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The price of Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ: PSEC) closed at $4.26 in the last session, down -1.16% from day before closing price of $4.31. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.73 million shares were traded. PSEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.2.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PSEC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock.
On June 25, 2020, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $4.50.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 17 ’25 when Barry John F bought 240,000 shares for $4.30 per share. The transaction valued at 1,033,104 led to the insider holds 82,461,933 shares of the business.
Gremp William bought 900 shares of PSEC for $3,816 on Mar 14 ’25. The Director now owns 56,053 shares after completing the transaction at $4.24 per share. On Mar 14 ’25, another insider, Barry John F, who serves as the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the company, bought 240,000 shares for $4.28 each. As a result, the insider paid 1,026,600 and bolstered with 82,221,933 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 1898941952 and an Enterprise Value of 5516611584. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.928.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSEC is 0.81, which has changed by -0.22686023 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 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 $4.09. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.29%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PSEC traded on average about 2.98M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2780310 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 445.76M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 319.52M. Insiders hold about 28.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 10.67% stake in the company. Shares short for PSEC as of 1740700800 were 15995688 with a Short Ratio of 5.37, compared to 1738281600 on 15669104. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15995688 and a Short% of Float of 4.9099997.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for PSEC is 0.66, which was 0.69 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.16009282The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.71.
