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Prospect Capital (PSEC) Competitors

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$2.73 -0.04 (-1.44%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PSEC vs. FSK, MAIN, GBDC, CNS, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, FDUS, GAIN, and TCPC

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), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Prospect Capital presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.42%. FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.77%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prospect Capital
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
FS KKR Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -69.68%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.14% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prospect Capital-69.68% 12.14% 5.59%
FS KKR Capital 13.24%6.24%2.75%

Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.8%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Prospect Capital pays out -40.3% 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.

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$719.44M1.76-$469.92M-$1.34-2.04
FS KKR Capital$1.72BN/A$585M$0.7819.00

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 1 more articles in the media than FS KKR Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Prospect Capital and 1 mentions for FS KKR Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Prospect Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSEC vs. The Competition

MetricProspect CapitalFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.27B$12.84B$12.48B$10.55B
Dividend Yield19.78%6.56%5.61%4.83%
P/E Ratio-2.0423.8526.8427.06
Price / Sales1.766.6429.96132.30
Price / Cash2.6815.0419.3430.35
Price / Book0.422.752.246.58
Net Income-$469.92M$567.68M$1.02B$276.84M
7 Day Performance-1.80%-1.02%-0.62%-0.72%
1 Month Performance2.63%-2.56%-2.24%2.16%
1 Year Performance-48.49%3.76%537.64%34.63%

Prospect Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.9562 of 5 stars
$2.73
-1.4%
$2.50
-8.4%
-48.5%$1.27B$719.44M-2.042,019
FSK
FS KKR Capital
3.8028 of 5 stars
$14.77
+4.3%
$17.75
+20.2%
-27.8%$4.14B$315M18.94N/A
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.9317 of 5 stars
$56.53
+2.6%
$61.20
+8.3%
+11.1%$5.06B$541.03M9.3190
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.3189 of 5 stars
$13.80
+3.5%
$15.00
+8.7%
-9.8%$3.68B$724.68M9.72N/APositive News
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.4056 of 5 stars
$66.74
+0.9%
$81.33
+21.9%
-34.7%$3.40B$517.42M21.19390Trending News
Earnings Report
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
4.1885 of 5 stars
$188.26
+2.3%
$190.50
+1.2%
-17.9%$1.27B$884.72M11.14770Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.345 of 5 stars
$12.92
+2.5%
$15.00
+16.1%
-21.5%$1.14B$35.77M23.07N/A
CSWC
Capital Southwest
3.2658 of 5 stars
$20.14
+3.4%
$24.30
+20.7%
-20.4%$1.12B$204.44M12.2120
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.7432 of 5 stars
$19.83
+2.7%
$22.00
+10.9%
+1.5%$701.59M$146.15M8.58N/A
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.5789 of 5 stars
$13.66
+3.5%
$13.50
-1.2%
-2.3%$522.09M$93.66M6.2970Dividend Announcement
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.3946 of 5 stars
$5.69
+4.2%
$6.75
+18.6%
-32.8%$483.88M$259.44M-33.4721,100

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This page (NASDAQ:PSEC) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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