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Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
2.88 USD +0.07 (2.502%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 11:42 a.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:28 p.m. EDT

PSEC appears to be a high-yield stock with a dividend yield of 20.61%, but it's important to note that the payout ratio is over 2, indicating that the company is paying out more than its earnings. This could be a red flag for long-term investors as it may lead to sustainability issues. Short-term traders may find some opportunities in the current range-bound price movement, but the overall forecast suggests a slight downward trend. The options activity shows mixed signals, with both bullish and bearish positions, making it a risky proposition for short-term speculation. Long-term investors should approach with caution, as the fundamentals and earnings are not strong enough to support a buy-and-hold strategy.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.030746
AutoARIMA0.032561
AutoETS0.032561
MSTL0.032930

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.64
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.395
Excess Kurtosis 0.05
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-27
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 40.344
Revenue per Share 1.468
Market Cap 1,401,222,656
Forward P/E 6.86
Beta 0.84
Profit Margins -34.88%
Website https://www.prospectstreet.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:28 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing a mixed signal. Calls are predominantly positioned on the out-of-the-money (OTM) side, with high open interest (OI) and volatility (IV) at strikes like 3.0 and 4.0, suggesting some bullish sentiment. However, puts are also showing significant OI at the ATM strike of 3.0, indicating caution or bearishness. The overall IV is low, which may suggest a lack of conviction in either direction, but the high OI on OTM calls could indicate a potential for a short-term rally if the stock moves higher. The recent price history shows a range-bound movement with no clear trend, which aligns with the mixed options sentiment.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.81% 20.66% 18.27% 17.50%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-27 0.045 1.807229
2026-02-25 0.045 1.641878
2026-01-28 0.045 1.698564
2025-12-29 0.045 1.898876
2025-11-25 0.045 1.837602
2025-10-29 0.045 1.841236
2025-09-26 0.045 1.907159
2025-08-27 0.045 1.745210
2025-07-29 0.045 1.558451
2025-06-26 0.045 1.659830
2025-05-28 0.045 1.611939
2025-04-28 0.045 1.452053
2025-03-27 0.045 1.297661
2025-02-26 0.045 1.266178
2025-01-29 0.045 1.303434
2024-12-27 0.045 1.313904
2024-11-26 0.045 1.193252
2024-10-29 0.060 1.458347
2024-09-26 0.060 1.458189
2024-08-28 0.060 1.551175
2024-07-29 0.060 1.432688
2024-06-26 0.060 1.440488
2024-05-29 0.060 1.443069
2024-04-25 0.060 1.553140
2024-03-26 0.060 1.506998
2024-02-26 0.060 1.488098
2024-01-26 0.060 1.358051
2023-12-26 0.060 1.391467
2023-11-27 0.060 1.493235
2023-10-26 0.060 1.606677
2023-09-26 0.060 1.466267
2023-08-28 0.060 1.470857
2023-07-26 0.060 1.358919
2023-06-27 0.060 1.462665
2023-05-25 0.060 1.465066
2023-04-25 0.060 1.370852
2023-03-28 0.060 1.346731
2023-02-23 0.060 1.242768
2023-01-26 0.060 1.252723
2022-12-27 0.060 1.339372
2022-11-25 0.060 1.224603
2022-10-26 0.060 1.342243
2022-09-27 0.060 1.483323
2022-08-26 0.060 1.259081
2022-07-26 0.060 1.338853
2022-06-27 0.060 1.394968
2022-05-26 0.060 1.321786
2022-04-26 0.060 1.328952
2022-03-28 0.060 1.244307
2022-02-23 0.060 1.292744
2022-01-26 0.060 1.241470
2021-12-28 0.060 1.228357
2021-11-24 0.060 1.194856
2021-10-26 0.060 1.269221
2021-09-27 0.060 1.358113
2021-08-26 0.060 1.336064
2021-07-27 0.060 1.324472
2021-06-25 0.060 1.235764
2021-05-26 0.060 1.318851
2021-04-29 0.060 1.352904
2021-04-19 0.060 1.391875
2021-03-30 0.060 1.436443
2021-02-25 0.060 1.553012
2021-01-28 0.060 1.814595
2020-12-30 0.060 2.103047
2020-11-27 0.060 2.110392
2020-10-29 0.060 2.346468
2020-09-29 0.060 2.369673
2020-08-28 0.060 2.369451
2020-07-30 0.060 2.435852
2020-06-29 0.060 2.430650
2020-05-28 0.060 2.393661
2020-04-29 0.060 2.827253
2020-03-30 0.060 2.919631
2020-02-27 0.060 2.246305
2020-01-30 0.060 1.998335
2019-12-31 0.060 2.051200
2019-11-27 0.060 2.044792
2019-10-30 0.060 2.082775
2019-09-27 0.060 2.045047
2019-08-29 0.060 2.140939
2019-07-30 0.060 2.070921
2019-06-27 0.060 2.160798
2019-05-30 0.060 2.151055
2019-04-29 0.060 2.112442
2019-03-28 0.060 2.179946
2019-02-27 0.060 2.107080
2019-01-30 0.060 2.153751
2018-12-31 0.060 2.334836
2018-11-29 0.060 2.155114
2018-10-30 0.060 2.238689
2018-09-27 0.060 2.053675
2018-08-30 0.060 2.013102
2018-07-30 0.060 2.207229
2018-06-28 0.060 2.309193
2018-05-30 0.060 2.312603
2018-04-27 0.060 2.483407
2018-03-28 0.060 2.449255
2018-02-27 0.060 2.423468
2018-01-30 0.060 2.445302
2017-12-28 0.060 2.356998
2017-11-29 0.060 2.404911
2017-10-30 0.060 2.768762
2017-09-28 0.060 2.523974
2017-08-29 0.083 3.425610
2017-07-27 0.083 2.889435
2017-06-28 0.083 2.983738
2017-05-26 0.083 2.934209
2017-04-26 0.083 2.621153
2017-03-29 0.083 2.738244
2017-02-24 0.083 2.660334
2017-01-27 0.083 2.896800
2016-12-28 0.083 3.073065
2016-11-28 0.083 3.184228
2016-10-27 0.083 3.212802
2016-09-28 0.083 3.190548
2016-08-29 0.083 3.124001
2016-07-27 0.083 3.207903
2016-06-28 0.083 3.477776
2016-05-26 0.083 3.613822
2016-04-27 0.083 3.653777
2016-03-29 0.083 3.938619
2016-02-25 0.083 4.100516
2016-01-27 0.083 4.710748
2015-12-29 0.083 4.156986
2015-11-25 0.083 3.903510
2015-10-28 0.083 4.044435
2015-09-28 0.083 4.090948
2015-08-27 0.083 4.035543
2015-07-29 0.083 4.271641
2015-06-26 0.083 4.131853
2015-05-27 0.083 3.945415
2015-04-28 0.083 3.790870
2015-03-27 0.083 3.787563
2015-02-25 0.083 3.706131
2015-01-28 0.111 5.188181
2014-12-29 0.111 5.306643
2014-11-25 0.111 4.718856
2014-10-29 0.111 4.689785
2014-09-26 0.111 4.577488
2014-08-27 0.111 4.480497
2014-07-29 0.110 4.260458
2014-06-26 0.110 4.463572
2014-05-28 0.110 4.746387
2014-04-28 0.110 4.437700
2014-03-27 0.110 4.486935
2014-02-26 0.110 4.462457
2014-01-29 0.110 4.536430
2013-12-27 0.110 4.431173
2013-11-26 0.110 4.423336
2013-10-29 0.110 4.462322
2013-09-26 0.110 4.541485
2013-08-28 0.110 4.668274
2013-07-29 0.110 4.770500
2013-06-26 0.110 4.958497
2013-05-29 0.110 5.029037
2013-04-26 0.110 4.968304
2013-03-26 0.110 4.977343
2013-02-26 0.110 4.981401
2013-01-29 0.110 4.950589
2012-12-27 0.110 5.256857
2012-11-28 0.102 4.975718
2012-09-26 0.102 4.617540
2012-08-29 0.102 4.609899
2012-07-27 0.102 4.873112
2012-06-27 0.102 4.826702
2012-05-29 0.102 5.068067
2012-04-26 0.102 5.060022
2012-03-28 0.101 5.102899
2012-02-27 0.101 5.145108
2012-01-27 0.101 5.458744
2011-12-28 0.101 6.061358
2011-11-28 0.101 6.375560
2011-10-27 0.101 5.900088
2011-09-28 0.101 7.013573
2011-08-29 0.101 6.549319
2011-07-27 0.101 6.227655
2011-06-28 0.101 6.120046
2011-05-26 0.101 5.339532
2011-04-27 0.101 5.227966
2011-03-29 0.101 5.142335
2011-02-24 0.101 5.293871
2011-01-27 0.101 5.467585
2010-12-29 0.101 5.955360
2010-11-26 0.101 6.578822
2010-10-27 0.101 6.646018
2010-09-28 0.100 6.701375
2010-08-27 0.101 7.068986
2010-07-28 0.100 6.892352
2010-06-28 0.100 6.807917
2010-03-30 0.410 23.034703
2009-12-29 0.409 24.361082
2009-10-06 0.408 27.304438
2009-07-06 0.406 32.513578
2009-03-27 0.405 35.503833
2008-12-29 0.404 29.198813
2008-09-26 0.403 25.933302
2008-06-26 0.401 26.022478
2008-03-27 0.400 24.032332
2007-12-26 0.395 26.263969
2007-09-17 0.393 23.104902
2007-06-20 0.390 21.609255
2007-03-21 0.388 23.099637
2006-12-27 0.385 22.600851
2006-09-20 0.380 24.866565
2006-06-21 0.340 22.031496
2006-03-22 0.300 20.403588
2005-12-20 0.280 20.706229
2005-09-20 0.200 16.864990
2005-06-08 0.150 13.187643
2005-03-09 0.125 11.183144
2004-12-08 0.100 8.963595
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.54
dividendYield 19.25
exDividendDate 2026-04-28
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.54
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.19217083
lastDividendValue 0.045
lastDividendDate 2026-03-27
dividendDate 2026-05-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.1948424
Address1 10 East 40th Street
Address2 42nd Floor
All Time High 18.97
All Time Low 2.45
Ask 2.92
Ask Size 19
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,592,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,320,791
Average Volume 4,320,791
Average Volume10Days 3,592,420
Beta 0.835
Bid 2.46
Bid Size 1
Book Value 6.21
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.8803
Current Ratio 0.74
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 2.9099
Day Low 2.81
Debt To Equity 40.344
Display Name Prospect Capital
Dividend Date 1,779,148,800
Dividend Rate 0.54
Dividend Yield 19.25
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,770,732,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,770,732,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,670,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,184,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,184,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 7.14
Enterprise Value 4,792,976,384
Eps Current Year 0.47
Eps Forward 0.42
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.82
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,777,334,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212-812-2095
Fifty Day Average 2.7008
Fifty Day Average Change 0.1795001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06646183
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -19.48424
Fifty Two Week High 3.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.88969994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23599468
Fifty Two Week Low 2.45
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.4303
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17563266
Fifty Two Week Range 2.45 - 3.77
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,090,935,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 12.94
Forward Eps 0.42
Forward P E 6.857857
Free Cashflow 203,074,256
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 671,288,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.27549
Held Percent Institutions 0.17650999
Implied Shares Outstanding 486,484,946
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,569,600
Last Dividend Value 0.045
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,241,600
Long Business Summary Prospect Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in 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.
Long Name Prospect Capital Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,401,222,656
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_9732251
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -356,188,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,364,590,270
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 2.81
Operating Cashflow 435,536,000
Operating Margins 0.70271003
Payout Ratio 2.1176
Peg Ratio 1.5483
Previous Close 2.81
Price Eps Current Year 6.128298
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.46381643
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.0873644
Profit Margins -0.3488
Quick Ratio 0.696
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0703001
Regular Market Change Percent 2.5017831
Regular Market Day High 2.9099
Regular Market Day Low 2.81
Regular Market Day Range 2.81 - 2.9099
Regular Market Open 2.81
Regular Market Previous Close 2.81
Regular Market Price 2.8803
Regular Market Time 1,776,440,539
Regular Market Volume 2,395,998
Return On Assets 0.04265
Return On Equity -0.04851
Revenue Growth -0.051
Revenue Per Share 1.468
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 486,484,945
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0746
Shares Short 36,268,419
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 37,803,222
Short Name Prospect Capital Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1029
Short Ratio 9.76
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol PSEC
Target High Price 2.5
Target Low Price 2.5
Target Mean Price 2.5
Target Median Price 2.5
Total Cash 34,981,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.073
Total Debt 1,848,664,064
Total Revenue 671,288,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.54
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.19217083
Trailing Eps -0.82
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.79385
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.0864501
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.030943
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,395,998
Website https://www.prospectstreet.com
Zip 10,016