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SAR vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, MUC, BCSF, AWF, BBDC, PFLT, 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), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Saratoga Investment vs.

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

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

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
Saratoga Investment22.01% 15.53% 4.80%
Central Securities N/A N/A N/A

19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Saratoga Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Securities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Saratoga Investment$42.10M8.97$8.93M$2.0412.05
Central Securities$296.20M4.57N/AN/AN/A

Saratoga Investment received 269 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

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

Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 presently has a consensus target price of $24.58, indicating a potential downside of 0.03%. Given Saratoga Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Central Securities.

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

In the previous week, Saratoga Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 6 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 0.93 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$377.83M$11.81B$11.67B$19.75B
Dividend Yield12.35%24.46%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio9.9240.6722.9635.29
Price / Sales8.978.0126.7234.24
Price / Cash6.1317.7117.6217.51
Price / Book0.913.892.864.77
Net Income$8.93M$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.16%0.31%0.55%0.22%
1 Month Performance4.82%11.23%8.15%10.45%
1 Year Performance5.13%9.45%539.40%5.21%

Saratoga Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.5742 of 5 stars
$24.59
-0.3%
$24.58
0.0%
+5.0%$377.83M$42.10M9.923,211
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.45
+2.4%
N/A+10.0%$1.34B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.4064 of 5 stars
$11.07
+2.3%
$12.00
+8.5%
-26.2%$1.30B$78.71M15.81N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9814 of 5 stars
$12.56
+3.4%
$13.80
+9.9%
-16.9%$1.17B$110.35M8.05N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.2385 of 5 stars
$10.68
+2.6%
$10.50
-1.7%
-13.9%$1.15B$118.17M10.17N/APositive News
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.54
-0.3%
N/A-3.6%$1.01B$6.39M0.00147,000Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.2106 of 5 stars
$15.36
+1.5%
$16.50
+7.4%
-4.1%$996.65M$131.73M7.721,000Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.76
+1.0%
N/A+2.0%$927.84M$152.17M0.00N/APositive News
BBDC
Barings BDC
1.6208 of 5 stars
$8.68
+1.3%
$9.00
+3.7%
-7.1%$914.42M$123.59M8.3426Analyst Forecast
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
2.7108 of 5 stars
$10.23
+1.4%
$11.38
+11.2%
-8.3%$899.35M$114.06M7.30658
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.64
+2.9%
N/A-9.1%$842.40M$186.46M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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