All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-03-09.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-03-09) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+3.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $217 million in fiscal 2016 to $290 million in fiscal 2025, up 3.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.4% a year. 50% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 12 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Saul Centers, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 50% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 12 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01, buying about $332 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Saul Centers, Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 44% of 157 in its family; net margin 12.9%.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $290 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 33% by size; a net margin of 12.9% ranks in the bottom 49%; revenue growth of 5.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 20% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Saul, B Francis II (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-05, 20.9 years (top 3% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (top 45%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 13%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 48% of 146 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9 million against debt of $468 million leaves -21.3% of its assets as net cash, top 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 34.4% of revenue (bottom 49%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 40% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.6% a year over the last three filed years against 3.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 26% of its family); the newest year grew 7.8% (top 28%); capital spending grew -4.8% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). Saul Centers, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 43% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Saul Centers, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $290 million in fiscal 2025 came in 3.1% above the $281 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $38 million against a prior three-year average of $51 million (bottom 31%); a net margin of 12.9% against 19.9% before (bottom 24%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made