Saratoga Investment Corp New (SAR): Price and Financial Metrics

Saratoga Investment Corp New (SAR): $23.52

0.08 (-0.34%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

B

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

D

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Industry: Private Equity

Industry

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SAR Price/Volume Stats

Current price $23.52 52-week high $28.87
Prev. close $23.60 52-week low $22.63
Day low $23.45 Volume 69,200
Day high $23.67 Avg. volume 128,348
50-day MA $24.47 Dividend yield 12.24%
200-day MA $25.50 Market Cap 321.12M

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SAR POWR Grades

  • Sentiment is the dimension where SAR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.75% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for SAR is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • SAR's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 19.33% of US stocks).

SAR Stock Summary

  • The ratio of debt to operating expenses for SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP is higher than it is for about 98.93% of US stocks.
  • As for revenue growth, note that SAR's revenue has grown 69.33% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of 93.59% of US companies in our set.
  • The volatility of SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 5.66% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be SACH, TPVG, DKL, GLAD, and VICI.
  • 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/sales ratio is 2.6; this is 116.67% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
  • Over the past 204 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 2023-12-22 2.6 0.9 10.2 14.1
SAR 2023-12-21 2.6 0.9 10.1 14.1
SAR 2023-12-20 2.6 0.9 10.1 14.1
SAR 2023-12-19 2.6 0.9 10.3 14.1
SAR 2023-12-18 2.6 0.9 10.3 14.1
SAR 2023-12-15 2.6 0.9 10.3 14.1

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%.
SAR's revenue has moved up $52,612,630 over the prior 70 months.

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.


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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 Corp. to Report Fiscal Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Hold Conference Call

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR), a business development company, will report its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2023, on Tuesday January 9, 2024, after market close. A conference call to discuss the financial results will be held on Wednesday January 10, 2024. Details for the conference call are provided below. Who:Christian L. Oberbeck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Grisius, Chief Investment Officer

Yahoo | December 28, 2023

PhenixFIN (PFX) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

PhenixFIN (PFX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 15.38% and 13.56%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2023. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Yahoo | December 22, 2023

Investing in Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) five years ago would have delivered you a 105% gain

The main point of investing for the long term is to make money. Better yet, you'd like to see the share price move up...

Yahoo | December 19, 2023

Saratoga Investment Corp. Increases Quarterly Dividend by $0.01, or 1.4%, to $0.72 per Share for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended November 30, 2023

Contact: Henri SteenkampSaratoga Investment Corp.212-906-7800 NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 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 $0.72 per share for the fiscal third quarter ended November 30, 2023, an increase of $0.01 from $0.71 per share in the prior fiscal second quarter, and the fifteenth quarterly dividend increase in a row

Yahoo | November 15, 2023

Here's Why Saratoga Investment (SAR) Is a Great 'Buy the Bottom' Stock Now

After losing some value lately, a hammer chart pattern has been formed for Saratoga Investment (SAR), indicating that the stock has found support. This, combined with an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions, could lead to a trend reversal for the stock in the near term.

Yahoo | October 13, 2023

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SAR Price Returns

1-mo 2.17%
3-mo -5.58%
6-mo -4.85%
1-year -5.74%
3-year 31.39%
5-year 53.93%
YTD -9.05%
2023 12.91%
2022 -3.82%
2021 51.00%
2020 -10.92%
2019 34.20%

SAR Dividends

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