profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Prospect Capital
$1.46+3.91% today
-47.5% in 1 year
1-year low $1.391-year high $3.05
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay $3.09 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Prospect Capital sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $622 million in 2022 to -$407 million in 2025, with -$470 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Prospect Capital handed back 64% of the cash it generated last year.
$332M
Free cash flow 2025$523M
Bought back its own shares$2M
Paid as dividends$332M
Cash vs. debt$47M vs. $2.1B
Prospect Capital vs. similar companies
Prospect Capital grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Capital | 3.1× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Prospect Capital's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 622 | -61 | 321 | -407 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 583 | -102 | 263 | -470 | |
| 1.49 | -0.43 | 0.36 | -1.35 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 93.6% | 166.9% | 81.9% | 115.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,663 | 7,862 | 7,857 | 6,805 |
| Cash | 31 | 91 | 82 | 47 |
| Total debt | 2,737 | 2,585 | 2,434 | 2,088 |
| Total liabilities | 3,544 | 4,129 | 4,145 | 3,816 |
| 4,119 | 3,733 | 3,712 | 2,989 | |
| 374 | 401 | 409 | 440 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 14.1% | -2.7% | 7.1% | -15.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -795 | -221 | 280 | 523 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -795 | -221 | 280 | 523 | |
| Dividends paid | 270 | 299 | 360 | 332 |
| 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 3.1×
- 3.1×
- –
- 0.2×
- 2.5×
- 2.9×
- –
- 34.4%
- 32.3%
- 21.9%
Profitability
- -38.9%
- -62.0%
- 81.9%
- -62.0%
- -272.5%
- 3.5%
- -2.8%
- -1.5%
- -1.5%
- –
Growth
- −28.2%
- −50.8%
- +86.9%
- −5.6%
- +3.6%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- -0.8×
- –
- –
- 0.02
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 2%of 605
Top 1%of 883
Bottom 5%of 880
Top 5%of 929
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $2.50
- Range
- $2.50 – $2.50
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.16 | 0.11 | +44.3% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 0.19 | 0.10 | +82.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.17 | 0.10 | +70.0% |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 0.17 | 0.13 | +30.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.19 | 0.14 | +35.7% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 0.20 | 0.14 | +42.9% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 0.21 | 0.17 | +23.5% |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 0.25 | 0.18 | +38.9% |
21.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$219a year at today's yield, before tax
−5.6%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.03 in 2015 → $0.54 in 2025
How safe it looks
137.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 128.7%
News
Gold’s slowing downtrend raises prospect of reversalSeeking Alpha · Oct 29, 2026Prospect Capital's Q4 earnings edge down from prior quarter as total investment income climbsSeeking Alpha · Aug 20, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
38No pass
Benjamin Graham
72Pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
33No pass
Joel Greenblatt
100Pass
Charlie Munger
32No pass
Terry Smith
22No pass
Questions about Prospect Capital
Is Prospect Capital a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Prospect Capital AI analysis
What does Prospect Capital do?
Prospect Capital Corporation is a business development company. It is in Asset Management.
Does Prospect Capital pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 21.9% a year, about 137% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $332 million in dividends.
Is Prospect Capital stock halal?
No. Prospect Capital does not pass our halal screen: it was reviewed by hand and does not pass. How we check
How has Prospect Capital stock done over the past year?
Down 47.5% over the past twelve months, to $1.46. It traded between $1.39 and $3.05 and is 52.1% below its high.
Who are Prospect Capital's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Prospect Capital's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.