Prospect CapitalPSEC
PSEC
About: Prospect Capital Corp is a closed-end investment company based in the United States. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company invests primarily in senior and subordinated debt and equity of private companies for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations, and other purposes. It makes investments, including lending in private equity, sponsored transactions, directly to companies, investments in structured credit, real estate, and syndicated debt.
Employees: 8
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Funds holding %
of 7,323 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
78% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 98 | Existing positions reduced: 55
24% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $192M [Q4 2024] → $238M (+$45.8M) [Q1 2025]
2.87% more ownership
Funds ownership: 10.18% [Q4 2024] → 13.05% (+2.87%) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 1 (+0) [Q1 2025]
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 235 [Q4 2024] → 221 (-14) [Q1 2025]
28% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 39
75% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.24M | Put options by funds: $9.12M
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$3
8%
downside
Avg. target
$3
8%
downside
High target
$3
8%
downside
1 analyst rating
0 positive
0%
0 neutral
0%
1 negative
100%
Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea | 8%downside $3 | Underweight Maintained | 12 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about PSEC published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
17 hours ago
Prospect Capital: 15% Yield Headed For Another Cut
Previously maintained a cautious hold rating on Prospect Capital, favoring bonds over common stock and preferred shares. The stock has heavily underperformed and justified the decision to stay out. We go over the recent results and tell you why the new dividend is likely to get cut within a year.
Positive
Forbes
1 week ago
5 Monthly Dividend Stocks Yielding Up To 16.3% Today
Quarterly payers are the norm. But monthly dividends…. Yeah, that's that stuff. Today we'll chat about five monthly divvies that yield between 5.8% and 16.3% per year. That's right, these stocks pay early, often and heavy.
Neutral
24/7 Wall Street
3 weeks ago
5 Stocks and ETFs Priced at $5 and Lower Pay Massive 10% to 19% Dividends
While Most of Wall Street focuses on large and mega-cap stocks, as they provide a degree of safety and liquidity, many investors are limited in the number of shares they can buy.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
4 weeks ago
Prospect Capital Corporation Acquires QC Holdings, Inc.
NEW YORK, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (“Prospect”) (NASDAQ: PSEC) has announced the closing of the acquisition of QC Holdings, Inc. (“QC Holdings”), a provider of consumer credit, by Prospect on June 30, 2025. In accordance with the previously announced definitive merger agreement, Prospect has acquired QC Holdings in an all-cash transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately $115 million.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Prospect Capital: Lower Dividend Risk (Rating Upgrade)
Prospect Capital offers an attractive value proposition due to its massive discount to NAV, but is best suited for investors comfortable with higher volatility. The November 2024 dividend cut has improved dividend coverage and balance sheet quality, making the payout more sustainable despite ongoing NAV concerns. Portfolio quality remains strong with a low non-accrual percentage, and PSEC's first-lien strategy supports its credit profile.
Negative
24/7 Wall Street
1 month ago
Is 12% Too Good to Be True? Not for These Monthly Dividend Payers
In the bond world, double digit yields ordinarily equate to junk bonds with a higher than normal default risk.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Priority Income Fund Announces Redemption of its 6.125% Series I Term Preferred Stock Due 2028
NEW YORK, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”) announced today that it will redeem all outstanding shares of its 6.125% Series I Term Preferred Stock Due 2028 (CUSIP: 74274W780; NYSE: PRIF PRI) (the “Series I Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25 per Series I Preferred Share, plus accrued but unpaid dividends per Series I Preferred Share from March 31, 2025, to but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). The redemption date will be July 14, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”).
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Priority Income Fund Announces 17.4% Annualized Total Cash Distribution Rate (on Class R Offering Price) with “Bonus” and “Base” Common Shareholder Distributions for June 2025 through August 2025
NEW YORK, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared monthly cash “base” and “bonus” common shareholder distributions for June 2025, July 2025 and August 2025. The distributions remain consistent with prior declared monthly distributions.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Prospect Capital Announces Special Meeting Update
NEW YORK, June 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, "Company", “our”, or “we”) today announced that it held its special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on June 9, 2025. The proposals that were considered at the Special Meeting are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Special Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2025 (the “Proxy”). As of March 11, 2025, there were 445,761,031 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding, 27,533,233 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A1 Preferred Stock”), 163,000 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A2 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A2 Preferred Stock”), 5,251,157 shares of the Company's 5.35% Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock outstanding (the “5.35% Series A Preferred Stock”), 1,228,739 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series M1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M1 Preferred Stock”), 24,308,542 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series A3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A3 Preferred Stock”), 2,368,524 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series M3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M3 Preferred Stock”), 6,986,390 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series A4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A4 Preferred Stock”), 2,230,832 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series M4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M4 Preferred Stock”), 733,081 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series A5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A5 Preferred Stock”) and 117,589 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series M5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M5 Preferred Stock”). Each share of common or preferred stock has one vote. To afford additional time to solicit stockholder votes for the proposal found in the Proxy, the Special Meeting has been adjourned until June 17, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PSEC2025SM.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
The More It Tanks, The More It Stanks
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