Prospect Capital (PSEC)

Overall impact
D (36)

Commentary

Prospect Capital is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 35.7 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), Prospect Capital ranks 164th out of 190 industry peers, behind CM Finance, Logan Ridge Finance Corporation, Encore Capital and 160 others, and ahead of Victory Capital, Advisor Group, Horizon Technology Finance and 23 others. On top material causes for Prospect Capital's industry (Financial Services), Prospect Capital performs poorly in Racial Justice and Civil Rights (23.8 score), Affordable, Safe Housing (32.9), No Poverty (33.2) and 7 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Prospect Capital did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Founded
1988
Employees
177
Sector
Financials
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Specialized Finance
SASB industry
Asset Management & Custody Activities
Headquarters
Ny, United States
Share classes
PSEC
Description
Prospect Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in middle market, mature, mezzanine finance, later stage, emerging growth, leveraged buyouts, refinancing, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnaround, growth capital, development, capital expenditures and subordinated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations, cash flow term loans, market place lending and bridge transactions. It also makes real estate investments particularly in multi-family residential real estate asset class. The fund makes secured debt, senior debt, senior and secured term loans, unitranche debt, first-lien and second lien, private debt, private equity, mezzanine debt, and equity investments in private and microcap public businesses. It focuses on both primary origination and secondary loans/portfolios and invests in situations like debt financings for private equity sponsors, acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, growth financings, bridge loans, cash flow term loans, real estate financings/investments. It also focuses on investing in small-sized and medium-sized private companies rather than large public companies. The fund typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. It invests in aerospace and defense, chemicals, conglomerate services, consumer services, ecological, electronics, financial services, machinery, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, specialty minerals, textiles and leather, transportation, oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, healthcare, food and beverage, education, business services, and other select sectors. It prefers to invest in the United States and Canada. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million to $500 million per transaction in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million, sales value betw
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Ethos considers the following causes material for Prospect Capital, based on its industry sub-industry Specialized Finance. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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