SAFE
Safehold Inc. (SAFE) Business Model Analysis (2026)
Overall Score
Revenue Quality
Revenue quality remains strong with gross margin at 94.3% and operating margin at 49.7%.
Asset turnover is still very low at 0.055, indicating a capital-intensive or slow-turning asset base.
Profitability
Profitability is solid, with net margin at 28.1% and EBITDA margin at 81.8%.
Returns remain modest, with ROE at 4.8% and ROIC at 2.7% despite high margins.
Balance Sheet
Liquidity remains extremely strong, with a current ratio of 36.5 and quick ratio of 36.5.
Leverage is still elevated, with debt-to-equity at 1.91 and net debt to EBITDA at 13.7.
Cash Generation
Operating cash flow is positive, but free cash flow yield is only 3.3% and price-to-free-cash-flow is 30.0.
Income quality is weak at 0.32, suggesting earnings are not fully converting into cash.
Valuation
Valuation is mixed: P/E is 9.5 and price-to-book is 0.46, but EV/sales is high at 13.9.
Enterprise value to EBITDA is 17.0, which is not cheap for the current return profile.
Sources
- Company filings (10-K, 10-Q, investor presentations)
- Financial and market data providers
- Public news and industry information
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