Saratoga Investment Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 4/6
Saratoga Investment is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 11.5%. Next payment date is on 19th December, 2024 with an ex-dividend date of 4th December, 2024.
Key information
11.5%
Dividend yield
-6.9%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 4.6% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 11.5% |
| Dividend Growth | -0.07% |
| Next dividend pay date | 19 Dec 24 |
| Ex dividend date | 04 Dec 24 |
| Dividend per share | US$2.960 |
| Payout ratio | 187% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Saratoga Investment: 12% Yield That Is Not Worth The Risk
Oct 18Saratoga Investment Corp: 12% Yield, 13% Discount
Sep 20Saratoga Investment: The Leverage Remains A Concern
Jul 17Saratoga Investment Corp: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Jul 05Saratoga Investment Corp: Solid BDC But Lacks NAV Growth
May 16Saratoga Investment Corp: Collect A 12.4% Yield With This BDC, But Proceed With Caution
Apr 20Saratoga Investment Corp: The Leverage Is Too Excessive For Going Long
Mar 28Saratoga Investment (Down Big): 40+ Big-Yield BDCs Compared
Jan 31Saratoga Investment Corp: 12% Yield, 16% Discount, Buy Rating
Jan 21Saratoga Investment: Big Yield At Significant Discount
Dec 26Saratoga Investment Corp: 12% Yield, Strong Growth, Undervalued, Buy Rating
Oct 13Saratoga Investment: 11% Yield And Dividend Hiked But Leverage Elevated
Sep 29Saratoga Investment: A +10% Yield And Discount To NAV
Aug 02Saratoga Investment Corp: Solid Buy With Quality Capital Structure
Jul 02Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.70
Jun 01
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.69
Mar 03Saratoga Investment: Lock In A 10% Yield At A Discount
Jan 09Near-Shutdown Of Preferred Stock IPO Market, October 2022
Nov 04Saratoga Investment announces notes offering and rating of BBB+
Oct 19Saratoga Investment prices $400M CLO
Oct 03Saratoga Investment's (NYSE:SAR) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year
Sep 01Saratoga Investment raises dividend by 2% to $0.54
Aug 29NAV Discounted Saratoga Investments Has AUM Growth Risk
Aug 23Saratoga Investment Q1 2023 Earnings Preview
Jul 05Saratoga Investment: Rip Through Inflation With This 9% Yield
Jun 20Saratoga: The Time Has Come, Execute Buy Order
Apr 05Saratoga: Well Diversified BDC But Has An Overstretched Payout Ratio
Dec 12Saratoga: 7.1% Yield, 5 Straight Dividend Bumps
Sep 04Saratoga Investment adds to Bullish rating as Oppenheimer initiates coverage
Jun 16Stability 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 increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Saratoga Investment Dividend Yield vs Market |
|---|
| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (SAR) | 11.5% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.3% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.2% |
| Industry Average (Capital Markets) | 1.8% |
| Analyst forecast (SAR) (up to 3 years) | 11.5% |
Notable Dividend: SAR's dividend (11.5%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.35%).
High Dividend: SAR's dividend (11.5%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.19%)
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (187%), SAR's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonably low cash payout ratio (48.6%), SAR's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.