SAR vs. SAMG, BRDG, ERES, MRCC, HYW, VALU, BANX, WHG, FDUS, and DHIL
Should you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), East Resources Acquisition (ERES), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Hywin (HYW), Value Line (VALU), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Fidus Investment (FDUS), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Saratoga Investment vs.
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and Silvercrest Asset Management Group (NASDAQ:SAMG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Saratoga Investment has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saratoga Investment currently has a consensus price target of $27.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.98%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Given Silvercrest Asset Management Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silvercrest Asset Management Group is more favorable than Saratoga Investment.
In the previous week, Silvercrest Asset Management Group had 1 more articles in the media than Saratoga Investment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Silvercrest Asset Management Group and 0 mentions for Saratoga Investment. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Saratoga Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Silvercrest Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saratoga Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silvercrest Asset Management Group. Silvercrest Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saratoga Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Saratoga Investment pays out 235.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
19.5% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Saratoga Investment has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Silvercrest Asset Management Group's net margin of 15.28%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's return on equity of 15.48% beat Saratoga Investment's return on equity.
Saratoga Investment received 75 more outperform votes than Silvercrest Asset Management Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Silvercrest Asset Management Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Silvercrest Asset Management Group beats Saratoga Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
Saratoga Investment Competitors List
