Saratoga Investment Corp. Expected to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.99 Per Share (NYSE:SAR)

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) – Investment analysts at B. Riley upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Saratoga Investment in a report issued on Tuesday, May 7th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $0.99 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.92. The consensus estimate for Saratoga Investment’s current full-year earnings is $4.23 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Saratoga Investment’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.74 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on SAR. Oppenheimer lowered shares of Saratoga Investment from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $24.00 to $23.00 in a report on Wednesday. StockNews.com cut Saratoga Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $25.69.

Saratoga Investment Stock Up 0.5 %

NYSE:SAR opened at $22.99 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 0.07 and a quick ratio of 0.07. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $23.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.07. Saratoga Investment has a 1-year low of $22.35 and a 1-year high of $28.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $314.94 million, a P/E ratio of 32.38 and a beta of 1.28.

Saratoga Investment Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 13th were issued a $0.73 dividend. This is a positive change from Saratoga Investment’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.70%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 12th. Saratoga Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 411.27%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new position in Saratoga Investment during the third quarter worth $1,336,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Saratoga Investment by 2,604.0% during the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 86,042 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,225,000 after acquiring an additional 82,860 shares during the last quarter. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Saratoga Investment by 128.0% in the third quarter. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC now owns 21,088 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $542,000 after acquiring an additional 11,838 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in shares of Saratoga Investment by 97.1% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 17,383 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $447,000 after purchasing an additional 8,563 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trexquant Investment LP acquired a new position in Saratoga Investment in the 3rd quarter valued at $775,000. 19.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Saratoga Investment

Saratoga Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in leveraged and management buyouts, acquisition financings, growth financings, recapitalization, debt refinancing, and transitional financing transactions at the lower end of middle market companies. It structures its investments as debt and equity by investing through first and second lien loans, mezzanine debt, co-investments, select high yield bonds, senior secured bonds, unsecured bonds, and preferred and common equity.