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Prospect Capital (XSWX:PSEC) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 17.45 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Prospect Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-06), Prospect Capital's share price is CHF6.44. Prospect Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF0.37. Hence, Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 17.45.

The historical rank and industry rank for Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:PSEC' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.31   Med: 7.19   Max: 172.5
Current: 18.22

During the past 13 years, Prospect Capital's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 172.50. The lowest was 2.31. And the median was 7.19.

XSWX:PSEC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
63.18% of 1013 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 12.82 vs XSWX:PSEC: 18.22

Prospect Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF0.19. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was CHF0.37.

During the past 13 years, Prospect Capital's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 99.30% per year. The lowest was -57.20% per year. And the median was 5.30% per year.


Prospect Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Prospect Capital Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.67 4.38 104.88 - -

Prospect Capital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 - - - - 20.87

Competitive Comparison of Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Asset Management subindustry, Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Prospect Capital Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Prospect Capital's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=6.44/0.369
=17.45

Prospect Capital's Share Price of today is CHF6.44.
Prospect Capital's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was CHF0.37.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Prospect Capital  (XSWX:PSEC) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Prospect Capital (XSWX:PSEC) 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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