Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC)

Prospect Capital Corporation is a Private Equity, Private Debt and business development company. It specializes in middle market, lower-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. The fund makes secured debt, senior debt, senior and secured term loans, unitranche debt, first-lien and second lien, private debt, private equity, mezzanine debt, and equity investments in private and microcap public businesses. It focuses on both primary origination and secondary loans/portfolios and invests in situations like debt financings for private equity sponsors, acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, growth financings, bridge loans, cash flow term loans, real estate financings/investments. It also focuses on investing in small-sized and medium-sized private companies rather than large public companies. The fund typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. It invests in aerospace and defense, chemicals, conglomerate services, consumer services, ecological, electronics, financial services, machinery, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, specialty minerals, textiles and leather, transportation, oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, healthcare, food and beverage, education, business services, and other select sectors. It prefers to invest in the United States and Canada. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million to $500 million per transaction in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million, sales value between $25 million and $500 million, and enterprise value between $5 million and $1000 million. It fund also co-invests for larger deals. The fund seeks control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. The fund focuses on sole, agented, club, or syndicated deals.

Symbol
PSEC
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Market cap
$820.39M
52 week range
1.58 - 3.13

Valuation

Share price
$1.60 (close of 2026-10-16)
P/E (TTM)
26.67x
Price to book
0.28x
Price to free cash flow
1.59x
Enterprise value
$2.64B
Book value per share
$5.71

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-1.84%
5 days-6.98%
1 month-27.27%
3 months-31.33%
6 months-43.06%
Year to date-38.22%
1 year-42.24%
3 years-73.33%
5 years-80.44%
10 years-79.90%
All time-89.33%

Short interest

As of
30 Sep 2026
Short % of float
4.52%
Shares short
18.06M
Days to cover
3.25
Change since prior report
-12.06%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
5.25%
Return on assets
2.38%
Net income growth
131.33%
Free cash flow growth
0.00%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
62.93%
Net debt to EBITDA
6.41x

Latest reported year

Period end
2026-06-30
Fiscal year
2026
EBITDA
$283.55M
Net income
$153.66M
Earnings per share
$0.06
Interest expense
$129.88M
Shares outstanding
479.87M

Income statement by year

Period endNet incomeEPS
2026-06-30$153.66M$0.06
2025-08-31-$490.50M$0.00
2025-06-30-$469.92M-$1.35
2024-08-31$234.12M$0.00
2024-06-30$262.83M$0.36
2023-08-31-$88.04M$0.00
2023-06-30-$101.64M-$0.43
2022-08-31$735.34M$0.00
2022-06-30$582.58M$1.43
2021-08-31$428.11M$0.00

Margins and returns by year

Period endReturn on equity
2026-06-305.25%
2025-08-310.00%
2025-06-30-15.72%
2024-08-310.00%
2024-06-307.08%
2023-08-310.00%
2023-06-30-2.72%
2022-08-310.00%
2022-06-3014.14%
2021-08-310.00%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2026-06-30$43.57M$1.86B
2025-06-30$50.79M$2.09B
2024-06-30$85.87M$2.43B
2023-06-30$95.65M$2.58B
2022-06-30$35.36M$2.74B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flow
2026-06-30$516.31M
2025-06-30$523.17M
2024-06-30$279.98M
2023-06-30-$220.85M
2022-06-30-$795.34M
2021-06-30$31.02M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-09-28
Paid in the last twelve months
$0.49
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-09-28$0.04
2026-08-27$0.04
2026-07-29$0.04
2026-06-26$0.04
2026-05-27$0.04
2026-04-28$0.04
2026-03-27$0.04
2026-02-25$0.04

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-11-05
Consensus EPS estimate
$0.10

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-08-20Jun/2026-
2026-05-07Mar/2026-
2026-02-09Dec/2025-
2025-11-06Sep/2025-
2025-08-26Jun/2025-
2025-05-08Mar/2025-
2025-02-10Dec/2024-
2024-11-08Sep/2024-

Filings and sources

Company website
prospectstreet.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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