PSEC Stock Analysis: Prospect Capital | NASDAQ
Asset Management | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.122m USD | 12M Return: -19.3% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 12.3M
EPS Trend: -97.1%
Qual. Beats: 9
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) is a Business Development Company (BDC) that provides debt and equity financing to small and middle-market private companies, with particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. The firm specializes in mezzanine finance, senior secured loans, unitranche structures, first-lien and second-lien debt, private equity investments, and also holds a portfolio of multi-family residential real estate assets.
PSEC pursues both primary origination and secondary market purchases, targeting transactions typically ranging from $10 million to $500 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million. As a BDC, the company operates under the regulatory framework of the Investment Company Act of 1940, which generally requires it to distribute the bulk of its taxable income to shareholders-a structure that makes such vehicles common holdings for income-oriented investors.
The company invests across a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense, healthcare, software, oil and gas, financial services, manufacturing, consumer products, and renewables, with a geographic focus on the United States and Canada. Its portfolio activity centers on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, bridge loans, and debt financings for private equity sponsors, primarily in companies that are too small to access public capital markets efficiently.
- Net investment income pressured by base rate movements
- Energy sector non-accruals drag on portfolio credit performance
- Dividend coverage challenged as NAV per share erodes further
| Net Income: -37.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.00 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.92 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 42.54% < 20% (prev -7.00%; Δ 49.55% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 412.7m > Net Income -37.8m |
| Current Ratio: 3.10 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (472.3m) vs 12m ago 6.50% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: -23.29% > 18% (prev 70.93%; Δ -94.21% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 1.49% > 50% (prev 6.68%; Δ -5.19% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -0.05 > 6 (EBIT TTM -6.13m / Interest Expense TTM 119.4m) |
| A: 0.01 (Total Current Assets 62.4m - Total Current Liabilities 20.1m) / Total Assets 6.38b |
| B: -0.22 (Retained Earnings -1.38b / Total Assets 6.38b) |
| C: -0.00 (EBIT TTM -6.13m / Avg Total Assets 6.69b) |
| D: 2.51 (Book Value of Equity 4.57b / Total Liabilities 1.82b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.97 = BBB |
As of July 08, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 2.20 with a total of 5,483,010 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -5.17%, over one month by -0.25%, over three months by -10.61% and over the past year by -19.30%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 2.10 (which is 4.5% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Prospect Capital has received a consensus analysts rating of 1.00. Therefore, it is recommended to sell PSEC.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 2 | -9.1% |
P/E Forward = 9.3721
P/S = 1.7249
P/B = 0.3783
P/EG = 1.5483
Revenue TTM = 99.4m USD
EBIT TTM = -6.13m USD
EBITDA TTM = 6.25m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.71b USD (estimated: total debt 1.73b - short term 20.1m)
Short Term Debt = 20.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.73b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 1.70b USD (calculated: Debt 1.73b - CCE 34.6m)
Enterprise Value = 2.82b USD (1.12b + Debt 1.73b - CCE 34.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -0.05 (Ebit TTM -6.13m / Interest Expense TTM 119.4m)
EV/FCF = -111.1x (Enterprise Value 2.82b / FCF TTM -25.4m)
FCF Yield = -0.90% (FCF TTM -25.4m / Enterprise Value 2.82b)
FCF Margin = -25.53% (FCF TTM -25.4m / Revenue TTM 99.4m)
Net Margin = -38.00% (Net Income TTM -37.8m / Revenue TTM 99.4m)
Gross Margin = -23.29% ((Revenue TTM 99.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 122.5m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 50.94% (prev 50.77%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.44 (Enterprise Value 2.82b / Total Assets 6.38b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 6.90% (Interest Expense 119.4m / Debt 1.73b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -4.84m (EBIT -6.13m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 1.03 (Total Current Assets 62.4m / Total Current Liabilities 60.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.38 (Debt 1.73b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 4.57b)
Debt / EBITDA = 271.5 (Net Debt 1.70b / EBITDA 6.25m)
Debt / FCF = -66.91 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 1.70b / FCF TTM -25.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.38b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -0.56% (Net Income -37.8m / Total Assets 6.38b)
RoE = -1.12% (Net Income TTM -37.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 3.38b)
RoCE = -0.12% (EBIT -6.13m / Capital Employed (Equity 3.38b + L.T.Debt 1.71b))
RoIC = -0.08% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -4.84m / Invested Capital 6.38b)
WACC = 6.62% (E(1.12b)/V(2.85b) * Re(8.43%) + D(1.73b)/V(2.85b) * Rd(6.90%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 8.43% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 89.89 | Cagr: 6.38%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -25.4m)
EPS Correlation: -97.10 | EPS CAGR: -17.46% | SUE: 2.59 | # QB: 9
Revenue Correlation: N/A | Revenue CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.29 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.10 | Chg30d=-9.09% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-06-30): EPS=0.46 | Chg30d=-2.13% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-40.3% | GrowthRev=-11.9%
EPS next Year (2027-06-30): EPS=0.35 | Chg30d=-16.67% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-23.9% | GrowthRev=-9.4%