Saratoga Investment Corp. (SAR)

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. The fund 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. The fund prefers to invest in aerospace, automotive aftermarket and services, business products and services, consumer products and services, education, environmental services, industrial services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare products and services, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, restaurants services, food services, software services, technology services, specialty chemical, media and telecommunications. The fund seeks to invest in the United States. The fund primarily invests between $60 million and $75 million in companies having EBITDA of $2 million or greater and revenues between $10 million and $150 million. It targets annual revenues between $8 and $250 million. The fund prefers to take a majority stake. The fund invests through direct lending as well as participation in loan syndicates.

Symbol
SAR
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Market cap
$268.44M
52 week range
16.39 - 24.76

Valuation

Share price
$16.48 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
16.82x
Price to book
0.71x
Price to free cash flow
-1.84x
Enterprise value
$1.03B
Book value per share
$23.23

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-1.44%
5 days-3.68%
1 month-10.14%
3 months-26.30%
6 months-25.19%
Year to date-28.57%
1 year-32.71%
3 years-34.05%
5 years-42.66%
10 years-7.68%
All time-88.25%

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
9.24%
Return on assets
3.21%
Net income growth
30.33%
Free cash flow growth
-144.56%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-54.49%
Net debt to EBITDA
9.74x

Latest reported year

Period end
2026-02-28
Fiscal year
2026
EBITDA
$85.77M
Net income
$36.60M
Earnings per share
$2.31
Interest expense
$49.30M
Shares outstanding
15.85M

Income statement by year

Period endNet incomeEPS
2026-02-28$36.60M$2.31
2025-02-28$28.09M$2.02
2024-02-29$8.93M$0.71
2023-02-28$24.68M$2.06
2022-02-28$45.74M$3.99
2021-02-28$14.78M$1.32

Margins and returns by year

Period endReturn on equity
2026-02-289.24%
2025-02-287.15%
2024-02-292.41%
2023-02-287.11%
2022-02-2812.85%
2021-02-284.86%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2026-02-28$1.68M$739.38M
2025-02-28$148.20M$793.88M
2024-02-29$8.70M$35.00M
2023-02-28$65.70M$728.38M
2022-02-28$47.26M$12.50M

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flow
2026-02-28-$88.03M
2025-02-28$197.54M
2024-02-29-$157.21M
2023-02-28-$130.37M
2022-02-28-$203.13M
2021-02-28-$62.35M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-09-03
Paid in the last twelve months
$3.25
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-09-03$0.25
2026-08-05$0.25
2026-07-06$0.25
2026-06-04$0.25
2026-05-05$0.25
2026-04-07$0.25
2026-03-03$0.25
2026-02-04$0.25

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-10-06
Consensus EPS estimate
$0.47

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-07-07May/2026$0.54
2026-05-05Feb/2026$0.53
2026-01-07Nov/2025$0.59
2025-10-07Aug/2025$0.67
2025-07-08May/2025$0.69
2025-05-07Feb/2025$0.77
2025-01-08Nov/2024$0.82
2024-10-08Aug/2024$0.94

Filings and sources

SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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