Prospect Capital (Prospect Capital) Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

: 410.94 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Prospect Capital's average diluted shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 410.94 Mil.

Prospect Capital Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prospect Capital's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) can be seen below:

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Prospect Capital Annual Data

Trend

Jun14

Jun15

Jun16

Jun17

Jun18

Jun19

Jun20

Jun21

Jun22

Jun23

Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

365.99

368.09

385.97

433.79

398.52

Prospect Capital Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)																547.37	399.73	402.36	635.59	410.94

Prospect Capital Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Calculation

Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.

Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.

Please note: GuruFocus named Shares Outstanding (EOP) is the shares for that exact time point. It is usually used to calculate balance sheet related items, such as Book Value per Share, etc. While Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) and Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) are the weighted average shares over a period of time (a year, a quarter, or so). They are usually used to calculate income statement or cashflow statement related items, such as Earnings per Share (Diluted), etc.

Prospect Capital (NAS:PSEC) Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Explanation

A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.

Be Aware

Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.

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Prospect Capital (Prospect Capital) Business Description

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Address

10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016

Website

https://www.prospectstreet.com

Prospect Capital Corp is a closed-end investment company based in the United States. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company invests primarily in senior and subordinated debt and equity of private companies for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations, and other purposes. It makes investments, including lending in private equity, sponsored transactions, directly to companies, investments in structured credit, real estate, and syndicated debt.

Executives

M Grier Eliasek	director, officer: President and COO	C/O PROSPECT ENERGY CORPORATION, 10 E. 40TH STREET, 40TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Van Dask Kristin Lea	officer: CFO, TREASURER, SECRETARY, CCO	10 EAST 40TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10016
John F Barry	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O PROSPECT ENERGY CORPORATION, 10 EAST 40TH STREET, 42TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Eugene S Stark	officer: Chief Financial Officer	GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS COMPANY, INC., 530 FIFTH AVE - 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
William Gremp	director	10 E. 40TH ST, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Brian H Oswald	officer: CCO and Secretary, other: CCO and Secretary
Matthew C. Barry	other: Family Insider	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Graham Anderson	director	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Andrew C. Cooper	director	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Robert Everett	other: VP	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Simon Marom	other: VP- Legal	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Robert Kleinman	other: Senior VP	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
David Belzer	other: Managing Director	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Amir Friedman	other: VP	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
William Montgomery Cook	other: Managing Director	10 EAST 40TH STREET, 44TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016