{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"146895","rtpr_id":"nPn6lR9mca-20260917","ticker":"BFS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["BFS"],"title":"Saul Centers Declares Quarterly Dividends","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-17T20:05:57.977Z","article_body":"Saul Centers Declares Quarterly Dividends\nPR Newswire\n\nBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2026\n\nBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE: BFS)\nhas declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share on its common stock, to\nbe paid on October 30, 2026, to holders of record on October 15, 2026. The\ncommon dividend is unchanged from the amount paid in the previous quarter and\nthe amount paid in the prior year's comparable quarter.\n\nThe Company also declared quarterly dividends on (a) its 6.125% Series D\nCumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, in the amount of $0.3828125 per\ndepositary share and (b) its 6.000% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred\nStock, in the amount of $0.3750000 per depositary share. The preferred\ndividends will be paid on October 15, 2026, to holders of record on\nOctober 1, 2026.\n\nSaul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in\nBethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate\nportfolio comprised of 62 properties, which includes (a) 50 community and\nneighborhood shopping centers and nine mixed-use properties with approximately\n10.6 million square feet of leasable area and (b) three non-operating land and\ndevelopment properties. Over 85% of the Saul Centers' property operating\nincome is generated by properties in the Washington, DC/Baltimore metropolitan\narea.\n\nMore information about Saul Centers is available on the Company's website at\nwww.saulcenters.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776961-1&h=3648998859&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saulcenters.com%2F&a=www.saulcenters.com)\n.\n\nSafe Harbor Statement\n\nCertain matters discussed within this press release may be deemed to be\nforward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.\nFor these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for\nforward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation\nReform Act of 1995. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected\nin the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can\ngive no assurance that its expectations will be attained. These factors\ninclude, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in our Annual\nReport on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and other periodic or\ncurrent reports filed with the SEC and include the following:\n(i) macroeconomic conditions, including geopolitical, global trade and\ninternational conflict disruptions, which may lead to a disruption of, or lack\nof access to, sources of funding and rising inflation, (ii) the ability of our\ntenants to pay rent, (iii) our reliance on shopping center \"anchor\" tenants\nand other significant tenants, (iv) our substantial relationships with members\nof the B. F. Saul Company and certain other affiliated entities, each of which\nis controlled by B. Francis Saul II and his family members, (v) financing\nrisks, such as increases in interest rates, restrictions imposed by our debt,\nour ability to meet existing financial covenants and our ability to consummate\nplanned and additional financings on acceptable terms or at all, (vi) our\naccess to additional capital, (vii) our development activities, (viii) our\nability to successfully complete additional acquisitions, developments or\nredevelopments, or if they are consummated, whether such acquisitions,\ndevelopments or redevelopments perform as expected, (ix) adverse trends in the\nretail, office and residential real estate sectors, (x) risks relating to\ncybersecurity and potential future uses of artificial intelligence, including\ndisruption to our business and operations, reputational risk, regulatory risk,\nand exposure to liabilities from tenants, employees, capital providers, and\nother third parties, (xi) risks generally incident to the ownership of real\nproperty, including adverse changes in economic conditions, changes in the\ninvestment climate for real estate, changes in real estate taxes and other\noperating expenses, adverse changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies,\nthe relative illiquidity of real estate and environmental risks, and (xii)\nrisks related to our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, such as\nthe existence of complex regulations relating to our status as a REIT, the\neffect of future changes to REIT requirements as a result of new legislation\nand the adverse consequences of any failure to qualify as a REIT.  Given\nthese uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any\nforward-looking statements that we make, including those in this press\nrelease. Except as may be required by law, we make no promise to update any of\nthe forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events\nor otherwise. You should carefully review the risks and risk factors included\nin our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and\nother periodic or current reports filed with the SEC.\n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saul-centers-declares-quarterly-dividends-302882614.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saul-centers-declares-quarterly-dividends-302882614.html)\n\nSOURCE Saul Centers, Inc.\n\n\n\nCarlos Heard at (301) 986-7737\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn6lR9mca-20260917","title":"Saul Centers Declares Quarterly Dividends","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"BFS","created":"2026-09-17T20:05:57.977Z","tickers":["BFS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Saul Centers Declares Quarterly Dividends\nPR Newswire\n\nBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2026\n\nBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE: BFS)\nhas declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share on its common stock, to\nbe paid on October 30, 2026, to holders of record on October 15, 2026. The\ncommon dividend is unchanged from the amount paid in the previous quarter and\nthe amount paid in the prior year's comparable quarter.\n\nThe Company also declared quarterly dividends on (a) its 6.125% Series D\nCumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, in the amount of $0.3828125 per\ndepositary share and (b) its 6.000% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred\nStock, in the amount of $0.3750000 per depositary share. The preferred\ndividends will be paid on October 15, 2026, to holders of record on\nOctober 1, 2026.\n\nSaul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in\nBethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate\nportfolio comprised of 62 properties, which includes (a) 50 community and\nneighborhood shopping centers and nine mixed-use properties with approximately\n10.6 million square feet of leasable area and (b) three non-operating land and\ndevelopment properties. Over 85% of the Saul Centers' property operating\nincome is generated by properties in the Washington, DC/Baltimore metropolitan\narea.\n\nMore information about Saul Centers is available on the Company's website at\nwww.saulcenters.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776961-1&h=3648998859&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saulcenters.com%2F&a=www.saulcenters.com)\n.\n\nSafe Harbor Statement\n\nCertain matters discussed within this press release may be deemed to be\nforward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.\nFor these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for\nforward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation\nReform Act of 1995. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected\nin the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can\ngive no assurance that its expectations will be attained. These factors\ninclude, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in our Annual\nReport on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and other periodic or\ncurrent reports filed with the SEC and include the following:\n(i) macroeconomic conditions, including geopolitical, global trade and\ninternational conflict disruptions, which may lead to a disruption of, or lack\nof access to, sources of funding and rising inflation, (ii) the ability of our\ntenants to pay rent, (iii) our reliance on shopping center \"anchor\" tenants\nand other significant tenants, (iv) our substantial relationships with members\nof the B. F. Saul Company and certain other affiliated entities, each of which\nis controlled by B. Francis Saul II and his family members, (v) financing\nrisks, such as increases in interest rates, restrictions imposed by our debt,\nour ability to meet existing financial covenants and our ability to consummate\nplanned and additional financings on acceptable terms or at all, (vi) our\naccess to additional capital, (vii) our development activities, (viii) our\nability to successfully complete additional acquisitions, developments or\nredevelopments, or if they are consummated, whether such acquisitions,\ndevelopments or redevelopments perform as expected, (ix) adverse trends in the\nretail, office and residential real estate sectors, (x) risks relating to\ncybersecurity and potential future uses of artificial intelligence, including\ndisruption to our business and operations, reputational risk, regulatory risk,\nand exposure to liabilities from tenants, employees, capital providers, and\nother third parties, (xi) risks generally incident to the ownership of real\nproperty, including adverse changes in economic conditions, changes in the\ninvestment climate for real estate, changes in real estate taxes and other\noperating expenses, adverse changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies,\nthe relative illiquidity of real estate and environmental risks, and (xii)\nrisks related to our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, such as\nthe existence of complex regulations relating to our status as a REIT, the\neffect of future changes to REIT requirements as a result of new legislation\nand the adverse consequences of any failure to qualify as a REIT.  Given\nthese uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any\nforward-looking statements that we make, including those in this press\nrelease. Except as may be required by law, we make no promise to update any of\nthe forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events\nor otherwise. You should carefully review the risks and risk factors included\nin our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and\nother periodic or current reports filed with the SEC.\n\nView original\ncontent:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saul-centers-declares-quarterly-dividends-302882614.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saul-centers-declares-quarterly-dividends-302882614.html)\n\nSOURCE Saul Centers, Inc.\n\n\n\nCarlos Heard at (301) 986-7737\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-17T20:05:58.024704506Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789675558024},"received_at":"2026-09-17T20:05:58.078Z","source_url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saul-centers-declares-quarterly-dividends-302882614.html"},"analysis":{"id":"135727","press_release_id":"146895","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Retail REITs","sector":"Real Estate"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"dividend","narrative":"Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share on its common stock, payable October 30, 2026 to holders of record on October 15, 2026.\n\nThe common payout is unchanged from both the previous quarter and the prior-year comparable quarter, leaving the REIT's income profile flat.\n\nIt also declared preferred dividends of $0.3828125 per depositary share on the 6.125% Series D and $0.3750000 on the 6.000% Series E, both payable October 15, 2026.\n\nThis is a routine income declaration with no change in distribution policy for the shopping-center REIT.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Flat quarterly dividend keeps BFS's income profile unchanged — routine REIT declaration, relevant mainly to income-focused holders."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"common_record_date":"2026-10-15","common_payment_date":"2026-10-30","preferred_record_date":"2026-10-01","common_dividend_change":"unchanged vs prior quarter and prior-year comparable quarter","preferred_payment_date":"2026-10-15","common_dividend_per_share":0.59,"series_d_preferred_dividend_per_depositary_share":0.3828125,"series_e_preferred_dividend_per_depositary_share":0.375}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"B. 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