Saratoga Investment (SAR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saratoga Investment in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SAR shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Saratoga Investment's stock. Their SAR share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $28.50. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $27.10 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%.
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Saratoga Investment's stock was trading at $25.49 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, SAR stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $28.10.
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Saratoga Investment saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 31,500 shares, an increase of 25.5% from the April 30th total of 25,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 53,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 5th 2023.
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Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.18. The financial services provider had revenue of $16.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.39 million. Saratoga Investment had a net margin of 24.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.98%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.50 EPS.

Saratoga Investment declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, June 29th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.96%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 12th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.69.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) stock in their portfolio include Putnam BDC Income ETF (PBDC), Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF (VPC), iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI), iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers ETF (FILL), iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA), iShares MSCI Global Sustainable Development Goals ETF (SDG),

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.05%. SAR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 132.06%. 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 85.19% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Black Diamond Capital Management L.L.C. (3.72%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (1.17%), Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.82%), Raymond James & Associates (0.59%), LPL Financial LLC (0.55%) and Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Christian L Oberbeck 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 $28.10.

Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) has a market capitalization of $333.27 million and generates $99.10 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $24.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 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.