Saratoga Investment Corp.

NYSE:SAR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$314.0m

Saratoga Investment Dividend

Dividend criteria checks 2/6

Saratoga Investment is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 12.6%.

Key information

12.6%

Dividend yield

151%

Payout ratio

Industry average yield2.4%
Next dividend pay daten/a
Ex dividend daten/a
Dividend per sharen/a
Earnings per shareUS$1.67
Dividend yield forecast in 3Y12.9%

Recent dividend updates

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

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: SAR's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: SAR's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.


Dividend Yield vs Market

Saratoga Investment Dividend Yield vs Market
How does SAR dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (SAR)12.6%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.6%
Market Top 25% (US)4.8%
Industry Average (Capital Markets)2.4%
Analyst forecast in 3 Years (SAR)12.9%

Notable Dividend: SAR's dividend (12.6%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.58%).

High Dividend: SAR's dividend (12.6%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.8%)


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (151.2%), SAR's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: SAR is paying a dividend but the company has no free cash flows.


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