Saga Communications Inc - Class A chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 19.10
Dividend & Yield1.00$ (3.94%)
Beta 0.39
Market capitalization 154.34M
Operating cash flow 19.56M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Saga Communications, Inc., a broadcast company, acquires, develops, and operates broadcast properties in the United States. The company's radio stations employ various programming formats, including classic hits, adult hits, top 40, country, country legends, mainstream/hot/soft adult contemporary, pure oldies, classic rock, and news/talk. As of February 28, 2022, it owned seventy-nine FM, thirty- four AM radio stations, and seventy-nine metro signals serving twenty-seven markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

Sector: Communication Services - Industry: Broadcasting

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 121k 7.97M -1.25M 968k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -14.88M -6.24M -604k -3.35M
Net Borrowings -5M -10M -10M -10M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -18.98M -19.8M -4.17M -12.35M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 13.69M 13.28M -1.91M 11.16M
Change In Cash -8.3M -695k 7.32M 3.41M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 25.56M 25.34M 12.09M 19.1M
Depreciation 6.79M 6.95M 6.52M 5.75M
Change To Account Receivables -157k -5.78M 3.02M 507k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -120k
Change To Netincome 5.07M 2.82M 5.67M 686k
Capital Expenditures -15.21M -6.5M -2.5M -4.12M

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 19.39M 18.7M -1.21M 15.42M
Net Income 13.69M 13.28M -1.91M 11.16M
Selling General Administrative 11.36M 11.46M 11.57M 10.04M
Gross Profit 31.1M 30.38M 14.23M 25.1M
Ebit 19.68M 18.81M 2.5M 15.05M
Operating Income 19.68M 18.81M 2.5M 15.05M
Interest Expense -946k -735k -340k -284k
Income Tax Expense 5.7M 5.42M 705k 4.26M
Total Revenue 124.83M 123.07M 95.81M 108.34M
Cost Of Revenue 93.73M 92.69M 81.59M 83.25M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -292k -3.76M -3.71M 366k
Net Income From Continuing Ops 13.69M 13.28M -1.91M 11.16M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 13.43M 12.99M -1.89M 10.97M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 63.48M 60.04M 55.95M 51.01M
Total Stockholder Equity 185M 192.35M 190.54M 196.92M
Other Current Liabilities 3.27M 1.8M 3.99M
Total Assets 248.48M 252.39M 246.49M 247.93M
Common Stock 76k 77k 77k 77k
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings 156.69M 162.82M 158.99M 164.25M
Treasury Stock -36.56M -37.36M -37.42M -37.44M
Cash 44.73M 44.03M 51.35M 54.76M
Total Current Liabilities 23.16M 17.5M 13.93M 19.2M
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 59.1M 65.61M 61.48M 59.44M
Total Current Assets 68.59M 66.72M 70.97M 74.45M
Net Tangible Assets 68.16M 76.47M 80.43M 87.02M
Net Receivables 21.31M 20.21M 16.63M 17.24M
Accounts Payable 2.61M 2.12M 2.21M 2.35M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
BOBINSKI CATHERINE AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Officer3.74k
LOBAITO MARCIA KStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Secretary339
BUSH SAMUEL DStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Chief Financial Officer6.35k
STEVENS GARY GStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Director1.49k
LADA WARREN SStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Director739
BROWN CLARKE ROGER JRStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Director739
CLARKE TIMOTHY JStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Director946
FORGY CHRISTOPHERStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Officer5.22k
COPPEDGE ROY F IIIStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-12-10Director739
CHRISTIAN EDWARD KD2021-11-05Chief Executive Officer12.47k
TOWERVIEW L L CSale at price 28.00 per share.D2021-05-11Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security656
TOWERVIEW L L CSale at price 26.39 - 28.00 per share.D2021-03-16Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security8.2k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -15.66% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-15.66 %

Latent gain

-352.52 $

Invested capital

2250.73 $

Annualized return

-3.78 %
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Momentum strategy results on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -17.06% of return on Saga Communications Inc - Class A. That represents -1368.6$ of latent gain with 8023.77$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -15.14% of return on Saga Communications Inc - Class A. That represents -909.59$ of latent gain with 6009.6$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-17.06 %

Latent gain

-1368.6 $

Invested capital

8023.77 $

Annualized return

-3.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-15.14 %

Latent gain

-909.59 $

Invested capital

6009.6 $

Annualized return

-4.14 %

Momentum equity curve on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Saga Communications Inc - Class A are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Saga Communications Inc - Class A since the beginning:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Buy the dip entry openings on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Saga Communications Inc - Class A is -6.41%. That represents -48.58$ of latent gain with 757.55$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Saga Communications Inc - Class A stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Saga Communications Inc - Class A, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

-6.41 %

Latent gain

-48.58 $

Invested capital

757.55 $

Annualized return

-3.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Note: the dividends potentially given by Saga Communications Inc - Class A are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Saga Communications Inc - Class A.

Equity curve comparison on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Saga Communications Inc - Class A investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Saga Communications Inc - Class A investment comparison

Performance comparison on Saga Communications Inc - Class A

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -15.66% -352.52$ 2250.73$ -3.78%
Momentum 1 quarter -17.06% -1368.6$ 8023.77$ -4.37%
Momentum 2 quarters -15.14% -909.59$ 6009.6$ -4.14%
Non-directional -6.41% -48.58$ 757.55$ -3.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-3.78 %

Momentum 1Q

-4.14 %

Momentum 2Q

-4.14 %

Non-directional

-3.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Saga Communications Inc - Class A:

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Saga Communications Inc - Class A and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Saga Communications Inc - Class A does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name Saga Communications Inc - Class A
Country United States
City Grosse Pointe Farms
Address 73 Kercheval Avenue
Phone 313 886 7070
Website www.sagacom.com
FullTime employees 570
Industry Broadcasting
Sector Communication Services
Exchange XNAS
Ticker SGA
Market www.nasdaq.com

Saga Communications Inc - Class A ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

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