Saul Centers Inc (BFS) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 84 Real Estate companies.
Saul Centers Inc (BFS) scores 5.0 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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The Quality Score for BFS stands at 5.0 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which puts Saul Centers Inc in the mixed quality band. In this band one or two pillars are usually holding the score up while others drag it down, which the breakdown below makes visible. It rolls Saul Centers Inc’s profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability into one number, each judged against the norms of its sector.
Ranked with the 84 Real Estate companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 47th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. The median across the group is 5.2, and the top quarter begins at 5.9, so Saul Centers Inc is in line with the typical company here.
On profitability, Saul Centers Inc scores 5.3, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.8 across 80 Real Estate companies, which places it above them, at the 54th percentile. Middling returns are common and not a flaw in themselves, though they leave less slack when costs rise or demand softens.
Solvency has no score for Saul Centers Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median solvency score across 34 Real Estate companies is 3.7. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Saul Centers Inc’s growth score is 1.9 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 5.2 among 74 Real Estate companies, that is well below the group and the 7th percentile. Weak growth means revenue and earnings have been flat or shrinking against peers, which can be cyclical or a sign of a market that is maturing.
On efficiency, Saul Centers Inc scores 6.7, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.4 across 80 Real Estate companies, which places it in line with them, at the 58th percentile. An average efficiency reading suggests the business turns its assets and earnings into cash at roughly the rate its sector does.
Saul Centers Inc’s predictability score is 6.2 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.9 among 83 Real Estate companies, that is above the group and the 84th percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
The gap between Saul Centers Inc’s best and worst pillar is wide: efficiency at 6.7 against growth at 1.9, 4.8 points apart. An average of two readings this different deserves a closer look than the headline number. Leading with efficiency points to disciplined use of capital, a strength that compounds quietly. Slow growth limits how fast the business can compound, even when everything else is in order.
Closing the gap on growth would do the most for the overall. At the median of Real Estate companies, 5.2, Saul Centers Inc would score about 5.8 instead of 5.0. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 80 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Real Estate companies below are nearest to Saul Centers Inc by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Saul Centers Inc scores 5.0 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Saul Centers Inc ranks at the 47th percentile of the 84 Real Estate companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.2 and the top quarter starts at 5.9, against Saul Centers Inc’s 5.0.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for BFS are in the app.
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