SAR vs. BBDC, BRDG, BSIG, ABL, RILY, PAX, NOAH, FDUS, ALTI, and VINP
Should you be buying Saratoga Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saratoga Investment include Barings BDC (BBDC), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Abacus Life (ABL), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Patria Investments (PAX), Noah (NOAH), Fidus Investment (FDUS), AlTi Global (ALTI), and Vinci Partners Investments (VINP). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Saratoga Investment presently has a consensus target price of $25.69, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. Barings BDC has a consensus target price of $9.58, suggesting a potential downside of 4.64%. Given Saratoga Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Barings BDC.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Saratoga Investment pays out 411.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings BDC pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Barings BDC has a net margin of 45.35% compared to Saratoga Investment's net margin of 6.22%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 14.53% beat Barings BDC's return on equity.
Saratoga Investment received 161 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.19% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Barings BDC had 3 more articles in the media than Saratoga Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barings BDC and 2 mentions for Saratoga Investment. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat Saratoga Investment's score of -0.18 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Saratoga Investment. Barings BDC 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 has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings BDC has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Barings BDC beats Saratoga Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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