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In the latest session, Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ: PSEC) closed at $4.04 down -0.49% from its previous closing price of $4.06. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.49 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.66 million shares were traded. PSEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.06 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.02.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Prospect Capital Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios.
On June 25, 2020, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $4.50.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 24 ’25 when Barry John F bought 24,000 shares for $4.24 per share. The transaction valued at 101,681 led to the insider holds 82,594,540 shares of the business.
Barry John F bought 24,000 shares of PSEC for $102,250 on Mar 21 ’25. The CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER now owns 82,570,540 shares after completing the transaction at $4.26 per share. On Mar 20 ’25, another insider, Barry John F, who serves as the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the company, bought 24,000 shares for $4.28 each. As a result, the insider paid 102,667 and bolstered with 82,546,540 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PSEC now has a Market Capitalization of 1800874368 and an Enterprise Value of 5428062720. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.52. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.817.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSEC is 0.91, which has changed by -0.25598526 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.101756096 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PSEC has reached a high of $5.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.56%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, PSEC has traded an average of 2.59M shares per day and 2678130 over the past ten days. A total of 445.76M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 318.66M. Insiders hold about 28.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 10.71% stake in the company. Shares short for PSEC as of 1741910400 were 17755587 with a Short Ratio of 6.86, compared to 1739491200 on 14971894. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17755587 and a Short% of Float of 5.55.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for PSEC is 0.65, from 0.69 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.16995074The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.69.
