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Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS)

Name: Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) filed financial figures
Creator: ValueScreener

NYSE / Real Estate / REIT - Retail

Share price

29.43 USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026

Market capitalisation

727.4M USD Market dataClose of Oct 14, 2026

Market data: Oct 14, 2026
Filed accounts: FY2025, filed Feb 27, 2026
Ratios computed: Oct 14, 2026
Filed years: 16, FY2009 to FY2025

Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means

SEC filingFiled with the SEC: Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement: What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data: Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener: Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.

Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Quality

Return on equity

12.2% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Financial strength

Debt to equity

n/a Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

Read financial strength

Valuation

Price to book

2.32x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Dividend yield

8.0% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.

Named tests met: 1 of 30 Which tests

The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was 12.2% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Ordinary" (8.0% to 15.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Real Estate sector (222 companies), 12.2% sits at the 84th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -3.8% to 9.5%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 2.76x in FY2025, in the band labelled "Speculative grade" (1.50x to 3.00x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.

Year by year against peers: Whether Saul Centers, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Real Estate sector, year by year. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 fiscal years of Saul Centers, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction: Which way Saul Centers, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of Saul Centers, Inc.)
What could explain it: What in Saul Centers, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (2 readings drawn from the statement lines Saul Centers, Inc. filed)
What to check next: What to check next on Saul Centers, Inc., and where in its filings. (2 questions for Saul Centers, Inc.)
In one paragraph: One paragraph on Saul Centers, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (5 of sixteen figures read for Saul Centers, Inc.)

These are BFS’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, accession 0000907254-26-000006.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Saul Centers, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax Why n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Return on equity	12.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Return on capital employed, pre-tax Why n/a We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Return on assets	1.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Gross margin Why n/a No gross profit line is filed for this year.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Operating margin	67.4% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Net margin	12.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006

BFS 12.9%

3.6%35.7%

Net margin: BFS against the 4 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Saul Centers, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Debt to equity Why n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Current ratio Why n/m A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.	n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Quick ratio Why n/m A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.	n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Interest coverage	2.76x ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Altman Z-score Why n/m Altman's Z-Score rewards working capital and asset turnover, neither of which a property trust has. It reads distress for healthy REITs by construction, so we do not show it.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Net debt Why n/a The FY2025 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006

Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity

The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Saul Centers, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006).

Saul Centers, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets	2.16B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Total liabilities	1.69B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Shareholders' equity	307.8M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Cash	8.7M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Total debt	n/a FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026
Net debt	n/a
Current ratio	n/m
Debt to equity	n/a

Debt to equity: FY2025: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Current ratio: FY2025: A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Saul Centers, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Price to earnings Why n/m GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
P/E on trailing twelve months	30.62x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book	2.32x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Price to sales	2.46x ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Enterprise value to EBIT Why n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Enterprise value to EBITDA Why n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Price to earnings over growth Why n/m GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Diluted earnings per share	1.09 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Graham number	17.65 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value BFS on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Saul Centers, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Saul Centers, Inc: valuation
Share price	29.43 USD
Market capitalisation	727.4M USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA	n/a
Graham number	17.65 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY2025	1.09 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 13, 2021: low 19.45x, median 23.91x, high 37.92x, latest 30.62x. 1,297 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Saul Centers, Inc

Same industry (REIT - Retail) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value and net margin. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Saul Centers, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Free cash flow yield Why n/a We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Free cash flow Why n/a The FY2025 filing carries no free cash flow we could read.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Free cash flow margin Why n/a No free cash flow, and no operating cash flow and capital expenditure pair, is filed for this year.	n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Dividend yield	8.0% ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Payout ratio Why n/m A REIT pays out of funds from operations, not GAAP earnings. A payout ratio on earnings reads far above 100% for a perfectly safe distribution. Use the FFO payout ratio.	n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006

Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Saul Centers, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
Figure	Value	Year	As of
	n/m	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaShare price / earnings per share. Where the filing states no earnings per share this listing can be priced on, which is every 20-F and 40-F filer because theirs is stated per ordinary share, it is market capitalisation / net income: the same multiple, undiluted. As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	2.32x	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
FormulaMarket capitalisation / shareholders equity As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Formula(Market capitalisation + total debt - cash) / operating income, or over the filing's own EBIT (income before tax + interest expense) where the filer tags no operating line, as Johnson & Johnson does not in any of its ten filed years. As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports neither free cash flow nor the operating cash flow and capital spending it is built from.
FormulaFree cash flow per share / share price x 100 As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2025	Feb 27, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
FormulaVendor trailing-twelve-month return on invested capital where one is published, which uses after-tax operating profit over total assets less current liabilities. Otherwise our own recompute: NOPAT / (shareholders equity + total debt - cash) x 100, where NOPAT is the filed operating profit after tax, or the filing's own EBIT after tax where the filer tags no operating line. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	8.0%	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
FormulaCommon dividends paid in the latest filed year / market capitalisation x 100. n/a where the filing cannot support it: a special or first-year payment, a total that mixes preferred dividends, or a cash-flow statement over 15 months old. As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2025	Feb 27, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
FormulaTotal debt / shareholders equity As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2025	Feb 27, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaCurrent assets / current liabilities As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	2.46x	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
FormulaMarket capitalisation / revenue As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaPrice to earnings / the annual earnings growth rate, in percentage points As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2025	Oct 14, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
Formula1.2 x working capital/assets + 1.4 x retained earnings/assets + 3.3 x EBIT/assets + 0.6 x market value of equity/total liabilities + 1.0 x revenue/assets As ofThe close on Oct 14, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2025	Feb 27, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaAn eight-variable index of year-on-year changes in receivables, gross margin, asset quality, revenue, depreciation, overheads, leverage and accruals As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2025	Feb 27, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaOne point each for: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, operating cash flow above net income, falling leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, rising asset turnover. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 27, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0000907254-26-000006What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000907254-26-000006, leaves this page and opens in a new tab

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 14, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports Saul Centers, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Saul Centers, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
Year	Revenue	Operating income	Net income	EPS, diluted	Free cash flow	Operating margin	Return on equity	Filing
FY2025	289.8M	195.3M	37.5M	1.09	n/a	67.4%	12.2%	10-K, Feb 27, 20260000907254-26-000006
FY2024	268.8M	203.8M	50.6M	1.63	n/a	75.8%	15.1%	10-K, Feb 28, 20250000907254-25-000022
FY2023	257.2M	189.4M	52.7M	1.73	n/a	73.6%	15.1%	10-K, Feb 29, 20240000907254-24-000020
FY2022	245.9M	180.5M	50.2M	1.63	4.3M	73.4%	12.5%	10-K, Mar 2, 20230000907254-23-000009
FY2021	239.2M	n/a	48.4M	1.57	62.5M	n/a	11.9%	10-K, Feb 24, 20220000907254-22-000014
FY2020	225.2M	n/a	40.4M	1.25	22.2M	n/a	11.1%	10-K, Feb 25, 20210000907254-21-000018
FY2019	231.5M	n/a	51.7M	1.57	-20.3M	n/a	13.8%	10-K, Feb 27, 20200000907254-20-000015
FY2018	227.2M	62.6M	50.6M	1.60	-18.3M	27.5%	14.2%	10-K, Feb 26, 20190000907254-19-000007
FY2017	226.3M	60.6M	48.3M	1.63	-16.5M	26.8%	14.4%	10-K, Feb 27, 20180000907254-18-000017
FY2016	217.0M	55.7M	45.3M	1.52	-2.0M	25.7%	14.2%	10-K, Mar 7, 20170000907254-17-000020

Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 3.3%
Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -2.1%
Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: -3.6%
Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2016 and 2022, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Saul Centers, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Beneish M-score Why n/m The Beneish M-Score is built on gross margin, receivables and asset quality indices estimated on non-financial firms. Those inputs are not defined here.	n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Piotroski F-score Why n/m 2 of the nine Piotroski signals are undefined for an equity REIT: signal 6 (rising current ratio), signal 8 (rising gross margin). We do not publish a partial score under the full score's name.	n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026, 0000907254-26-000006
Named tests met	1 of 30 Computed
Beta	0.40 ComputedClose of Oct 14, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 1 met, 18 not met, 11 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)

Meets: Owner earnings yield
Does not: Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; Dividends and buybacks; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured: Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Three forensic scores; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.

Figures we could not read(17)

Current Ratio: A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.
Debt to Equity: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Piotroski F-Score: 2 of the nine Piotroski signals are undefined for an equity REIT: signal 6 (rising current ratio), signal 8 (rising gross margin). We do not publish a partial score under the full score's name.
P/E Ratio: GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.
EV/EBIT: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Return on Invested Capital: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Altman Z-Score: Altman's Z-Score rewards working capital and asset turnover, neither of which a property trust has. It reads distress for healthy REITs by construction, so we do not show it.
Beneish M-Score: The Beneish M-Score is built on gross margin, receivables and asset quality indices estimated on non-financial firms. Those inputs are not defined here.
PEG Ratio: GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.
Gross Margin: No gross profit line is filed for this year.
EV/EBITDA: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Payout Ratio: A REIT pays out of funds from operations, not GAAP earnings. A payout ratio on earnings reads far above 100% for a perfectly safe distribution. Use the FFO payout ratio.
Free Cash Flow Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
ROIC-WACC Spread: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
Price To Ncav: Net current asset value needs current assets, which an unclassified balance sheet does not report.
Capex To Ocf: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
Dividend Coverage Ratio: Distribution coverage for a REIT is measured against funds from operations, not against free cash flow computed after acquisition capital expenditure.

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What this cannot tell you

17 figures could not be read on this company, among them Current Ratio, Debt to Equity, Piotroski F-Score. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 11 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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ValueScreener · valuescreener.ai · Computed from accounts filed with the SEC by this company, read from EDGAR, and from dated closing prices. On this page a filed figure opens into its formula, its inputs and the statement, fiscal year and filing date it was read from, and a price into the day of its close. A figure that cannot show that trail says so.

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