Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ:PSEC) traded at $4.84 at last check on current trade day and made an upward move of 0.10% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $4.83 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.998 with the day’s price range being $4.82 – $4.89. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 16.12. In terms of its 52-week price range, PSEC has a high of $6.33 and a low of $4.69. The company’s stock has lost about -13.66% over that past 30 days.
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Prospect Capital Corp has a market cap of $2.02 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2024-Aug-27. With its Forward Dividend at 0.72 and a yield of 14.89%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the PSEC stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of 0.18, with the EPS growth for the year raised at 0.77 for current year and 0.77 for next year.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 205.62M, with a low of 205.62M and a high of 205.62M. The median projection represents growth adding up to -7.20% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 855.02M, or 0.30% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the PSEC stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 75% Sell.
Based on estimates by 1 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 0 have rated the Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) stock as a Hold, while 0 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Sell and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the PSEC stock currently stands at 3.22, and the most recent price level today is -9.47% off its SMA20 and -11.70% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 24.74 while the volatility over the past week is 4.07% and jumps to 2.20% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.02, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.12. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $6.5, with the estimates having a low of $6.5 and a high of $6.5. These price ends are -34.3% and -34.3% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -34.3% if the PSEC share price touches on the median price of $6.5.
Coming back to Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ:PSEC), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 1.96 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 4.18 million. Current shares outstanding are 417.76 million.
The insiders hold 26.72% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 10.61%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-07-31, stood at 22.17 million at a short ratio of 13.44. This represents a 722.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-07-31. Shares short fall in July from the previous month at 23.25 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock -19.28% down in year-to-date price movement.
