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Prospect Capital (STU:RK8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 3.83 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Prospect Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Prospect Capital's current share price is €2.832. Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.74. Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 3.83.

The historical rank and industry rank for Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

STU:RK8' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.04   Med: 8.2   Max: 68.78
Current: 4.04

During the past years, Prospect Capital's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 68.78. The lowest was 4.04. And the median was 8.20.

STU:RK8's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
86.95% of 498 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 19.15 vs STU:RK8: 4.04

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Prospect Capital's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.165. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €0.74 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Prospect Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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Prospect Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Prospect Capital Annual Data
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Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Prospect Capital Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Asset Management subindustry, Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Prospect Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2.832/0.74
=3.83

* 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.

Prospect Capital's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Prospect Capital's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.165/134.9266*134.9266
=0.165

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Prospect Capital Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.332 100.684 0.445
201509 0.610 100.392 0.820
201512 0.437 99.792 0.591
201603 0.580 100.470 0.779
201606 0.545 101.688 0.723
201609 -0.133 101.861 -0.176
201612 0.481 101.863 0.637
201703 -0.139 102.862 -0.182
201706 0.745 103.349 0.973
201709 0.233 104.136 0.302
201712 0.938 104.011 1.217
201803 -0.543 105.290 -0.696
201806 0.261 106.317 0.331
201809 -0.560 106.507 -0.709
201812 0.388 105.998 0.494
201903 0.599 107.251 0.754
201906 0.127 108.070 0.159
201909 0.556 108.329 0.693
201912 0.463 108.420 0.576
202003 -0.174 108.902 -0.216
202006 0.207 108.767 0.257
202009 0.010 109.815 0.012
202012 0.190 109.897 0.233
202103 0.083 111.754 0.100
202106 -0.209 114.631 -0.246
202109 -0.021 115.734 -0.024
202112 -0.617 117.630 -0.708
202203 -0.605 121.301 -0.673
202206 -0.409 125.017 -0.441
202209 -0.197 125.227 -0.212
202212 -0.208 125.222 -0.224
202303 0.225 127.348 0.238
202306 -0.274 128.729 -0.287
202309 0.140 129.860 0.145
202312 0.177 129.419 0.185
202403 -0.030 131.776 -0.031
202406 0.206 132.554 0.210
202409 0.365 133.029 0.370
202412 0.609 133.157 0.617
202503 0.165 134.927 0.165

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Prospect Capital  (STU:RK8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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.

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