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SAR Saratoga Investment (SAR) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0001377936
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C-suite buying · 1
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about SAR

Insiders, 180 days
+$445.8K net bought
1 buyer

Saratoga Investment insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP. insiders bought a net $445.8K of stock across 4 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 1 insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Oberbeck Christian L
CEO and Director
BUY
2026-10-13 SECtraded 2026-10-09
15,000
$222.4K
-9.0%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys), the last on Oct 8, 2026.
  • The trade is 50.0% of the 30,000 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: CEO and Director Oberbeck Christian L bought about $222.4K of SAR on Oct 9, 2026.
Oberbeck Christian L
CEO and Director
BUY
2026-10-13 SECtraded 2026-10-08
15,000
$223.3K
-9.0%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on May 4, 2023.
  • The trade is 100.0% of the 15,000 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: CEO and Director Oberbeck Christian L bought about $223.3K of SAR on Oct 8, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record.
Oberbeck Christian L
CEO, Director and President
BUY
2023-05-08 SECtraded 2023-05-04
2,000
$47.6K
-16.3%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 0.3% of the 689,775 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: CEO, Director and President Oberbeck Christian L bought about $47.6K of SAR on May 4, 2023, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record.
Looney Steven M
Director
BUY
2022-08-02 SEC
1,250
$29.4K
-5.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 33.3% of the 3,758 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director Looney Steven M bought about $29.4K of SAR on Aug 2, 2022, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record.
4 transactions on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$445.8K over 180 days
+$445.8K over 90 days
more than 76% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
$8.4M repurchased, FY to 2026-08-31
more than 52% of Funds & Trusts
Short interest
4.0% of shares outstanding short · 5.2 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 64% of Funds & Trusts
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 13CEO and Director Oberbeck Christian L bought $445.8K (2 trades, Oct 8 to Oct 9)

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-32.1%12M
-32%-17%-1%+14%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-10-08 · Oberbeck Christian L bought $223.3K2026-10-09 · Oberbeck Christian L bought $222.4K
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Who owns SAR: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in SAR

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

SAR planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders are net buyers of their own stock.
The record shows a net $445.8K bought by insiders over 180 days. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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SAR financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
Debt to equity
2.56x
long-term debt only, 2026-08-31; equity 2026-08-31
Cash flow to debt
-0.17x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term debt only, 2026-08-31
Return on equity
-1.1%
TTM net income over average of 2025-08-31 and 2026-08-31
Return on assets
-0.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-08-31 and 2026-08-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
$1.0B
market value at close 2026-10-23 on 2026-10-05 shares, plus long-term debt only, 2026-08-31, minus cash 2026-08-31
FCF yield
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-10-23. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2026-022025-022024-022023-02
Net income$36.6M$28.1M$8.9M$24.7M
EPS (diluted)2.312.020.712.06
Operating cash flow-$88.0M$197.5M-$157.2M-$130.4M
Cash$1.7M$148.2M$8.7M$65.7M
Long-term debt$739.4M$793.9M$820.4K$728.4M
Buybacks$54.3Kn/a$2.2M$10.8M
Dividends paid$52.4M$40.7M$32.1M$22.7M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27

SAR Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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SAR ranks highest on insider conviction (45th percentile) and risk and compliance (31st), and lowest on financial health (13th), among Funds & Trusts peers.

Profitability
22
Inputs
  • Return on equity-1.1% · 22 pct, sector of 37
  • Return on assets-0.3% · 22 pct, sector of 38
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Financial health
13
Inputs
  • Debt to equity2.56x · 9 pct, universe of 3,589
  • Cash flow to debt-0.17x · 17 pct, sector of 30
Insider conviction
45
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$446K · 75 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d1 · 14 pct, sector of 142
Risk and compliance
31
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of shares outstanding (no float on file)+4.0% · 31 pct, sector of 46
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
3 not measured: Growth, Institutional and government, US patents
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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SAR filings, in plain words

Are Saratoga Investment insiders buying or selling SAR?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, Saratoga Investment insiders were net buyers, a net $445.8K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 buyer.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, Saratoga Investment insiders were net buyers of SAR, a net $445.8K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 buyer. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-27, dated the day the filing was made public.

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