SAR vs. CET, BCSF, CGBD, ECC, PEO, MYN, KTF, TPVG, ASG, and MIN
Should you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Central Securities (CET), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saratoga Investment and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.25 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saratoga Investment has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 10.66% compared to Central Securities' net margin of 0.00%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 14.67% beat Central Securities' return on equity.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Saratoga Investment pays out 244.6% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $24.94, suggesting a potential upside of 6.62%. Given Saratoga Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Central Securities.
19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Saratoga Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Central Securities.
Saratoga Investment received 265 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Saratoga Investment beats Central Securities on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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