earnings
confidence high
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materiality 0.85
Saratoga Investment Q4 FY2023: NII per share up 69% YoY, AUM up 19% to $972.6M, dividend raised to $0.69
SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP.
- NII per share $0.81; adjusted NII per share $0.98, up 85% from $0.53 in Q4 prior year.
- AUM $972.6M (+19% YoY); portfolio yield 12.1% on 89% floating-rate assets, up from 9.5%.
- Dividend $0.69 per share, up 30% from $0.53; over-earned by $0.29 per share quarterly.
- Raised $301.4M in long-term fixed-rate notes; received third SBIC license adding $175M debt capacity.
- Post-quarter originations $118.5M in 5 new companies; total liquidity $128.6M plus $148M undrawn from SBIC III.