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Prospect Capital (Prospect Capital) PB Ratio

: 0.60 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-16), Prospect Capital's share price is $5.38. Prospect Capital's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.92. Hence, Prospect Capital's PB Ratio of today is 0.60.

Good Sign:

Prospect Capital Corp stock PB Ratio (=0.61) is close to 3-year low of 0.55

The historical rank and industry rank for Prospect Capital's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PSEC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 0.75   Max: 1.07
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, Prospect Capital's highest PB Ratio was 1.07. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 0.75.

PSEC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
85.08% of 1696 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.93 vs PSEC: 0.60

During the past 12 months, Prospect Capital's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -10.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Prospect Capital was 5.20% per year. The lowest was -11.80% per year. And the median was -2.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Prospect Capital PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prospect Capital's PB Ratio 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.

Prospect Capital Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.73 0.62 0.86 0.67 0.67

Prospect Capital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 0.70 0.73 0.67 0.65 0.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Prospect Capital's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Prospect Capital's PB Ratio falls into.



Prospect Capital PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Prospect Capital's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=5.38/8.924
=0.60

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Prospect Capital  (NAS:PSEC) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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

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