Saul Centers BFS
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Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) EBT Margin (2010 - 2018)

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Saul Centers (BFS) posted EBT Margin of 7.32% for Q4 2018, down 18.11 percentage points from 25.44% a year earlier and down 2.64 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) EBT Margin (2010 - 2018) Analysis & Trends

For FY2018, Saul Centers' EBT Margin came in at 7.71%, up 1.80 percentage points from FY2017.

  • Annual EBT Margin shows a five-year change of -10.11 percentage points (FY2013 to FY2018).
  • In prior years, Saul Centers' EBT Margin was 5.91% in FY2017 (-19.76 pp), 25.67% in FY2016 (+0.36 pp), 25.32% in FY2015 (+0.24 pp) and 25.08% in FY2014 (+7.25 pp).
  • Quarterly EBT Margin has run from a low of 6.10% in Q1 2018 to a high of 29.72% in Q1 2017 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, EBT Margin has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.96 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin in the past five years was Q1 2014, with a gain of 40.31 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2018, with a drop of 23.62 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin for the three prior quarters was 9.96% (Q3 2018), 7.43% (Q2 2018) and 6.10% (Q1 2018).
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DateValue
Dec 31, 2018 7.32%
Sep 30, 2018 9.96%
Jun 30, 2018 7.43%
Mar 31, 2018 6.10%
Dec 31, 2017 25.44%
Sep 30, 2017 25.58%
Jun 30, 2017 25.80%
Mar 31, 2017 29.72%
Dec 31, 2016 24.65%
Sep 30, 2016 23.90%
Jun 30, 2016 25.14%
Mar 31, 2016 28.78%
Dec 31, 2015 26.62%
Sep 30, 2015 25.27%
Jun 30, 2015 24.99%
Mar 31, 2015 24.36%
Dec 31, 2014 26.62%
Sep 30, 2014 24.66%
Jun 30, 2014 27.58%
Mar 31, 2014 24.01%
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