SAR vs. GSBD, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, and CGBD
Should 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), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Saratoga Investment vs.
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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Saratoga Investment has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 6 more outperform votes than Saratoga Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.76% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
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.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Saratoga Investment pays out 119.4% 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 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 5 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.25 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saratoga Investment presently has a consensus price target of $25.08, indicating a potential upside of 0.81%. Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Saratoga Investment.
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.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Saratoga Investment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
