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SAR vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, and HQH

Should you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Saratoga Investment vs.

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Saratoga Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Central Securities.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities$296.20M4.50N/AN/AN/A
Saratoga Investment$42.10M8.94$8.93M$2.0412.01

In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 1 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 1.05 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Securities
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Saratoga Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Saratoga Investment pays out 147.1% 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 received 269 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Central SecuritiesN/AN/A
Saratoga InvestmentOutperform Votes
269
57.48%
Underperform Votes
199
42.52%

Central Securities has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saratoga Investment has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Saratoga Investment has a consensus price target of $24.58, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Central Securities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Central Securities
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Saratoga Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 22.01% compared to Central Securities' net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 15.53% beat Central Securities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A
Saratoga Investment 22.01%15.53%4.80%

Summary

Saratoga Investment beats Central Securities on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SAR vs. The Competition

MetricSaratoga InvestmentInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$376.44M$11.21B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield12.35%24.43%5.45%3.84%
P/E Ratio9.8838.9022.4234.53
Price / Sales8.947.7427.6234.83
Price / Cash6.1317.7117.6217.51
Price / Book0.903.712.774.69
Net Income$8.93M$419.40M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.78%-3.45%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance3.98%6.79%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance5.51%7.29%536.61%4.15%

Saratoga Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.4224 of 5 stars
$24.50
+0.4%
$24.58
+0.3%
+4.1%$376.44M$42.10M9.883,211Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.75
-0.5%
N/A+7.8%$1.35B$296.20M0.006Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.5163 of 5 stars
$11.33
+0.4%
$12.00
+5.9%
-27.8%$1.33B$67.93M16.19N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.7161 of 5 stars
$12.87
+0.1%
$14.00
+8.8%
-19.9%$1.20B$110.35M8.25N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.1961 of 5 stars
$10.84
+0.8%
$10.67
-1.6%
-15.7%$1.17B$118.17M10.32N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.5086 of 5 stars
$10.34
+1.1%
$11.08
+7.2%
-11.1%$1.03B$114.06M7.39658
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.8583 of 5 stars
$15.76
+0.5%
$16.50
+4.7%
-5.4%$1.02B$131.73M7.921,000
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.45
-0.4%
N/A-5.1%$1.00B$6.39M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.3161 of 5 stars
$9.14
+0.4%
$9.33
+2.1%
-8.6%$963.44M$111.33M8.7926News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.80
flat
N/A-1.4%$931.28M$152.17M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.84
+1.1%
N/A-7.5%$853.17M$186.46M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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