Prospect Capital Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Prospect Capital's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -62.3%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 22.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 5.3% per year.

Key information

-62.29%

Earnings growth rate

-62.11%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth	15.06%
Revenue growth rate	5.30%
Return on equity	-5.57%
Net Margin	-55.91%
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Prospect Capital makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

TASE:PSEC Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 25	681	-381	210
30 Jun 25	719	-594	232
31 Mar 25	765	-376	248
31 Dec 24	796	-91	265
30 Sep 24	822	-112	278
30 Jun 24	862	147	282
31 Mar 24	871	143	282
31 Dec 23	884	-80	289
30 Sep 23	886	27	284
30 Jun 23	852	-172	283
31 Mar 23	815	-215	278
31 Dec 22	782	51	267
30 Sep 22	744	242	259
30 Jun 22	711	557	250
31 Mar 22	684	856	239
31 Dec 21	662	945	228
30 Sep 21	659	1,004	224
30 Jun 21	632	962	216
31 Mar 21	620	882	214
31 Dec 20	615	451	209
30 Sep 20	605	133	209
30 Jun 20	624	-16	209
31 Mar 20	643	-140	212
31 Dec 19	659	135	219
30 Sep 19	685	79	228
30 Jun 19	704	144	234
31 Mar 19	713	220	235
31 Dec 18	705	183	235
30 Sep 18	680	372	221
30 Jun 18	658	300	217
31 Mar 18	651	237	215
31 Dec 17	659	204	220
30 Sep 17	680	184	226
30 Jun 17	701	253	231
31 Mar 17	727	297	237
31 Dec 16	746	353	235
30 Sep 16	772	157	243
30 Jun 16	792	103	251
31 Mar 16	798	103	256
31 Dec 15	800	109	260
30 Sep 15	789	290	258
30 Jun 15	791	346	255
31 Mar 15	775	323	255
31 Dec 14	774	324	251

Quality Earnings: PSEC is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: PSEC is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: PSEC is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 62.3% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare PSEC's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: PSEC is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (42.3%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: PSEC has a negative Return on Equity (-5.57%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/11/22 15:47
End of Day Share Price	2025/11/20 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/30
Annual Earnings	2025/06/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Prospect Capital Corporation is covered by 15 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Kannan Venkateshwar	Barclays
Mark DeVries	Barclays
David Chiaverini	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research