Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
Financials · NMS · US
Price as at 30 Sept 2026, 23:48 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Prospect Capital Corporation trades at $2.08. We do not hold enough of the inputs to value this company with the confidence the estimate implies, so we publish no fair value for it rather than a number we would not defend.
Our moat model scores it 56 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 35.3 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
PSEC dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.355 | 9 |
| 2025 | $0.540 | 12 |
| 2024 | $0.690 | 12 |
| 2023 | $0.720 | 12 |
| 2022 | $0.720 | 12 |
| 2021 | $0.780 | 13 |
| 2020 | $0.720 | 12 |
| 2019 | $0.720 | 12 |
| 2018 | $0.720 | 12 |
| 2017 | $0.904 | 12 |
| 2016 | $0.996 | 12 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
PSEC earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 1 published rating
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Prospect Capital Corporation
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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
PSEC passes 3 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
4 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$32.53M · 0.0% of book
- Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$7.09M · 0.0% of book
- Paul Tudor Jones, TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL$1.64M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$30.4K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in PSEC
Trades in PSEC disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Gary Palmer · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 6 Aug 2018 · disclosed 29 Sept 2018
- Gary Palmer · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 12 Jul 2018 · disclosed 29 Sept 2018
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
PSEC peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Asset Management), then in the same sector.
- KKR KKR & Co. Inc.
- APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- ARES Ares Management Corporation
- CG The Carlyle Group Inc.
- BEN Franklin Templeton Inc.
- BAMGF Brookfield Corporation
- OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc.
- PS Pershing Square Inc.
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Common questions
Which funds own PSEC?
4 of the institutions we track reported a position in PSEC in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is PSEC's P/E ratio?
PSEC trades at 35.3 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) pay a dividend?
Yes. Prospect Capital Corporation yields 19.91% at the current share price. It has paid $0.490 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 22 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does PSEC report earnings next?
Prospect Capital Corporation is scheduled to report on 5 Nov 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its PSEC data?
Fundamentals for PSEC come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NMS; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 30 Sept 2026, 23:48 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 96/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.