Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC): Price and Financial Metrics
Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
Today's Latest Price: $5.14 USD
Updated Oct 20 4:00pm
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PSEC Stock Summary
- With a one year PEG ratio of 213.34, Prospect Capital Corp is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 84.42% of US stocks.
- The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Prospect Capital Corp is higher than it is for about 98.76% of US stocks.
- Prospect Capital Corp's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 24.88%, greater than the shareholder yield of 89.84% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to PSEC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ASR, FDUS, HCAP, OCSI, 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.
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PSEC Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $5.14 | 52-week high | $6.75 |
| Prev. close | $5.16 | 52-week low | $3.67 |
| Day low | $5.14 | Volume | 1,165,800 |
| Day high | $5.20 | Avg. volume | 2,454,339 |
| 50-day MA | $5.10 | Dividend yield | 13.95% |
| 200-day MA | $5.18 | Market Cap | 1.94B |
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.
PSEC Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $5.14 | $60.69 | 1076% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Prospect Capital Corp with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Prospect Capital Corp ranked in the 86th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 1082%. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for PSEC, they are:
- Its compound free cash flow growth rate, as measured over the past 5.01 years, is 0.57% -- higher than 82.51% of stocks in our DCF forecasting set.
- Prospect Capital Corp's effective tax rate, as measured by taxes paid relative to net income, is at 0 -- greater than merely 0% of US stocks with positive free cash flow.
- The weighted average cost of capital for the company is 10. This value is greater than 74.8% stocks in the Financial Services sector that generate free cash flow.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 1053% |
| 1% | 1065% |
| 2% | 1076% |
| 3% | 1088% |
| 4% | 1099% |
| 5% | 1111% |
GAIN, RM, CNO, MFC, and AINC can be thought of as valuation peers to PSEC, in the sense that they are in the Financial Services sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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