.71% beat Central Securities' return on equity.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Saratoga Investment beats Central Securities on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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