Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)
Saul Centers' Payout Ratio was 2.43 in Q2 2026, up 35.7% from 1.79 a year earlier and up 8.7% from the prior quarter.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Payout Ratio at Saul Centers came in at 2.17, up 50.6% from FY2024.
- In earlier years, Payout Ratio was 1.44 in FY2024 (+5.5%), 1.37 in FY2023 (-4.0%), 1.42 in FY2022 (+3.9%) and 1.37 in FY2021 (-19.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q4 2013.
- Compared with a year earlier, Payout Ratio has increased for seven straight quarters, with growth averaging 29.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio over five years was Q3 2025 (growth of 60.5%); the worst was Q1 2022 (a decline of 31.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, BFS's Payout Ratio in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 2.23 (Q1 2026), 2.17 (Q4 2025) and 2.05 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.43 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.23 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.17 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.05 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.79 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.60 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.44 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.28 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.32 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.36 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.37 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.41 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.44 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.43 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.42 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.38 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.31 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.29 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.37 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.46 |
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Saul Centers, Inc. Payout Ratio API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=BFS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "ticker": "BFS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=BFS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();