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Prospect Capital CorporationProspect Capital Corporation operates as a business development company (BDC). The firm provides a comprehensive range of financing solutions, primarily targeting the middle market across various stages of company development, including mature, later-stage, and emerging growth enterprises. Its expertise encompasses mezzanine finance, leveraged buyouts, refinancings, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnarounds, and growth capital. Additionally, it engages in development and capital expenditure financing, along with specialized instruments such as subordinated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), cash flow term loans, marketplace lending, and bridge facilities. Beyond corporate finance, Prospect Capital also allocates capital to real estate, with a particular emphasis on multi-family residential properties. Its investment portfolio encompasses a diverse array of financial instruments, including secured debt, senior debt, senior and secured term loans, unitranche debt, and both first and second-lien financing. The company also participates in private debt, private equity, mezzanine debt, and direct equity investments, targeting both private companies and microcap public entities. Prospect Capital pursues opportunities through both direct origination and secondary market purchases of loans and portfolios. Its strategic focus includes debt financing for private equity-backed transactions, corporate acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, growth funding, bridge loans, cash flow term loans, and real estate-related financings and investments. The fund preferentially invests in small and medium-sized private enterprises, rather than larger public corporations. While maintaining a broad investment mandate across virtually all industry sectors, Prospect Capital demonstrates particular proficiency in the energy and industrial domains. Its extensive sector coverage includes, but is not limited to: aerospace and defense, chemicals, conglomerate services, consumer services, ecological, electronics, financial services, machinery, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, specialty minerals, textiles and leather, transportation, oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfie
Key Metrics
Current Yield
7.96%
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$1.3375
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
70.1
Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a more attractive dividend profile by our model — an opinion, not advice.RSI (14)
44
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$15.48 – $18.99
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio
-70.73%
The share of earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns, which can be a warning sign.Years Paying
4
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jul 22, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 | Aug 03, 2026 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | May 01, 2026 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 21, 2026 | Feb 02, 2026 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Oct 22, 2025 | Oct 22, 2025 | Nov 03, 2025 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jul 23, 2025 | Jul 23, 2025 | Aug 01, 2025 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Apr 17, 2025 | Apr 18, 2025 | May 01, 2025 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jan 22, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 | Feb 03, 2025 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Oct 16, 2024 | Oct 16, 2024 | Nov 01, 2024 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jul 17, 2024 | Jul 17, 2024 | Aug 01, 2024 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Apr 16, 2024 | Apr 17, 2024 | May 01, 2024 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jan 16, 2024 | Jan 17, 2024 | Feb 01, 2024 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Oct 17, 2023 | Oct 18, 2023 | Nov 01, 2023 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 19, 2023 | Aug 01, 2023 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Apr 18, 2023 | Apr 19, 2023 | May 01, 2023 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jan 17, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 | Feb 01, 2023 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Oct 18, 2022 | Oct 19, 2022 | Nov 01, 2022 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jul 19, 2022 | Jul 20, 2022 | Aug 01, 2022 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Apr 19, 2022 | Apr 20, 2022 | May 02, 2022 |
| $0.3344 Q | Regular | - | Jan 18, 2022 | Jan 19, 2022 | Feb 01, 2022 |
| $0.3827 Q | Regular | - | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 20, 2021 | Nov 01, 2021 |