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Safehold Inc. (SAFE) Business Model Analysis (2026)

Invetso Score: 5.8/10 — Balanced · Last Updated: 2026-08-01

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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