Saga Communications, Inc. - (SGA): Price and Financial Metrics

SGA POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where SGA ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 99.25% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SGA is in Sentiment, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SGA ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

SGA Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 86.62% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC is higher than it is for about merely 0.33% of US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for SGA comes in at 23.88% -- higher than that of 92.56% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SGA, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ESP, USLM, BYRN, REX, and BEEM.
• SGA's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC's official web site, go to sagacom.com.

SGA Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Communication Services stock, SGA's EV/EBIT ratio is 45.82% lower, now standing at 8.1.
• SGA's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 8.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SGA.

SGA Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at 8.43%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -20.53%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 509.28%.

Over the past 33 months, SGA's revenue has gone down $9,153,000.

The table below shows SGA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	113.919	19.561	8.615
2022-06-30	112.784	17.241	12.173
2022-03-31	111.009	19.048	11.603
2021-12-31	108.343	19.104	11.157
2021-09-30	107.945	17.787	9.733
2021-06-30	103.243	12.972	5.329

SGA'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.

• SGA has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 51.31% of graded US stocks.
• SGA's asset turnover comes in at 0.417 -- ranking 32nd of 65 Communication stocks.
• BBGI, INTEQ, and TMUS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SGA.

The table below shows SGA's key quality metrics over time.