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PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP (PSEC)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP

Prospect Capital Corporation is a financial services company that primarily lends to and invests in middle market privately-held companies in the United States. It focuses on senior and secured loans, as well as equity and equity-linked investments, serving companies with annual revenues under $750 million. The company also provides managerial assistance to its portfolio companies and invests in real estate investment trusts and other financial instruments.

Snapshot

Revenue
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income
$153.7M
Diluted EPS
$0.06
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
FCF margin
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
37.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.14B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Prospect Capital

  • Net income turned positive at $154M in FY2026, from a $491M loss in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Prospect Capital’s fundamentals sit among the 51 business development companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

P/E37.2×
95th percentile of 38
Short interest4.73d
65th percentile of 49

Prospect Capital’s P/E of 37.2 ranks in the 95th percentile of the 38 peers with a meaningful P/E.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $2.7M in the last 90 days. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among business development company peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
2
1 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$32.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$32.5M14.1MReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$30,35113.1KAdded

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$2.7M
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-04
filed 2026-09-09
Barry John FCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERBuy1.2M$2.24$2.7M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
20.0M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-21.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.73
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
4.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1420.0M-21.2%4.73
2026-07-3125.4M-5.2%5.65
2026-07-1526.8M-1.3%5.62

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$153.7M$-490.5M$-469.9M$234.1M$262.8M
Diluted EPS$0.06$-1.35$0.34

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$43.6M$50.8M$85.9M
Current assets
Total assets$6.45B$6.80B$7.86B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$1.86B$2.09B$2.43B
Total liabilities$1.95B$2.19B$2.56B
Total equity$2.93B$2.99B$3.71B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$516.3M$523.2M$280.0M
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY2026$-4.5M
Q3 FY2026$56.5M$0.05
Q2 FY2026$23.7M
Q1 FY2026$78.0M$0.08
Q4 FY2024$-195.9M
Q3 FY2024$-139.9M
Q2 FY2024$-66,000
Q1 FY2024$-134.0M

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1287032

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-08-20
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-21
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8-K2026-07-07
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8-K2026-05-08
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8-K2026-05-07
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.