Prospect Capital (PSEC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FSK or PSEC?

FS KKR Capital currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.57%. Prospect Capital has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.37%. Given Prospect Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than FS KKR Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Prospect Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media prefer FSK or PSEC?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 1 mentions for Prospect Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 1.33 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	Positive
Prospect Capital	Very Positive

Is FSK or PSEC more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 31.53% 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
FS KKR Capital	31.53%	11.78%	5.27%
Prospect Capital	-36.07%	12.43%	5.83%

Is FSK or PSEC a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. FS KKR Capital pays out 134.7% 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 pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FSK or PSEC?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FSK or PSEC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS KKR Capital	$1.72B	N/A	$585M	$1.90	11.48
Prospect Capital	$861.66M	1.71	$262.83M	-$0.86	-3.85

Which has more risk and volatility, FSK or PSEC?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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