US · SAR
Saratoga Investment Corp.
- Sector
- Financial Services · Asset Management
- Headquarters
- New York City, NY 10022
- Website
- saratogainvestmentcorp.com
Price · as of 2025-02-28
$23.53
Market cap 374.82M
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $283.68 | +1,105.61% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $14.40 | -38.8% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | — | — |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $84.77 | +260.28% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $4.34 | $1,249.14 | $97.97 | $62.84 | |
| 2012 | $3.85 | $2,137.97 | $64.88 | $39.09 | $0.00 |
| 2013 | $4.87 | $910.18 | $77.00 | $31.50 | $57.84 |
| 2014 | $4.86 | $1,653.54 | $72.11 | $24.04 | $0.50 |
| 2015 | $5.57 | $1,496.30 | $229.91 | $28.99 | $56.90 |
| 2016 | $6.16 | $1,512.69 | $205.30 | $11.61 | $37.31 |
| 2017 | $9.26 | $1,462.47 | $268.33 | $14.36 | $37.76 |
| 2018 | $9.83 | $2,226.54 | $12.55 | $16.09 | $89.55 |
| 2019 | $12.65 | $12.54 | $21.49 | $13.23 | $55.53 |
| 2020 | $7.16 | $90.79 | $0.00 | $35.19 | $658.49 |
| 2021 | $15.05 | $36.00 | $14.85 | $18.69 | $0.00 |
| 2022 | $16.55 | $3,179.89 | $0.00 | $27.24 | $391.39 |
| 2023 | $16.77 | $50.51 | $21.74 | $10.90 | $0.00 |
| 2024 | $17.79 | $27.06 | $19.78 | $0.00 | $5.46 |
| 2025 | $20.87 | $283.68 | $9.92 | $0.00 | $84.77 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Saratoga Investment Corp.'s (SAR) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $283.68
- Current price
- $23.53
- AI upside
- +1,105.61%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$14.40
-38.8% upside
Graham-Dodd
—
— upside
Graham Formula
$84.77
+260.28% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| SAR | Saratoga Investment Corp. | $23.53 | 374.82M | +1,106% | -39% | — | +260% | 10.34 | 0.74 | 3.08 | 28.90 | 5.60 | 0.74 | 44.71% | 33.95% | 29.83% | 7.36% | 2.56% | 2.36% | 1.99 | 0.61 | 27.93 | 27.93 | 19.82 | 18451.00% | 3540.00% | -22566.00% | 68.05% | 35.36 | 18.03% | 14.04% | 145.10% | 69.63% | 28.90 | 4.68 | 9.81 | 0.51 |
| CGBD | Carlyle Secured Lending, … | $11.12 | 810.68M | +429% | -60% | +65% | +134% | 445.34 | 0.65 | 3.82 | 13.38 | — | 0.65 | 70.90% | 86.18% | 35.38% | 0.16% | 7.43% | 0.07% | 1.31 | 1.94 | — | — | 8.80 | -3608.00% | 1790.00% | -29619.00% | -27.07% | — | -9.16% | 2.44% | 1084.50% | 4.27% | 12.97 | -10.81 | 11.18 | 0.50 |
| DHIL | Diamond Hill Investment G… | $171.87 | 465.01M | +125,637% | +315,287,900% | +2,560% | +969,329,447% | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -29.96 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.10% | 0.04% | 33.15% | 55.23% | 0.06% | 37.42% | 0.04 | — | 9.64 | 9.64 | -30.36 | 1437.00% | 9725447.00% | -5952496.00% | -1925.12% | -1.03 | -12.89% | 5780.63% | 55.80% | 17023.60% | -585.89 | 3.93 | -0.24 | 1.65 |
| FDUS | Fidus Investment Corporat… | $17.71 | 645.13M | +669% | -59% | +51% | +121% | 8.64 | 0.86 | 5.05 | — | — | 0.86 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 58.44% | 10.57% | 0.00% | 5.70% | 0.31 | 0.00 | 25.62 | 25.62 | — | -1333.00% | 1117.00% | -33572.00% | -23.04% | -41.20 | -14.88% | 1.70% | 14.70% | 42.00% | — | -5.43 | 6.32 | 0.72 |
| GBDC | Golub Capital BDC, Inc. | $11.99 | 3.16B | +157% | -54% | -89% | +502% | 9.80 | 0.93 | 5.36 | 22.81 | 222.17 | 0.93 | 59.24% | 54.56% | 54.71% | 9.42% | 4.33% | 4.26% | 1.23 | 1.34 | 5.35 | 2.40 | 12.98 | 441.00% | 4472.00% | -13303.00% | -3.08% | -2.97 | -1.31% | 9.97% | 97.80% | 12.08% | 22.81 | -75.43 | 12.45 | 0.67 |
| GLAD | Gladstone Capital Corpora… | $18.20 | 411.19M | +289% | -47% | — | +295% | 7.97 | 0.96 | 3.20 | 6.78 | — | 0.96 | 87.27% | 55.53% | 40.14% | 12.10% | 9.75% | 6.76% | 0.83 | 4.02 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 2.99 | -4124.00% | 2037.00% | 124648.00% | 9.41% | 10.08 | 5.29% | 11.97% | 95.50% | 11.97% | 10.31 | 19.00 | 5.73 | 1.16 |
| HRZN | Horizon Technology Financ… | $5.96 | 276.05M | +475% | -8% | — | — | -49.39 | 0.83 | 8.20 | -162.59 | — | 0.83 | 4.97% | -12.25% | -16.60% | -1.71% | -0.56% | -0.69% | 1.39 | -0.13 | 5.08 | 4.89 | -95.66 | -7143.00% | 7771.00% | -2084.00% | 14.25% | 2.23 | 5.38% | 16.67% | -823.20% | 23.12% | -162.59 | 17.05 | 19.91 | 0.16 |
| HTGC | Hercules Capital, Inc. | $14.21 | 2.61B | +149% | -59% | — | +349% | -19.22 | 1.19 | 4.82 | 13.37 | -128.92 | 1.19 | 87.23% | 66.75% | 62.10% | -6.53% | 8.99% | -3.26% | 1.04 | 3.96 | 1.44 | 1.44 | 6.15 | 1491.00% | 2697.00% | 25851.00% | -16.14% | -6.52 | -10.48% | 12.35% | -237.40% | 12.60% | 13.38 | -11.47 | 8.93 | 1.09 |
| MRCC | Monroe Capital Corporatio… | $5.87 | 127.18M | +1,390% | -7% | — | +184% | 15.99 | 0.81 | 4.41 | 43.13 | 0.63 | 0.81 | 41.47% | 28.86% | 27.57% | 4.91% | 1.99% | 1.93% | 1.52 | 0.46 | 6.55 | 6.55 | 27.86 | 253158.00% | 3033.00% | -1408.00% | 5.51% | 1.72 | 1.76% | 13.97% | 223.30% | 22.33% | 43.13 | 51.21 | 12.45 | 0.22 |
| NMFC | New Mountain Finance Corp… | $7.65 | 771.17M | +795% | -28% | +49% | -60% | 6.06 | 0.70 | 2.23 | 3.10 | — | 0.70 | 83.64% | 37.99% | 4.45% | 10.76% | 6.22% | 4.43% | 0.17 | 1.14 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.38 | -8641.00% | 1225.00% | 80236.00% | 45.83% | 1.74 | 17.20% | 0.47% | 2.80% | 205.19% | 6.70 | 2.49 | 2.55 | 0.63 |
| PFLT | PennantPark Floating Rate… | $8.16 | 809.62M | +259% | -31% | — | -10% | 12.84 | 0.79 | 4.97 | 37.13 | — | 0.79 | 45.65% | 39.35% | 38.69% | 6.80% | 2.84% | 2.64% | 1.65 | 0.72 | 2.94 | 2.98 | 24.51 | -4857.00% | 220.00% | -11186.00% | 11.16% | 2.05 | 4.07% | 13.10% | 168.10% | 13.10% | 37.13 | 26.37 | 14.61 | 0.38 |
| PNNT | PennantPark Investment Co… | $4.98 | 325.17M | +574% | -27% | — | — | — | 0.79 | 4.40 | 29.83 | — | 0.79 | 50.27% | 42.48% | 39.39% | 0.00% | 2.77% | 0.00% | 1.59 | 0.85 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 19.47 | -3333.00% | -1988.00% | -13835.00% | 18.09% | 0.45 | 5.59% | 18.58% | — | 28.17% | 29.83 | 15.92 | 12.67 | 0.03 |
| SCM | Stellus Capital Investmen… | $10.02 | 290.05M | +136% | -31% | -86% | +993% | 7.01 | 0.87 | 3.89 | 18.85 | 5.67 | 0.87 | 61.91% | 57.38% | 55.42% | 13.29% | 5.06% | 4.85% | 1.60 | 1.51 | 2.92 | 2.84 | 12.07 | 12375.00% | 5537.00% | 6593.00% | -8.91% | -3.20 | -3.16% | 11.68% | 81.90% | 11.68% | 18.85 | -31.22 | 10.81 | 0.57 |
| TCPC | BlackRock TCP Capital Cor… | $4.09 | 347M | +3,518% | -10% | +136% | +26,503% | 1.26 | 0.58 | 1.73 | — | 3.82 | 0.58 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 54.42% | 40.22% | 0.00% | 15.57% | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | 3291.00% | 87176.00% | -4715.00% | 44.35% | — | 13.19% | 6.27% | 7.90% | 318.56% | — | 1.86 | 1.43 | 0.38 |
| TPVG | TriplePoint Venture Growt… | $5.19 | 209.67M | +2,342% | -10% | — | +16,529% | 7.92 | 0.73 | 3.56 | 18.93 | — | 0.73 | 63.96% | 45.02% | 45.02% | 9.26% | 4.27% | 3.68% | 1.15 | 1.25 | — | — | 11.01 | -17321.00% | 109241.00% | 21063.00% | 60.27% | — | 20.40% | 20.53% | 162.50% | 60.59% | 18.93 | 3.97 | 8.52 | 0.36 |
| TRIN | Trinity Capital Inc. | $14.79 | 1.12B | +61% | -57% | +73% | -20% | 7.04 | 0.94 | 4.45 | 10.76 | — | 0.94 | 98.22% | 93.07% | 58.39% | 15.30% | 10.60% | 6.89% | 1.20 | 2.68 | 22.79 | 22.15 | 5.98 | -95.00% | -218.00% | 6900.00% | -51.91% | -310.98 | -26.30% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.76 | -4.34 | 10.01 | 0.84 |
| TSLX | Sixth Street Specialty Le… | $17.32 | 1.64B | +62% | -55% | — | -13% | -3977.62 | 1.04 | 4.64 | 14.71 | — | 1.04 | 72.84% | 53.55% | 47.34% | -0.03% | 5.46% | -0.01% | 1.08 | 1.83 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 7.47 | -1084.00% | 13.00% | 11446.00% | 24.04% | 1.34 | 11.75% | 10.20% | -40553.60% | 20.53% | 17.60 | 8.45 | 9.42 | 0.79 |
| WHF | WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. | $6.30 | 146.43M | +297% | +22% | — | — | 18.24 | 0.69 | 11.58 | 44.99 | — | 0.69 | 100.00% | 70.03% | 63.47% | 3.60% | 1.81% | 1.54% | 1.23 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 28.46 | -4659.00% | -6925.00% | -1285.00% | 39.79% | 1.02 | 11.94% | 20.96% | 382.40% | 38.64% | 44.99 | 6.84 | 31.51 | 0.21 |
About Saratoga Investment Corp.
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. The firm 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. It seeks to invest in the United States. The firm primarily invests $5 million to $50 million in companies having EBITDA of $2 million or greater and revenues of $8 million to $250 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. It invests through direct lending as well as participation in loan syndicates. The firm was formerly known as GSC Investment Corp. Saratoga Investment Corp. is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Florham Park, New Jersey.
- CEO
- Christian Long Oberbeck
- Employees
- 0
- Beta
- 0.61
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($14.40 ÷ $23.53) − 1 = -38.8% (DCF, example).