Saratoga Investment (SAR) Competitors $22.51 -0.16 (-0.70%) Closing price 10/24/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$22.70 +0.19 (+0.84%) As of 10/24/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SAR vs. OXLC, GSBD, MFIC, HQH, NMFC, AWF, ASA, BBDC, BCSF, and PFLTShould you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Saratoga Investment vs. Its Competitors Oxford Lane Capital Goldman Sachs BDC MidCap Financial Investment abrdn Healthcare Investors New Mountain Finance AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals BARINGS BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends. Is OXLC or SAR a better dividend stock? Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $5.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 37.2%. Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 138.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saratoga Investment pays out 128.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts prefer OXLC or SAR? Saratoga Investment has a consensus price target of $23.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Oxford Lane Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Oxford Lane Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Saratoga Investment 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.83 Which has more risk & volatility, OXLC or SAR? Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is OXLC or SAR more profitable? Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 27.19% compared to Oxford Lane Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 10.09% beat Oxford Lane Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Oxford Lane CapitalN/A N/A N/A Saratoga Investment 27.19%10.09%3.29% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OXLC or SAR? Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Saratoga Investment. Oxford Lane Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saratoga Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioOxford Lane Capital$57.31M24.45$376.14M$4.153.73Saratoga Investment$48.61M7.46$28.09M$2.349.62 Do insiders & institutionals believe in OXLC or SAR? 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor OXLC or SAR? In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital and Oxford Lane Capital both had 2 articles in the media. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat Saratoga Investment's score of -0.68 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Oxford Lane Capital 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Saratoga Investment 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative SummarySaratoga Investment beats Oxford Lane Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Saratoga Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SAR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSaratoga InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$365.08M$1.46B$12.71B$21.98BDividend Yield13.29%12.57%5.57%3.57%P/E Ratio9.6210.5522.1633.34Price / Sales7.4637.4630.5893.10Price / Cash8.339.6622.3624.54Price / Book0.880.852.204.66Net Income$28.09M$152.42M$1.02B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.64%2.56%1.54%2.21%1 Month Performance-7.23%-3.34%0.20%2.06%1 Year Performance-5.38%-13.58%538.04%14.04% Saratoga Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SARSaratoga Investment2.0101 of 5 stars$22.51-0.7%$23.63+4.9%-5.6%$365.08M$48.61M9.623,211OXLCOxford Lane Capital0.835 of 5 stars$14.75-3.2%N/A-41.2%$1.34B$57.31M3.55601High Trading VolumeGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.9766 of 5 stars$9.81+0.9%$10.00+2.0%-27.2%$1.11B$434.37M7.78N/APositive NewsMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.6722 of 5 stars$11.74+0.5%$13.42+14.3%-9.4%$1.09B$301.78M10.87N/APositive NewsHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$19.17+1.1%N/A+3.7%$1.02BN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsShort Interest ↑NMFCNew Mountain Finance3.2189 of 5 stars$9.32+0.9%$10.50+12.7%-17.4%$982.78M$371.67M12.26N/APositive NewsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.91+0.6%N/A+1.2%$934.73MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageDividend AnnouncementASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$50.06+2.0%N/A+103.7%$926.07MN/A0.001,100News CoveragePositive NewsInsider TradeBBDCBARINGS BDC2.9115 of 5 stars$8.62+0.3%$9.67+12.2%-9.4%$903.32M$286.17M8.9726Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.9996 of 5 stars$14.01+0.8%$16.50+17.8%-16.4%$901.02M$292.65M8.441,000PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.1993 of 5 stars$8.73+2.4%$10.67+22.2%-21.6%$865.88M$89.89M6.23658 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies OXLC Competitors GSBD Competitors MFIC Competitors HQH Competitors NMFC Competitors AWF Competitors ASA Competitors BBDC Competitors BCSF Competitors PFLT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNEW LAW: Congress Approves Setup For Digital Dollar?Trump Ally Says Congress Approved the Setup for a Digital Dollar 2.0 But according to Rep. 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