Prospect Capital
Through the investors’ lenses
0 of 3 cleared1 of 4 criteria
Each of these investors has said in public what they look at before buying. Click a name to see how this company measures up — a tick where it passes one of their tests, a cross where it does not.
Warren Buffett 1/2
| Measure | PSEC | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner earnings | — | positive | — |
| Return on equity | 5.2% | US median 2.8% | ✓ |
| Debt to equity | 0.64x | US median 0.57x | ✗ |
| Operating margin | — | US median 3.1% | — |
Passes 1 of 2. These are the measures Warren Buffett published, applied to Prospect Capital’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
Benjamin Graham 0/1
| Measure | PSEC | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 2.00x published | — |
| Long-term debt to working capital | — | 1.00x published | — |
| Positive earnings, ten years running | 1 yr | 10 published | ✗ |
Passes 0 of 1. These are the measures Benjamin Graham published, applied to Prospect Capital’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
Peter Lynch 0/1
| Measure | PSEC | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to equity | 0.64x | US median 0.57x | ✗ |
| Net margin | — | US median 2.0% | — |
Passes 0 of 1. These are the measures Peter Lynch published, applied to Prospect Capital’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
| Basis | Payout | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Net investment income | 76.5% | whyWhat actually funds a BDC distribution. |
No GAAP earnings figure is shown. This company does not report the inputs for it in its XBRL filings — capital expenditure, in particular, is often folded into a single investing total rather than tagged on its own. The figure is absent from the filings, not zero, and inventing one from a balance-sheet movement would be a guess dressed as a measurement.
Operating and free cash flow are omitted deliberately. A BDC funds distributions from net investment income; its cash flow statement reflects portfolio purchases and sales.
Coverage rating 60 / 100 — Adequate. ? Peer standing · not rankedDirection 10/30Stability 20/20
Net investment income payout, last 6 years
| Fiscal year | Payout |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 76.5% |
| 2025-06-30 | 77.9% |
| 2024-06-30 | 70.9% |
| 2023-06-30 | 68.2% |
| 2022-06-30 | 81.8% |
| 2021-06-30 | 68.4% |
The arithmetic
Where the figures came from
- 10-K filed 2026-08-20 · accession 0001287032-26-000269
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Caveats on this company
- DPS derived from dividends paid ($0.52); no per-share tag filed
- basis discarded as outside the sane band (distribution far larger than the year's income — usually a special dividend or a return of capital, not a payout ratio): earnings
Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell us — that is more useful to us than agreement.
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Also on: rated adequate · when it files.
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