Saratoga Investment (SAR) Projected to Post Earnings on Tuesday

Key Points

• Saratoga Investment is set to release its Q2 2026 earnings report on October 7th, with analysts predicting earnings of $0.67 per share and revenue of $32.387 million.
• The company has declared a monthly dividend of $0.25 per share, which will be paid on December 18th, reflecting a high annualized yield of 12.4%.
• Investors should note that Saratoga Investment's stock was recently downgraded from a "buy" to a "neutral" rating, with a revised target price of $24.25 per share.

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR - Get Free Report) is expected to post its Q2 2026 results after the market closes on Tuesday, October 7th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.67 per share and revenue of $32.3870 million for the quarter. Parties may review the information on the company's upcoming Q2 2026 earningreport for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET.

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by ($0.03). Saratoga Investment had a net margin of 24.85% and a return on equity of 12.71%. The business had revenue of $35.22 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.75 million. On average, analysts expect Saratoga Investment to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Saratoga Investment Trading Down 0.9%

NYSE SAR opened at $24.17 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 0.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Saratoga Investment has a twelve month low of $21.10 and a twelve month high of $26.49. The company has a market cap of $385.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.79 and a beta of 0.67. The business's fifty day moving average is $24.94 and its 200 day moving average is $24.53.

Saratoga Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 12.4%. Saratoga Investment's payout ratio is presently 121.46%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SAR. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Saratoga Investment in the 2nd quarter worth about $355,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its position in Saratoga Investment by 24.0% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 6,256 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $155,000 after buying an additional 1,211 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in Saratoga Investment by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 23,476 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $595,000 after buying an additional 1,018 shares in the last quarter. 19.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Compass Point downgraded Saratoga Investment from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and cut their target price for the stock from $25.25 to $24.25 in a report on Monday, June 9th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $24.25.

About Saratoga Investment

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.

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