Saratoga Investment Corp New (SAR): Price and Financial Metrics
SAR Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $27.74 | 52-week high | $28.87 |
| Prev. close | $27.94 | 52-week low | $20.16 |
| Day low | $27.60 | Volume | 63,315 |
| Day high | $28.02 | Avg. volume | 51,885 |
| 50-day MA | $25.05 | Dividend yield | 9.64% |
| 200-day MA | $24.98 | Market Cap | 329.02M |
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SAR POWR Grades
- SAR scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 93.17% of US stocks.
- SAR's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
- SAR ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 39th percentile.
SAR Stock Summary
- For SAR, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 98.85% of US equities we're observing.
- Revenue growth over the past 12 months for SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP comes in at 40.09%, a number that bests 84.16% of the US stocks we're tracking.
- Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for SAR comes in at -53.88% -- higher than that of only 9.97% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP are FDUS, PSEC, OFS, GLAD, and HRZN.
- Visit SAR's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.saratogainvestmentcorp.com.
SAR Valuation Summary
- SAR's price/earnings ratio is 12.7; this is 49.41% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
- Over the past 197 months, SAR's price/sales ratio has gone NA NA.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for SAR.
| Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAR | 2023-05-19 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 16.0 |
| SAR | 2023-05-18 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 12.6 | 16.0 |
| SAR | 2023-05-17 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 12.4 | 15.9 |
| SAR | 2023-05-16 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.2 | 15.8 |
| SAR | 2023-05-15 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.0 | 15.7 |
| SAR | 2023-05-12 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.0 | 15.7 |
SAR Growth Metrics
- Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -324.72%.
- Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -225.81%.
- Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 389.47%.
The table below shows SAR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
| Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | 85.76978 | -309.1301 | 13.88018 |
| 2022-09-30 | 76.01486 | -271.3768 | 16.20603 |
| 2022-06-30 | 72.6037 | -181.5852 | 23.19925 |
| 2022-03-31 | 70.74056 | -203.1336 | 45.73518 |
| 2021-12-31 | 67.97456 | -52.30802 | 46.58631 |
| 2021-09-30 | 65.75521 | -100.0174 | 44.61252 |
SAR's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- SAR has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 44.13% of graded US stocks.
- SAR's asset turnover comes in at 0.1 -- ranking 211th of 442 Trading stocks.
- NAVI, MKTX, and SLG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SAR.
The table below shows SAR's key quality metrics over time.
| Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | 0.100 | 0.650 | 0.065 |
| 2021-05-31 | 0.099 | 0.645 | 0.084 |
| 2021-02-28 | 0.102 | 0.757 | 0.036 |
| 2020-11-30 | 0.107 | 0.701 | 0.063 |
| 2020-08-31 | 0.107 | 0.690 | 0.073 |
| 2020-05-31 | 0.110 | 0.684 | 0.054 |
SAR Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of SAR, see our SAR price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
| Average Price Target | $29.19 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.25 (Strong Buy) |
Saratoga Investment Corp New (SAR) Company Bio
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 company is based in New York City, New York.
Latest SAR News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate SAR as an investment opportunity.
Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.70Saratoga Investment Corp. ( NYSE:SAR ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's... |
Saratoga Investment Corp. Increases Quarterly Dividend by $0.01, or 1.4%, to $0.70 per Share for the Fiscal First Quarter Ended May 31, 2023NEW YORK, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) (“Saratoga Investment” or “the Company”), a business development company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share for the fiscal first quarter ended May 31, 2023, an increase of $0.01 from $0.69 per share in the prior fiscal fourth quarter, and the thirteenth quarterly dividend increase in a row. This dividend is payable on June 29, 2023, to all stockholders of |
Best Income Stocks to Buy for May 8thSAR, KHC and VEOEY made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on May 8, 2023. |
Q4 2023 Saratoga Investment Corp Earnings CallQ4 2023 Saratoga Investment Corp Earnings Call |
Saratoga Investment (SAR) Surpasses Q4 Earnings and Revenue EstimatesSaratoga Investment (SAR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 22.50% and 15.90%, respectively, for the quarter ended February 2023. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock? |
SAR Price Returns
| 1-mo | 13.97% |
| 3-mo | 3.48% |
| 6-mo | 8.95% |
| 1-year | 15.21% |
| 3-year | 111.89% |
| 5-year | 76.85% |
| YTD | 11.85% |
| 2022 | -3.82% |
| 2021 | 51.00% |
| 2020 | -10.92% |
| 2019 | 34.20% |
| 2018 | -2.78% |
SAR Dividends
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