Q1 2025 Earnings Forecast for Saratoga Investment Corp. Issued By B. Riley (NYSE:SAR)

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at B. Riley lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Saratoga Investment in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 7th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $0.99 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.92. The consensus estimate for Saratoga Investment's current full-year earnings is $4.23 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Saratoga Investment's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.74 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on SAR. StockNews.com cut Saratoga Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Tuesday. Oppenheimer cut Saratoga Investment from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $24.00 to $23.00 in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $25.69.

Saratoga Investment Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE SAR traded up $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $23.14. The stock had a trading volume of 62,189 shares, compared to its average volume of 89,246. Saratoga Investment has a fifty-two week low of $22.35 and a fifty-two week high of $28.87. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $23.16 and a 200-day moving average of $24.07. The company has a current ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 0.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The firm has a market cap of $316.99 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.38 and a beta of 1.28.

Saratoga Investment Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 13th were given a dividend of $0.73 per share. This is a boost from Saratoga Investment's previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 12.62%. Saratoga Investment's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 411.27%.

Institutional Trading of Saratoga Investment

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Larson Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Saratoga Investment by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 9,664 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $250,000 after buying an additional 512 shares in the last quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. grew its holdings in Saratoga Investment by 6.9% in the 3rd quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 11,655 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $300,000 after buying an additional 750 shares in the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in Saratoga Investment by 7.9% in the 1st quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 11,393 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $264,000 after buying an additional 832 shares in the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in Saratoga Investment by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 24,191 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $626,000 after buying an additional 1,024 shares in the last quarter. Finally, C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. bought a new position in Saratoga Investment in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $36,000. 19.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Saratoga Investment Company Profile

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.