Safehold (SAFE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) is a real estate investment trust focused on owning ground leases. Through its ground-lease model, the company acquires and owns the land beneath commercial, residential, and other real estate assets while leasing that land to property owners under long-term agreements. This structure allows building owners to access the value of the land without selling the underlying property.

Safehold’s portfolio has included ground leases supporting multifamily, office, hotel, life sciences, industrial, and other commercial properties. The company generally seeks to generate long-term, contractual rental income from its land investments while giving property owners greater flexibility to finance, develop, or manage the buildings located on the leased sites.

Safehold was established in 2017 by iStar Inc. to institutionalize the modern ground-lease business. The company operates primarily in the United States, with investments concentrated in major real estate markets. Its business is designed to provide a long-duration real estate investment platform based on ownership of land rather than the buildings constructed on it.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.91 to $12.28
• 50-Day Range: $11.79 to $16.70
• 52-Week Range: $11.60 to $17.45
• Volume: 758,118 shs
• Average Volume: 600,771 shs
• Market Capitalization: $857.13 million
• P/E Ratio: 7.47
• Dividend Yield: 5.87%
• Price Target: $15.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Safehold Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Safehold scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 36th out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Safehold has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Safehold has a consensus price target of $15.67, representing about 29.4% upside from its current price of $12.10.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Safehold has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Safehold are expected to grow by 4.27% in the coming year, from $1.64 to $1.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Safehold is 7.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Safehold is 7.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.00.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Safehold has a PEG Ratio of 3.60. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Safehold has a P/B Ratio of 0.36. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.15% of the float of Safehold has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Safehold has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.59.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Safehold has recently increased by 3.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Safehold is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.87%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Safehold has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Safehold is 43.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Safehold will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.52% next year. This indicates that Safehold will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.11

News Sentiment

Safehold has a news sentiment score of 0.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Safehold this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Safehold insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $138,320.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.80% of the stock of Safehold is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.38% of the stock of Safehold is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Specialized REITs
• Sub-Industry: Other Specialized REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SAFE
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:SAFE
• CIK: 1095651
• Web: www.safeholdinc.com
• Phone: (212) 930-9400
• Fax: 212-930-9494
• Employees: 72
• Year Founded: 1993

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Safehold: $15.67
• High Price Target: $23.00
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.62
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.38
• P/E Growth: 3.6
• Net Income: $114.47 million
• Net Margins: 27.70%
• Pretax Margin: 28.64%
• Return on Equity: 4.76%
• Return on Assets: 1.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.77
• Current Ratio: 34.37
• Quick Ratio: 34.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $385.55 million
• Price / Sales: 2.22
• Cash Flow: $1.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.28
• Book Value: $34.00 per share
• Price / Book: 0.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 70,820,000
• Free Float: 68,125,000
• Market Cap: $857.13 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.78