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Saratoga Investment NYSE:SAR Stock Report

Last Price

US$23.17

Market Cap

US$314.0m

7D

2.4%

1Y

-4.8%

Updated

23 Apr, 2024

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Saratoga Investment Corp.

NYSE:SAR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$314.0m

SAR Stock Overview

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.

SAR fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation4/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance3/6
Financial Health1/6
Dividends2/6

Saratoga Investment Corp. Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Saratoga Investment
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$23.17
52 Week HighUS$28.87
52 Week LowUS$22.35
Beta1.33
1 Month Change1.18%
3 Month Change-0.22%
1 Year Change-4.85%
3 Year Change-8.38%
5 Year Change-7.58%
Change since IPO-84.29%

Recent News & Updates

Saratoga Investment Corp: Collect A 12.4% Yield With This BDC, But Proceed With Caution

Apr 20

Saratoga Investment Corp: The Leverage Is Too Excessive For Going Long

Mar 28

Recent updates

Saratoga Investment Corp: Collect A 12.4% Yield With This BDC, But Proceed With Caution

Apr 20

Saratoga Investment Corp: The Leverage Is Too Excessive For Going Long

Mar 28

Saratoga Investment (Down Big): 40+ Big-Yield BDCs Compared

Jan 31

Saratoga Investment Corp: 12% Yield, 16% Discount, Buy Rating

Jan 21

Saratoga Investment: Big Yield At Significant Discount

Dec 26

Saratoga Investment Corp: 12% Yield, Strong Growth, Undervalued, Buy Rating

Oct 13

Saratoga Investment: 11% Yield And Dividend Hiked But Leverage Elevated

Sep 29

Saratoga Investment: A +10% Yield And Discount To NAV

Aug 02

Saratoga Investment Corp: Solid Buy With Quality Capital Structure

Jul 02

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.70

Jun 01
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.70

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.69

Mar 03
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.69

Saratoga Investment: Lock In A 10% Yield At A Discount

Jan 09

Near-Shutdown Of Preferred Stock IPO Market, October 2022

Nov 04

Saratoga Investment announces notes offering and rating of BBB+

Oct 19

Saratoga Investment prices $400M CLO

Oct 03

Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Sep 01
Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Saratoga Investment raises dividend by 2% to $0.54

Aug 29

NAV Discounted Saratoga Investments Has AUM Growth Risk

Aug 23

Saratoga Investment Q1 2023 Earnings Preview

Jul 05

Saratoga Investment: Rip Through Inflation With This 9% Yield

Jun 20

Saratoga: The Time Has Come, Execute Buy Order

Apr 05

Saratoga: Well Diversified BDC But Has An Overstretched Payout Ratio

Dec 12

Saratoga: 7.1% Yield, 5 Straight Dividend Bumps

Sep 04

Saratoga Investment adds to Bullish rating as Oppenheimer initiates coverage

Jun 16

Saratoga Investment Corp 2020 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

May 06

Key Things To Watch Out For If You Are After Saratoga Investment Corp.'s (NYSE:SAR) 7.0% Dividend

Mar 22
Key Things To Watch Out For If You Are After Saratoga Investment Corp.'s (NYSE:SAR) 7.0% Dividend

How Much Of Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Do Insiders Own?

Mar 01
How Much Of Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Do Insiders Own?

Who Has Been Buying Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Shares?

Feb 08
Who Has Been Buying Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Shares?

Did You Participate In Any Of Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Fantastic 144% Return ?

Jan 12
Did You Participate In Any Of Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Fantastic 144% Return ?

Saratoga Investment increases dividend to $0.42

Jan 06

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Has Got What It Takes To Be An Attractive Dividend Stock

Dec 22
Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Has Got What It Takes To Be An Attractive Dividend Stock

Could The Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Dec 01
Could The Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Saratoga: 8% Yield, 23% Discount, And Inflation Protection

Nov 24

Shareholder Returns

SARUS Capital MarketsUS Market
7D2.4%-0.7%-3.2%
1Y-4.8%23.2%19.3%

Return vs Industry: SAR underperformed the US Capital Markets industry which returned 23.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: SAR underperformed the US Market which returned 19.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is SAR's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SAR volatility
SAR Average Weekly Movement2.1%
Capital Markets Industry Average Movement3.4%
Market Average Movement6.0%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market16.5%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.0%

Stable Share Price: SAR has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: SAR's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
2007n/aChris Oberbeckwww.saratogainvestmentcorp.com

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 firm prefers to invest in aerospace, automotive aftermarket and services, business products and services, consumer products and services, education, environmental services, industrial services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare products and services, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, restaurants services, food services, software services, technology services, specialty chemical, media and telecommunications.

Saratoga Investment Corp. Fundamentals Summary

How do Saratoga Investment's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SAR fundamental statistics
Market capUS$314.03m
Earnings (TTM)US$22.83m
Revenue (TTM)US$138.80m

13.9x

P/E Ratio

2.3x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SAR income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$138.80m
Cost of RevenueUS$0
Gross ProfitUS$138.80m
Other ExpensesUS$115.97m
EarningsUS$22.83m

Last Reported Earnings

Nov 30, 2023

Next Earnings Date

May 06, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)1.67
Gross Margin100.00%
Net Profit Margin16.45%
Debt/Equity Ratio220.7%

How did SAR perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

12.6%

Current Dividend Yield

151%

Payout Ratio
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