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SAR (Saratoga Investment) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate
The historical rank and industry rank for Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
SAR'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.5 Med: 4.75 Max: 68.1
Current: 1
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Saratoga Investment was 68.10% per year. The lowest was -13.50% per year. And the median was 4.75% per year.
SAR's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than 53.51% of 869
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.7
vs SAR: 1.00
During the past 12 months, Saratoga Investment's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 30.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Saratoga Investment Corp is 1.43, which seems too high.
Good Sign:
Saratoga Investment Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison of Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate
For the Asset Management subindustry, Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Saratoga Investment's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Saratoga Investment was 1.43. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.65.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Saratoga Investment Corp is 1.43, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Saratoga Investment Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.730000
2024-03-12
2024-03-13
2024-03-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.720000
2023-12-08
2023-12-11
2023-12-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.710000
2023-09-13
2023-09-14
2023-09-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.700000
2023-06-12
2023-06-13
2023-06-29
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Saratoga Investment's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $23.72.
Saratoga Investment's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.86.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Saratoga Investment was 23.24%. The lowest was 1.07%. And the median was 8.37%.
Good Sign:
Saratoga Investment Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Saratoga Investment (Saratoga Investment) Business Description
Saratoga Investment Corp is a specialty finance company that provides customized financing solutions to U.S. middle-market businesses. The company invests in senior and unitranche leveraged loans and mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, equity issued by private U.S. middle-market companies, which it defines as companies having annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) under $50 million, both through direct lending and through participation in loan syndicates.
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