Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC): Price and Financial Metrics

Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC): $5.45

0.11 (-1.98%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

D

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Industry: Private Equity

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PSEC Price/Volume Stats

Current price $5.45 52-week high $7.04
Prev. close $5.56 52-week low $5.03
Day low $5.45 Volume 2,607,800
Day high $5.55 Avg. volume 2,260,755
50-day MA $5.78 Dividend yield 13.07%
200-day MA $5.97 Market Cap 2.26B

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PSEC POWR Grades

  • PSEC scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 74.09% of US stocks.
  • PSEC's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • PSEC ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

PSEC Stock Summary

  • PSEC's current price/earnings ratio is 92.09, which is higher than 93.25% of US stocks with positive earnings.
  • The ratio of debt to operating expenses for PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP is higher than it is for about 98.61% of US stocks.
  • Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for PSEC comes in at 19.6% -- higher than that of 91.36% of stocks in our set.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to PSEC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SAR, VICI, SACH, DKL, and OFS.
  • Visit PSEC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.prospectstreet.com.

PSEC Valuation Summary

  • PSEC's price/earnings ratio is 94.9; this is 762.73% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
  • Over the past 234 months, PSEC's EV/EBIT ratio has gone NA NA.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PSEC.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
PSEC 2023-12-22 2.9 0.7 94.9 18.9
PSEC 2023-12-21 2.8 0.7 94.1 18.8
PSEC 2023-12-20 2.8 0.7 93.6 18.8
PSEC 2023-12-19 2.8 0.7 94.4 18.8
PSEC 2023-12-18 2.8 0.7 93.2 18.7
PSEC 2023-12-15 2.8 0.7 92.4 18.6

PSEC Growth Metrics

    Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -58.28%.
  • Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 10.29%.
  • Its year over year price growth rate is now at -9.43%.
PSEC's revenue has moved up $54,262,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows PSEC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 781.644 -691.176 50.938
2022-09-30 744.104 -862.123 241.726
2022-06-30 710.904 -795.339 556.649
2022-06-30 710.904 -795.339 556.649
2022-03-31 683.62 -689.716 855.713
2021-12-31 661.645 -363.214 944.564

PSEC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • PSEC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 55.45% of graded US stocks.
  • PSEC's asset turnover comes in at 0.108 -- ranking 192nd of 443 Trading stocks.
  • CXP, OFS, and CGBD are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PSEC.

The table below shows PSEC's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.108 0.706 0.137
2021-03-31 0.110 0.710 0.132
2020-12-31 0.114 0.714 0.079
2020-09-30 0.113 0.716 0.037
2020-06-30 0.116 0.716 0.018
2020-03-31 0.117 0.718 0.002

PSEC Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of PSEC, see our PSEC price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $6.50 Average Broker Recommendation 2.5 (Moderate Sell)

Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) Company Bio


Prospect Capital Corporation invests primarily in first and second lien secured loans and unsecured debt, senior and subordinated debt and equity of companies in need of capital for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations and other purposes. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York.


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Prospect Capital Corp's Dividend Analysis

Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ:PSEC) recently announced a dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on 2024-01-18, with the ex-dividend date set for 2023-12-26. As investors look forward to this upcoming payment, the spotlight also shines on the company's dividend history, yield, and growth rates. Using the data from GuruFocus, let's look into Prospect Capital Corp's dividend performance and assess its sustainability.

Yahoo | December 25, 2023

Prospect Capital Announces Annual Meeting Update

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced that it held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 18, 2023. The proposals that were considered at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2023 (the “Proxy”). As of September 19, 2023, there were

Yahoo | December 18, 2023

Implied Volatility Surging for Prospect Capital (PSEC) Stock Options

Investors need to pay close attention to Prospect Capital (PSEC) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

Yahoo | December 1, 2023

Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript November 10, 2023 Operator: Hello, and welcome to the Prospect Capital First Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over […]

Yahoo | November 11, 2023

Q1 2024 Prospect Capital Corp Earnings Call

Q1 2024 Prospect Capital Corp Earnings Call

Yahoo | November 10, 2023

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PSEC Price Returns

1-mo -5.53%
3-mo -8.69%
6-mo -5.83%
1-year -8.88%
3-year -3.64%
5-year 42.41%
YTD -7.16%
2023 -4.13%
2022 -8.61%
2021 70.00%
2020 -3.54%
2019 13.83%

PSEC Dividends

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