NASDAQ:PSEC - Prospect Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

Prospect Capital trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PSEC."

Prospect Capital declared a dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, February 20th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. View Prospect Capital's Dividend History.

Prospect Capital Co. (NASDAQ:PSEC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $161.88 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $162.98 million. Prospect Capital had a return on equity of 9.05% and a net margin of 11.49%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.23 earnings per share. View Prospect Capital's Earnings History.

Prospect Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Prospect Capital.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Prospect Capital's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $4.00. On average, they anticipate Prospect Capital's share price to reach $4.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 39.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Prospect Capital.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Prospect Capital in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Prospect Capital.

Headlines about PSEC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Prospect Capital earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Prospect Capital.

Prospect Capital saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,860,000 shares, a decline of 5.2% from the December 15th total of 13,560,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.4 days. Approximately 4.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Prospect Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Prospect Capital include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Legg Mason (LM) and Cohen & Steers (CNS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Prospect Capital investors own include Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Blackrock Capital Investment (BKCC), Novocure (NVCR), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Washington Prime Group (WPG) and AT&T (T).

Prospect Capital's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Garner Asset Management Corp (0.04%), Archford Capital Strategies LLC (0.02%), Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.02%), Sage Capital Advisors llc (0.01%), BT Wealth Management LLC (0.01%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Prospect Capital stock include Dask Kristin Lea Van, Eugene S Stark, John F Barry, M Grier Eliasek and William Gremp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Prospect Capital.

PSEC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Archford Capital Strategies LLC and Wedbush Securities Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prospect Capital.

PSEC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Garner Asset Management Corp, Sage Capital Advisors llc, KG&L Capital Management LLC, BT Wealth Management LLC and NEXT Financial Group Inc. Company insiders that have bought Prospect Capital stock in the last two years include Dask Kristin Lea Van, Eugene S Stark, John F Barry, M Grier Eliasek and William Gremp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Prospect Capital.

Shares of PSEC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PSEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.59.

Prospect Capital has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion and generates $703.77 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $144.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.85 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Prospect Capital.

The official website for Prospect Capital is http://www.prospectstreet.com/.

Prospect Capital's mailing address is 10 EAST 40TH STREET 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-448-0702 or via email at [email protected]