Prospect Capital (PSEC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $4.26 +0.02 (+0.35%) As of 09:31 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Prospect Capital Short Interest DataProspect Capital (PSEC) has a short interest of 16.00 million shares, representing 5.06% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 6.88% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.3, indicating that it would take 5.3 days of the average trading volume of 2.59 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest16,000,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest14,970,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.88%Dollar Volume Sold Short$70.40 millionShort Interest Ratio5.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares445,761,000 sharesFloat Size316,110,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.06%Today's Trading Volume2,453,049 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,593,426 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average95% Short Selling Prospect Capital? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Prospect Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPSEC Short Interest Over TimePSEC Days to Cover Over TimePSEC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Prospect Capital Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/202516,000,000 shares $70.40 million +6.9%5.1%5.3 $4.40 2/15/202514,970,000 shares $65.42 million -4.5%4.8%4.8 $4.37 1/31/202515,670,000 shares $67.38 million -1.9%5.1%4.1 $4.30 1/15/202515,970,000 shares $68.51 million -1.9%5.2%4.4 $4.29 12/31/202416,280,000 shares $70.17 million -4.4%5.3%4.5 $4.31 12/15/202417,020,000 shares $76.59 million +5.1%5.5%5.1 $4.50 11/30/202416,200,000 shares $77.44 million +1.4%5.2%5.2 $4.78 11/15/202415,970,000 shares $70.59 million -12.6%5.1%5 $4.42 10/31/202418,270,000 shares $94.82 million -3.8%5.8%6.2 $5.19 10/15/202418,990,000 shares $98.37 million +11.1%6.0%6.9 $5.18 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PSEC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Prospect Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/202417,090,000 shares $91.43 million -16.8%5.4%6.2 $5.35 9/15/202420,540,000 shares $114.00 million -4.1%6.5%7.7 $5.55 8/31/202421,420,000 shares $112.03 million -1.3%6.8%8.8 $5.23 8/15/202421,710,000 shares $107.46 million -2.1%7.1%10.2 $4.95 7/31/202422,170,000 shares $120.60 million -0.4%7.2%11.3 $5.44 7/15/202422,260,000 shares $124.66 million -4.3%7.3%13.8 $5.60 6/30/202423,250,000 shares $128.57 million -1.2%7.6%15.1 $5.53 6/15/202423,530,000 shares $131.30 million -2.5%7.7%14.5 $5.58 5/31/202424,120,000 shares $135.55 million -3.8%7.9%14.4 $5.62 5/15/202425,060,000 shares $141.84 million +5.5%8.2%13.9 $5.66 4/30/202423,760,000 shares $123.79 million +8.6%7.8%11.3 $5.21 4/15/202421,880,000 shares $118.59 million -6.3%7.2%10.5 $5.42 3/31/202423,360,000 shares $128.95 million +6.3%7.7%10.8 $5.52 3/15/202421,980,000 shares $122.21 million -0.2%7.0%10 $5.56 2/29/202422,020,000 shares $121.55 million -2.2%7.1%9.8 $5.52 2/15/202422,510,000 shares $128.31 million +19.7%7.3%10.2 $5.70 1/31/202418,800,000 shares $110.17 million +0.4%6.1%9.5 $5.86 1/15/202418,720,000 shares $113.44 million -3.6%6.1%8.9 $6.06 12/31/202319,420,000 shares $116.33 million -2.7%6.3%10 $5.99 12/15/202319,960,000 shares $120.16 million +4.5%6.7%10.4 $6.02 11/30/202319,110,000 shares $106.82 million +12.0%6.4%10.9 $5.59 11/15/202317,060,000 shares $99.12 million +8.4%5.7%9.9 $5.81 10/31/202315,740,000 shares $80.90 million +13.9%5.3%9.8 $5.14 10/15/202313,820,000 shares $81.81 million +2.1%4.7%9.4 $5.92 9/30/202313,530,000 shares $81.86 million +1.4%4.6%9.6 $6.05 9/15/202313,340,000 shares $83.38 million +1.8%4.4%9.6 $6.25 8/31/202313,100,000 shares $79.91 million +21.5%4.3%9.6 $6.10 8/15/202310,780,000 shares $67.16 million +32.4%3.6%8.2 $6.23 7/31/20238,140,000 shares $51.77 million +4.6%2.7%6.2 $6.36 7/15/20237,780,000 shares $49.95 million +2.1%2.6%5.6 $6.42New “Trump” currency proposed in DC (Ad)According to one of the most connected men in Washington… A surprising new bill was just introduced in Washington. 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Its purpose: to put Donald Trump’s face on the $100 note. All to celebrate a new “golden age” for America. When you see what could happen – I think you’ll be excited. 5/28/202111,030,000 shares $93.64 million -6.3%4.0%4.5 $8.49 5/14/202111,770,000 shares $92.16 million +1.4%4.2%4.8 $7.83 4/30/202111,610,000 shares $94.85 million -1.6%4.2%4.2 $8.17 4/15/202111,800,000 shares $93.93 million -4.2%4.2%4 $7.96 3/31/202112,320,000 shares $96.22 million -5.5%4.4%4.1 $7.81 3/15/202113,040,000 shares $97.67 million -2.2%4.7%4.4 $7.49 2/26/202113,330,000 shares $97.04 million -15.4%4.8%4.6 $7.28 2/12/202115,760,000 shares $111.27 million -16.1%5.7%5.8 $7.06 1/29/202118,780,000 shares $117.94 million +0.1%6.8%8 $6.28 1/15/202118,760,000 shares $107.31 million +3.4%6.8%8.8 $5.72 12/31/202018,150,000 shares $99.28 million +2.1%6.6%10 $5.47 12/15/202017,770,000 shares $97.56 million +1.0%6.4%10.8 $5.49 11/30/202017,590,000 shares $96.92 million +4.8%6.3%11.4 $5.51 11/15/202016,780,000 shares $86.08 million -4.1%6.0%11 $5.13 10/30/202017,490,000 shares $87.62 million -3.8%6.3%12.7 $5.01 10/15/202018,180,000 shares $93.81 million -11.6%6.6%14.3 $5.16 9/30/202020,560,000 shares $103.42 million -3.7%7.5%16.1 $5.03 9/15/202021,350,000 shares $106.54 million -0.9%7.7%14.8 $4.99 8/31/202021,540,000 shares $109.85 million -1.6%7.7%13.8 $5.10 8/14/202021,890,000 shares $111.64 million -5.3%8.0%12.7 $5.10 7/31/202023,120,000 shares $115.83 million -1.9%8.4%11.6 $5.01 7/15/202023,570,000 shares $116.44 million -4.0%8.7%10.8 $4.94 6/30/202024,540,000 shares $125.40 million +5.9%9.0%9.4 $5.11 6/15/202023,170,000 shares $122.34 million -2.0%8.4%7.9 $5.28 5/29/202023,650,000 shares $119.91 million +3.8%8.6%5.9 $5.07 5/15/202022,790,000 shares $100.50 million +2.2%8.3%5.1 $4.41 4/30/202022,310,000 shares $96.83 million +8.2%8.2%5.3 $4.34 4/15/202020,620,000 shares $87.43 million -3.7%7.6%5 $4.24 3/31/202021,410,000 shares $89.92 million +60.6%7.8%5.6 $4.20 PSEC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Prospect Capital's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Prospect Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, investors have sold 16,000,000 shares of PSEC short. 5.06% of Prospect Capital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Prospect Capital's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Prospect Capital? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. PSEC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Prospect Capital's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Prospect Capital? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Prospect Capital: Jefferies Financial Group Inc., Wolverine Trading LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., Group One Trading LLC, Caption Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Foursixthree Capital LP, Jane Street Group LLC, Shaolin Capital Management LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Prospect Capital? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.06% of Prospect Capital's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Prospect Capital's short interest increasing or decreasing? Prospect Capital saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 16,000,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the previous total of 14,970,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Prospect Capital's float size? Prospect Capital currently has issued a total of 445,761,000 shares. Some of Prospect Capital's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Prospect Capital currently has a public float of 316,110,000 shares. How does Prospect Capital's short interest compare to its competitors? 5.06% of Prospect Capital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Prospect Capital: Invesco Ltd. (2.51%), Main Street Capital Co. (3.89%), Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (3.18%), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (6.62%), Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (1.64%), Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. (0.81%), Capital Southwest Co. (3.51%), SLR Investment Corp. (0.39%), Fidus Investment Co. (1.09%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.18%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Prospect Capital stock? Short selling PSEC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Prospect Capital as its price is falling. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Prospect Capital? A short squeeze for Prospect Capital occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of PSEC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Prospect Capital's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including PSEC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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