Saratoga Investment - SAR Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saratoga Investment in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" SAR shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Saratoga Investment's shares. Their SAR share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $29.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $27.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Saratoga Investment's stock was trading at $25.49 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, SAR stock has increased by 5.9% and is now trading at $26.99.
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Saratoga Investment saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 40,400 shares, a decrease of 16.0% from the December 15th total of 48,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 35,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 10th. The financial services provider reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $26.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.87 million. Saratoga Investment had a net margin of 16.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.40%.

Saratoga Investment announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Wednesday, January 4th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.54.
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Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.12%. SAR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 232.48%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, SAR will have a dividend payout ratio of 82.18% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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4 employees have rated Saratoga Investment Chief Executive Officer Guy T. Kuster on Glassdoor.com. Guy T. Kuster has an approval rating of 61% among the company's employees. This puts Guy T. Kuster in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saratoga Investment investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), New Residential Investment (NRZ), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Ares Capital (ARCC), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Chimera Investment (CIM) and Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP).

Saratoga Investment trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SAR."

Saratoga Investment's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.95%), LPL Financial LLC (0.58%), Private Advisor Group LLC (0.46%), Banque Pictet & Cie SA (0.37%), Claybrook Capital LLC (0.27%) and PFG Advisors (0.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Christian L Oberbeck, George Cabell Williams III, Henri J Steenkamp and Steven M Looney.
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Shares of SAR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SAR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.99.

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) has a market capitalization of $320.91 million and generates $70.74 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $45.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis.

Saratoga Investment's mailing address is 535 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.saratogainvestmentcorp.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 906-7800, via email at ccrosetto@gsc.com, or via fax at 212-884-6184.