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Prospect Capital (Prospect Capital) Dividends per Share

: $0.72 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Prospect Capital's dividends per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.18. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.72. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Prospect Capital's Dividend Yield % is 13.30%.

Good Sign:

Prospect Capital Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -0.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -6.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Prospect Capital was 61.80% per year. The lowest was -13.60% per year. And the median was -6.40% per year.

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Prospect Capital Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prospect Capital's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

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Prospect Capital Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Dividends per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72

Prospect Capital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividends per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Prospect Capital's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Prospect Capital Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Prospect Capital's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prospect Capital's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Prospect Capital Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Prospect Capital  (NAS:PSEC) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Prospect Capital's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.18/ -0.13
=N/A

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Prospect Capital was 3.45. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 1.23.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Prospect Capital Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0602024-03-262024-03-272024-04-18Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602024-02-262024-02-272024-03-20Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602024-01-262024-01-292024-02-20Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-12-262023-12-272024-01-18Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-11-272023-11-282023-12-19Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-10-262023-10-272023-11-20Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-09-262023-09-272023-10-19Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-08-282023-08-292023-09-20Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-07-262023-07-272023-08-22Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-06-272023-06-282023-07-20Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-05-252023-05-262023-06-21Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-04-252023-04-262023-05-18Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Prospect Capital's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.72/5.41
=13.31 %

Current Share Price is $5.41.
Prospect Capital's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.72.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Prospect Capital was 18.80%. The lowest was 7.83%. And the median was 11.88%.

Good Sign:

Prospect Capital Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Prospect Capital (Prospect Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016
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