PSEC Stock Overview
A business development company. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 4/6 |
| Dividends | 3/6 |
Prospect Capital Corporation Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$3.49 |
| 52 Week High | US$5.72 |
| 52 Week Low | US$3.39 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
| 1 Month Change | -18.84% |
| 3 Month Change | -17.30% |
| 1 Year Change | -35.85% |
| 3 Year Change | -57.90% |
| 5 Year Change | -15.09% |
| Change since IPO | -76.73% |
Recent News & Updates
Prospect Capital: PIK Drop A Problem, But Dividend Should Be Safe
Mar 08Prospect Capital: Deteriorating NAV And Vulnerable To Higher Rates (Rating Downgrade)
Feb 12Prospect Capital: 8.9% On Bonds With Heavy Insider Buys
Jan 28Prospect Capital: Still Steering Clear For Now (Rating Upgrade)
Dec 14Prospect Capital: Why I Am Buying The 25% Dividend Cut
Nov 12Recent updates
Prospect Capital: PIK Drop A Problem, But Dividend Should Be Safe
Mar 08Prospect Capital: Deteriorating NAV And Vulnerable To Higher Rates (Rating Downgrade)
Feb 12Prospect Capital: 8.9% On Bonds With Heavy Insider Buys
Jan 28Prospect Capital: Still Steering Clear For Now (Rating Upgrade)
Dec 14Prospect Capital: Why I Am Buying The 25% Dividend Cut
Nov 12PSEC: Trades At A Discount For A Reason
Nov 03Prospect Capital: High Yield, But With Caveats
Oct 16Prospect Capital: The Yield Is Not Worth The Risk
Oct 02Prospect Capital: Good Dividend Yield, Not Shareholder Value
Sep 11Bargain: Very Undervalued Bonds From Investment Grade Prospect Capital
Aug 29Prospect Capital: This 13% Yield Is Safer Than Investors Think (Rating Upgrade)
Jun 11Prospect Capital: The 12.7% Dividend Yield Could Be At Risk
May 23Prospect Capital: 13.4% Dividend Yield, But Will NAV Dip Forever?
Feb 12Prospect Capital: 3 Reasons To Buy This Mediocre 12% Yield (Rating Upgrade)
Jan 26Prospect Capital: Attractive Entry Point For Investors Willing To Take Risk
Jan 14Prospect Capital announces additions to non-traded preferred stock offering
Oct 07Prospect Capital goes ex-dividend tomorrow
Sep 26Prospect Capital exceeds $1B preferred fundraising milestone and upsizes extended credit facility to $1.584B
Sep 09Prospect Capital NII EPS of $0.21 beats by $0.03, total Investment Income of $184.62M beats by $8.02M
Aug 29The Best Way To Invest In Prospect Capital
Aug 21Prospect Capital: Deep Value Alert, Dividend Hike Could Come Soon
Aug 08Opportunity: Investment Grade Bond, +8% Yield From Prospect Capital
Jul 20Prospect Capital: A Dividend Cut Could Come Soon
Jun 26Prospect Capital: The Superstar Stock You Do Not Want To Miss
Apr 28Prospect Capital: 8% Yield, 21% Discount, Steady Dividends
Feb 13Prospect Capital: A Value Trap
Jan 06Prospect Capital: Preferred Offers Attractive Risk-Reward
Sep 07Prospect Capital: 9% Yield, 18% Discount, Monthly Payer
Aug 29Prospect Capital: Not Yet A Buy But No Longer Fool's Gold
Jul 19Prospect Capital: 8% Yield, 5% Discount, Outperforming Monthly Payer
Jun 18Prospect Capital NII beats by $0.02, beats on total investment income
May 10Prospect Capital prices $325M of 3.706% notes due 2026
Jan 14Prospect Capital offers to repurchase $20M of 6.375% convertible notes
Dec 28Prospect Capital buys $25M of notes issued by KM2 Solutions
Dec 22Prospect Capital launches tender offer for $162.9M of convertible notes
Dec 16Prospect Capital offers to buy back up to $40M of notes
Nov 17Prospect Capital: Cheap Valuation, But The Discount Is Warranted
Nov 14Prospect Capital declares $0.06 dividend
Nov 09Shareholder Returns
| PSEC | US Capital Markets | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -13.8% | -3.3% | -2.5% |
| 1Y | -35.8% | 8.7% | -0.04% |
Return vs Industry: PSEC underperformed the US Capital Markets industry which returned 13% over the past year.
Return vs Market: PSEC underperformed the US Market which returned 4.7% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| PSEC volatility | |
|---|---|
| PSEC Average Weekly Movement | 4.4% |
| Capital Markets Industry Average Movement | 5.5% |
| Market Average Movement | 7.7% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.9% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 4.0% |
Stable Share Price: PSEC has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: PSEC's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.
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About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | n/a | John Barry | www.prospectstreet.com/corporate-profile/ |
Prospect Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in middle market, mature, mezzanine finance, later stage, emerging growth, leveraged buyouts, refinancing, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnaround, growth capital, development, capital expenditures and subordinated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations, cash flow term loans, market place lending and bridge transactions. It also makes real estate investments particularly in multi-family residential real estate asset class.
Prospect Capital Corporation Fundamentals Summary
| PSEC fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$1.65b |
| Earnings (TTM) | -US$91.22m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$796.25m |
1.9x
P/S Ratio-16.9x
P/E RatioIs PSEC overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| PSEC income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$796.25m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$0 |
| Gross Profit | US$796.25m |
| Other Expenses | US$887.47m |
| Earnings | -US$91.22m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.21 |
| Gross Margin | 100.00% |
| Net Profit Margin | -11.46% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 40.6% |
How did PSEC perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
15.5%
Current Dividend Yield-321%
Payout RatioDoes PSEC pay a reliable dividends?
See PSEC dividend history and benchmarks| Prospect Capital dividend dates | |
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| Ex Dividend Date | Mar 27 2025 |
| Dividend Pay Date | Apr 17 2025 |
| Days until Ex dividend | 15 days |
| Days until Dividend pay date | 6 days |
Does PSEC pay a reliable dividends?
See PSEC dividend history and benchmarksCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/04/10 09:03 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/04/10 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/06/30 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Prospect Capital Corporation is covered by 22 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 |
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| Kannan Venkateshwar | Barclays |
| Mark DeVries | Barclays |
| David Chiaverini | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |