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Prospect Capital (PSEC) Competitors

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PSEC vs. FSK, MAIN, GBDC, CNS, VRTS, CSWC, OCSL, SLRC, FDUS, and GLAD

Should you be buying Prospect Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prospect Capital include FS KKR Capital (FSK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), and Gladstone Capital (GLAD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Prospect Capital vs. Its Competitors

Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS KKR Capital pays out 328.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -36.07%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.43% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prospect Capital-36.07% 12.43% 5.83%
FS KKR Capital 13.24%6.24%2.75%

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 9 more articles in the media than FS KKR Capital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Prospect Capital and 3 mentions for FS KKR Capital. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.56 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prospect Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FS KKR Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Prospect Capital currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.99%. FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $18.92, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
FS KKR Capital
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Prospect Capital. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital$861.66M1.49$262.83M-$0.86-3.35
FS KKR Capital$1.72BN/A$585M$0.7823.12

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Prospect Capital on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PSEC vs. The Competition

MetricProspect CapitalFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$13.68B$12.45B$9.76B
Dividend Yield18.82%5.77%5.47%4.10%
P/E Ratio-3.3526.7619.3625.94
Price / Sales1.497.1127.09121.54
Price / Cash2.2216.3619.1828.79
Price / Book0.322.822.286.04
Net Income$262.83M$572.25M$1.01B$265.29M
7 Day Performance0.17%1.59%1.61%2.88%
1 Month Performance-16.62%0.49%1.42%1.26%
1 Year Performance-43.21%13.10%541.67%19.14%

Prospect Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.8313 of 5 stars
$2.89
+0.5%
$3.00
+4.0%
-43.5%$1.29B$861.66M-3.352,019News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FSK
FS KKR Capital
1.3939 of 5 stars
$17.42
-0.4%
$18.92
+8.6%
-9.2%$0.00$1.72B22.33N/A
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.1948 of 5 stars
$65.64
-0.7%
$59.75
-9.0%
+31.0%$5.87B$541.03M10.8190
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.664 of 5 stars
$14.74
flat
$15.00
+1.8%
-1.4%$3.93B$397.72M10.38N/APositive News
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.0586 of 5 stars
$74.19
-1.0%
$82.00
+10.5%
-13.9%$3.78B$517.42M23.55390Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
4.1634 of 5 stars
$192.63
-0.8%
$188.25
-2.3%
-7.6%$1.30B$884.72M11.40770News Coverage
Positive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
1.7886 of 5 stars
$22.58
+0.5%
$24.30
+7.6%
-8.8%$1.26B$123.48M13.6820
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.2393 of 5 stars
$13.66
+1.3%
$15.00
+9.8%
-19.2%$1.20B$381.67M24.39N/APositive News
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.1391 of 5 stars
$16.47
+1.0%
$16.25
-1.3%
+6.4%$898.60M$97.88M10.17N/A
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.4526 of 5 stars
$21.17
0.0%
$22.00
+3.9%
+7.0%$749.00M$93.00M9.16N/APositive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
0.7995 of 5 stars
$26.93
-0.2%
$24.50
-9.0%
+16.8%$601.35M$96.62M7.9470

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This page (NASDAQ:PSEC) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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