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Prospect Capital (PSEC) Competitors

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$4.19 -0.05 (-1.18%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Prospect Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prospect Capital include 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), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Prospect Capital vs.

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

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 27.02% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -2.23%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.76% beat Prospect Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prospect Capital-2.23% 12.19% 5.73%
Affiliated Managers Group 27.02%16.76%8.25%

Affiliated Managers Group received 324 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
51.79%
Underperform Votes
297
48.21%
Affiliated Managers GroupOutperform Votes
643
71.21%
Underperform Votes
260
28.79%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital$78.62M23.25$262.83M-$0.26-16.12
Affiliated Managers Group$2.02B2.73$672.90M$15.3311.91

In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 1 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 7 mentions for Prospect Capital. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.33 indicating that Affiliated Managers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prospect Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Affiliated Managers Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Prospect Capital presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.40%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $196.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.65%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Affiliated Managers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Prospect Capital pays out -207.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% 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.

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Affiliated Managers Group beats Prospect Capital on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSEC vs. The Competition

MetricProspect CapitalInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.83B$1.08B$10.30B$9.08B
Dividend Yield12.05%15.64%10.51%4.20%
P/E Ratio-16.1211.4646.8417.16
Price / Sales23.2510.713,168.23115.67
Price / Cash3.4814.2130.7137.88
Price / Book0.470.852.694.78
Net Income$262.83M$113.88M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.89%-4.63%-2.75%-1.21%
1 Month Performance-10.08%-0.47%-2.70%3.09%
1 Year Performance-31.65%-5.93%10.70%16.48%

Prospect Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.6615 of 5 stars
$4.19
-1.2%
$4.50
+7.4%
-31.3%$1.85B$78.62M-16.122,019High Trading Volume
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.3526 of 5 stars
$188.22
+0.9%
$196.50
+4.4%
+22.4%$5.69B$2.02B12.174,000Positive News
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.7204 of 5 stars
$100.19
+1.2%
$106.50
+6.3%
+27.2%$5.07B$515.43M36.96390
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.1486 of 5 stars
$55.35
-0.5%
$48.80
-11.8%
+32.4%$4.88B$567.16M10.07100
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.5059 of 5 stars
$15.06
+0.1%
$16.40
+8.9%
+0.7%$3.98B$272.57M10.67N/APositive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.5115 of 5 stars
$240.12
+0.2%
$244.25
+1.7%
-6.3%$1.69B$884.28M14.57770Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.4153 of 5 stars
$15.40
-0.6%
$16.75
+8.8%
-24.9%$1.27B$57.61M22.28N/AAnalyst Upgrade
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.2407 of 5 stars
$21.54
-0.9%
$25.67
+19.2%
-9.2%$1.03B$103.24M13.2527
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.3471 of 5 stars
$16.15
-1.8%
$15.25
-5.6%
+6.2%$881.06M$106.47M9.29N/ANews Coverage
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
0.6173 of 5 stars
$9.20
-3.3%
$9.00
-2.2%
-26.0%$787.43M$209.33M-19.0219,800Ex-Dividend
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.0331 of 5 stars
$21.16
-1.0%
$22.00
+4.0%
+5.0%$717.64M$99.67M7.64N/AEx-Dividend
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PSEC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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