NYSE:SAR - Saratoga Investment Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Saratoga Investment announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.31%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 23rd. View Saratoga Investment's Dividend History.

Saratoga Investment Corp (NYSE:SAR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 9th. The financial services provider reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.79. The financial services provider earned $14.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.17 million. Saratoga Investment had a return on equity of 9.77% and a net margin of 68.38%. View Saratoga Investment's Earnings History.

Saratoga Investment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Saratoga Investment.

6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Saratoga Investment's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Saratoga Investment's stock price to reach $26.46 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Saratoga Investment.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saratoga Investment in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Saratoga Investment.

News articles about SAR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saratoga Investment earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Saratoga Investment.

Saratoga Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 22,200 shares, an increase of 55.2% from the December 31st total of 14,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 95,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Saratoga Investment's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Saratoga Investment include Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), PJT Partners (PJT), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Brightsphere Investment Group (BSIG), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), Barings BDC (BBDC), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Value Line (VALU), PUYI INC/ADR (PUYI), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), StoneCastle Financial (BANX) and Alcentra Capital (ABDC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saratoga Investment investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ares Capital (ARCC), New Residential Investment (NRZ), AT&T (T), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Blackstone Group (BX).

Saratoga Investment's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PFG Advisors (0.36%), Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC (0.07%) and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Saratoga Investment stock include (Tony) Kiernan Anthony, Christian L Oberbeck, Elizabeth Oberbeck and Henri J Steenkamp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Saratoga Investment.

SAR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saratoga Investment.

SAR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PFG Advisors. Company insiders that have bought Saratoga Investment stock in the last two years include (Tony) Kiernan Anthony, Christian L Oberbeck and Henri J Steenkamp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saratoga Investment.

Shares of SAR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SAR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.94.

Saratoga Investment has a market capitalization of $301.24 million and generates $47.71 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $18.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Saratoga Investment.

The official website for Saratoga Investment is http://www.saratogainvestmentcorp.com/.

Saratoga Investment's mailing address is 535 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-906-7800 or via email at [email protected]