Saul Centers/$BFS
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About Saul Centers
Saul Centers Inc is a self-managed real estate investment trust which invests in, operates and develops retail and commercial properties. The company's portfolio includes community and neighbourhood shopping centres, office properties, and mixed-use properties. Properties are located in the Washington, D.C. and Batlimore metropolitan areas. Saul Centers operates through two business segments: Shopping Centers segment, which contribute the maximum portion of total revenue; and mixed-use properties.Mixed-Use Properties segment include office, retail and multi-family residential use.
- Ticker
- $BFS
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 162
- Headquarters
- Bethesda, United States
- Website
- www.saulcenters.com
Saul Centers Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$719M
29.98
$0.97
0.89
$2.36
8.11%
Price and volume
Market cap
$719M
Beta
0.89
52-week high
$38.42
52-week low
$28.56
Average daily volume
139K
Dividend rate
$2.36
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.624
Quick ratio
0.624
Long term debt to equity
3.309
Total debt to equity
3.418
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
196.76%
Interest coverage (TTM)
1.59%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
180.461
Gross margin (TTM)
70.26%
Net profit margin (TTM)
11.54%
Operating margin (TTM)
40.52%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$1,870,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.56%
Return on equity (TTM)
9.56%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
29.981
Price to revenue (TTM)
2.339
Price to book
6.5
Price to tangible book (TTM)
6.5
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
7.709
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
12.97%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.773
Dividend yield (TTM)
8.11%
Forward dividend yield
8.11%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
8.74%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-26.49%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.50%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.47%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-15.97%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-4.58%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
2.75%
Bulls say / Bears say
Second-quarter same-property revenue and net operating income each rose 6.9% year on year, while commercial leasing improved to 94.7% from 94.0%. This points to firm demand and rent growth across the existing portfolio. (PR Newswire)
The Twinbrook Quarter lease-up is adding income: it contributed $2.5 million to second-quarter same-property NOI. Residential occupancy at existing properties, excluding Hampden House, reached 97.3%, up from 90.5% a year earlier. (PR Newswire)
Financing risk is partly cushioned by a long-dated, mostly fixed-rate debt book: 92.1% of debt was effectively fixed at June 2026 and its weighted average remaining term was 9.6 years. Saul Centers also had about $158 million available on its credit facility. (6ix)
Hampden House remains a costly lease-up: only 64.2% of its apartments were occupied by 3 August, and its initial operations reduced second-quarter net income by $4.0 million. A slow ramp would keep weighing on reported earnings. (PR Newswire, Last10K)
Leverage is high: a recent analysis put net debt at about $1.59 billion and net leverage at 9.13 times, with sizeable facility and term-loan maturities in 2028 and 2029. Refinancing those borrowings could be costly if rates stay elevated. (Seeking Alpha)
A planned 600-home White Flint West project has been delayed after Saul Centers cited hurdles including Maryland’s rent-stabilisation law. That could defer development-led growth and prolong uncertainty over the project’s timing and returns. (Washington Business Journal)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 8 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Saul Centers
Fund name | Fund size | $BFS weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.02% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | $3.2B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.01% |
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