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Prospect Capital (PSEC) Competitors

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$4.59 -0.05 (-1.08%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

PSEC vs. IVZ, AMG, CNS, MAIN, GBDC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, and TCPC

Should you be buying Prospect Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prospect Capital include Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), and BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Prospect Capital vs.

Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Invesco pays out -89.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out -276.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

66.1% of Invesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Prospect Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invesco. Invesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prospect Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Invesco$5.72B1.37-$96.90M-$0.92-18.92
Prospect Capital$861.66M2.32$262.83M-$0.26-17.65

Invesco received 513 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.55% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 51.87% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InvescoOutperform Votes
832
64.55%
Underperform Votes
457
35.45%
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
51.87%
Underperform Votes
296
48.13%

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prospect Capital and 6 mentions for Invesco. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Invesco's score of 0.50 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Invesco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Prospect Capital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Invesco has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Prospect Capital has a net margin of -2.23% compared to Invesco's net margin of -3.00%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.19% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Invesco-3.00% 8.83% 3.54%
Prospect Capital -2.23%12.19%5.73%

Invesco presently has a consensus price target of $18.63, suggesting a potential upside of 6.98%. Prospect Capital has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Invesco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Invesco
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

Prospect Capital beats Invesco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSEC vs. The Competition

MetricProspect CapitalInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.00B$1.12B$10.57B$8.82B
Dividend Yield16.29%11.20%10.17%4.07%
P/E Ratio-17.6510.1649.3417.81
Price / Sales2.329.783,455.5474.56
Price / Cash3.4214.3730.5032.53
Price / Book0.520.862.764.68
Net Income$262.83M$108.10M$995.76M$226.08M
7 Day Performance4.79%-1.34%-0.05%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-13.88%-4.30%7.27%1.04%
1 Year Performance-20.17%-3.65%24.63%26.28%

Prospect Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.2871 of 5 stars
$4.59
-1.1%
$4.50
-2.0%
-21.0%$2.02B$861.66M-17.652,019Insider Trade
Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.3841 of 5 stars
$17.41
+0.8%
$18.63
+7.0%
+24.7%$7.82B$5.72B-18.928,500
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.4698 of 5 stars
$185.38
+1.2%
$196.50
+6.0%
+38.0%$5.53B$2.02B12.094,000Positive News
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.6841 of 5 stars
$99.65
-0.3%
$106.50
+6.9%
+72.3%$5.06B$515.43M37.18390Ex-Dividend
Positive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.1572 of 5 stars
$53.09
-0.2%
$48.80
-8.1%
+29.9%$4.69B$567.16M9.62100High Trading Volume
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.2714 of 5 stars
$15.22
-2.0%
$16.50
+8.4%
+1.4%$2.66B$287.38M10.79N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
1.8362 of 5 stars
$235.75
+1.5%
$233.50
-1.0%
+19.0%$1.63B$845.27M9.31770
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.2766 of 5 stars
$15.68
+0.4%
$16.75
+6.8%
-21.1%$1.29B$379.29M18.02N/ADividend Announcement
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CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.4288 of 5 stars
$22.99
flat
$25.67
+11.6%
+2.2%$1.10B$103.24M14.0227
SLRC
SLR Investment
0.9201 of 5 stars
$16.43
+0.2%
$15.25
-7.2%
+10.3%$894.15M$229.31M9.28N/A
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.5663 of 5 stars
$8.96
-0.7%
$9.00
+0.4%
-24.1%$772.03M$209.33M0.0019,800Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:PSEC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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