NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation $(PSEC)$ ("Prospect", "our", or "we") today announced financial results for our fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
All amounts in $000's
except per share
amounts (on weighted
average basis for
period numbers) Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Quarter Ended
September 30,
December 31, 2025 2025 December 31, 2024
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Net Investment Income
("NII") $90,888 $79,350 $86,431
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NII per Common Share $0.19 $0.17 $0.20
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Interest as % of
Total Investment
Income 84.7% 96.7% 91.0%
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Net Income (Loss)
Applicable to Common
Shareholders $(6,576) $48,087 $(30,993)
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Net Income (Loss) per
Common Share $(0.01) $0.10 $(0.07)
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Distributions to
Common Shareholders $63,894 $62,393 $65,554
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Distributions per
Common Share $0.135 $0.135 $0.15
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Cumulative Paid and
Declared
Distributions to
Common
Shareholders(1) $4,699,764 $4,633,799 $4,445,060
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Cumulative Paid and
Declared
Distributions per
Common Share(1) $21.93 $21.79 $21.39
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Total Assets $6,534,578 $6,641,870 $7,234,855
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Total Liabilities $1,952,326 $2,012,561 $2,164,305
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Perpetual Preferred
Stock $1,623,497 $1,624,519 $1,630,514
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Net Asset Value
("NAV") to Common
Shareholders $2,958,755 $3,004,790 $3,440,036
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NAV per Common Share $6.21 $6.45 $7.84
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Balance Sheet Cash +
Undrawn Revolving
Credit Facility
Commitments $1,647,216 $1,524,462 $1,879,738
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Net of Cash Debt to
Total Assets 28.2% 28.2% 28.1%
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Net of Cash Debt to
Total Equity
Ratio(2) 39.9% 39.9% 39.8%
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Net of Cash Asset
Coverage of Debt
Ratio(2) 350% 350% 351%
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Interest Coverage(3) 426% 339% 363%
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Unsecured Debt +
Perpetual Preferred
Equity as % of Total
Debt + Perpetual
Preferred Equity 85.3% 80.8% 91.9%
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Unsecured and
Non-Recourse Debt as
% of Total Debt 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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(1) Declared dividends are through the April 2026 distribution. February 2026 through April 2026 distributions are estimated based on shares outstanding as of 2/6/2026.
(2) Including our perpetual preferred stock as equity.
(3) Calculated as (Net Investment Income + Interest Expense + Incentive Fees) / Interest Expense.
CASH COMMON SHAREHOLDER DISTRIBUTION DECLARATION
Prospect is declaring distributions to common shareholders as follows:
Monthly Cash Common
Shareholder Distribution Record Date Payment Date Amount ($ per share)
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February 2026 2/25/2026 3/19/2026 $0.0450
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March 2026 3/27/2026 4/21/2026 $0.0450
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April 2026 4/28/2026 5/19/2026 $0.0450
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Taking into account past distributions and our current share count for declared distributions, since inception through our April 2026 declared distribution, Prospect will have distributed $21.93 per share to original common shareholders, aggregating approximately $4.7 billion in cumulative distributions to all common shareholders.
Since Prospect's initial public offering in July 2004 through December 31, 2025, Prospect has invested over $22 billion across over 450 investments, exiting over 350 of these investments.
Since Prospect's initial public offering in July 2004 through December 31, 2025, Prospect's exited investments resulted in an investment level exited gross internal rate of return ("IRR") of approximately 12% (based on total capital invested of approximately $13.1 billion and total proceeds from such exited investments of approximately $16.7 billion).
In Prospect's primary business of middle market lending over the same more than 21-year time period, Prospect's exited investments resulted in an investment level exited gross IRR of approximately 14.5% (based on total capital invested of approximately $11.2 billion and total proceeds from such exited investments of approximately $14.3 billion), with an annualized realized loss rate of 0.2%.
In Prospect's core targeted business of middle market lending to companies with less than $50 million of EBITDA over the same more than 21-year time period, Prospect's exited investments resulted in an investment level exited gross IRR of approximately 17.2% (based on total capital invested of approximately $6.3 billion and total proceeds from such exiting investments of approximately $8.3 billion), with an annualized net realized loss rate of 0.1%.
Prospect's EBITDA to interest coverage for our primary business of middle market lending is approximately 210%, which grows to approximately 230% for Prospect's core targeted middle market lending to companies with less than $50 million of EBITDA.
Middle-Market Lending Track < $50 Million Record Overall EBITDA > $50 Million EBITDA -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Investments 379 215 164 -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Total Capital Invested $17.3 billion $9.8 billion $7.5 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Total Proceeds $18.7 billion $10.7 billion $8.1 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Amount Remaining(1) $5.3 billion $3.0 billion $2.3 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Total $24.0 billion $13.6 billion $10.4 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Exited Track Record Since Inception -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Investments 292 161 131 -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Total Capital Invested $11.2 billion $6.3 billion $4.9 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Total Proceeds $14.3 billion $8.3 billion $6.0 billion -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Exited Gross IRR((2) () 14.5% 17.2% 10.3% -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Annualized Net Realized Loss Rate((3) () 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% -------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------------- Middle Market Lending Portfolio Cash Interest Coverage((4) () 210% 230% 179% -------------------- ------------- ------------------- --------------------
(1) Amount remaining represents the fair value of investments and any additional interest receivable, net.
(2) See "Internal Rate of Return" definition.
(3) See "Annualized Net Realized Loss Rate" definition.
(4) See "Middle Market Lending Portfolio Company EBITDA and Cash Interest Coverage".
Drivers focused on optimizing our business include:
(1) rotation of assets into and increased focus on our core business of first lien senior secured middle market loans (with our first lien mix increasing 728 basis points to 71.4% (based on cost) from June 2024), with selected equity linked investments, focusing on new investments in companies with less than $50 million of EBITDA, including companies with smaller funded private equity sponsors, independent sponsors, and no third party financial sponsors;
(2) reduction in our second lien senior secured middle market loans (with our second lien mix decreasing 371 basis points to 12.7% (based on cost) from June 2024);
(3) exit of our subordinated structured notes portfolio (with our subordinated structured notes mix decreasing 818 basis points to 0.2% (based on cost) from June 2024);
(4) exit of targeted equity linked assets, including real estate properties (with five additional properties sold in the current fiscal year) and certain corporate investments (such as the sale of significant assets within Echelon Transportation, LLC in July 2025 and December 2025), with other potential exits targeted;
(5) enhancement of portfolio company operating performance; and
(6) utilization of our cost efficient revolving floating rate credit facility (which significantly matches our majority floating rate assets).
In our middle market lending strategy, which represented 85% of our investments at cost as of December 31, 2025, we continued our focus on first lien senior secured loans during the quarter. Middle market investments comprised 100% of our $80.4 million of originations during the December 2025 quarter. Investments during the quarter included follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies to support acquisitions, working capital needs, organic growth initiatives, and other objectives.
As of December 31, 2025, our portfolio included 2.8% (based on cost) of investments in software companies, which is significantly less than the 22% average across business development companies with publicly traded unsecured bonds included in a February 2, 2026 Barclays fixed income research report.
Our real estate property portfolio at National Property REIT Corp. ("NPRC") totaled 14.1% of our investments at cost as of December 31, 2025 and continued its focus on already developed and occupied cash flow multifamily investments. Since the inception of this strategy in 2012 and through December 31, 2025, we have exited 56 property investments that have earned an unlevered investment-level gross cash IRR of 24% and cash on cash multiple of 2.4 times. We exited four property investments in the current fiscal year through December 31, 2025 that earned an unlevered investment-level gross cash IRR of 21% and cash on cash multiple of 2.4 times. NPRC exited one additional property investment after December 31, 2025, and has multiple additional properties in various stages of sale processes. The remaining real estate property portfolio as of December 31, 2025 included 54 properties and paid us an income yield of 5.4% for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, thereby providing opportunities to exit certain such investments and recycle into more and higher yielding first lien senior secured loans with selected equity linked investments. Our aggregate investment in NPRC included a $270 million unrealized gain as of December 31, 2025.
Our senior management team and employees own 27.9% of all common shares outstanding or approximately $0.8 billion of our common equity as measured at NAV.
PORTFOLIO UPDATE AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
All amounts in
$000's except per
unit amounts As of As of As of
December 31, 2025 September 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
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Total Investments(1) $6,389,615 $6,532,842 $7,025,705
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Total Investments(2) $6,441,536 $6,513,456 $7,132,928
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Number of Portfolio
Companies 91 92 114
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Number of Industries 32 32 33
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First Lien Debt 71.4% 71.1% 67.5%
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Second Lien Debt 12.7% 13.5% 13.6%
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Total Senior and
Secured Debt 84.1% 84.6% 81.1%
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Unsecured Debt 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
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Subordinated
Structured Notes 0.2% 0.3% 6.9%
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Equity Investments 15.6% 15.0% 11.9%
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Total
Investments(1) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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First Lien Debt 67.0% 67.6% 64.9%
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Second Lien Debt 9.9% 9.9% 10.2%
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Total Senior and
Secured Debt 76.9% 77.5% 75.1%
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Unsecured Debt 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
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Subordinated
Structured Notes 0.2% 0.3% 5.8%
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Equity Investments 22.8% 22.1% 19.0%
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Total
Investments(2) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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Non-Accrual Loans as
% of Total
Assets(2) 0.7% 0.7% 0.4%
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(1) Calculated at cost.
(2) Calculated at fair value.
During the September 2025 and December 2025 quarters, investment originations (including follow on investments in existing portfolio companies) and repayments were as follows:
All amounts in $000's Quarter Ended Quarter Ended
December 31, 2025 September 30, 2025
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Total Originations $80,434 $91,567
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Middle-Market 100.0% 71.7%
Real Estate --% 27.9%
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Other --% 0.4%
Total Repayments and Sales $79,266 $234,660
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Originations, Net of Repayments and
Sales $1,168 $(143,093)
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For additional disclosure see "Primary Origination Strategies" at the end of this release.
CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY
Our multi-year, long-term laddered and diversified historical funding profile over our more than 21 year history has included our current $2.1 billion revolving credit facility (aggregate commitments with 48 current lenders), program notes, institutional bonds, convertible bonds, listed preferred stock, and program preferred stock. We have retired multiple upcoming maturities, including the redemption of our remaining outstanding 3.706% Notes due January 2026 in June 2025 (original principal amount $400.0 million). During the quarter ended December 2025, we called $20.7 million of program notes maturing in 2026 with a weighted average interest rate of 6.41%, repurchased $32.5 million of our 3.364% 2026 Notes due November 2026 (with an additional $2.7M repurchased pending delivery from broker) and repurchased $20.3 million of our 3.437% Notes due October 2028 (average purchase price of 96.8% and 89.5%, respectively). Our next institutional bond maturity is $267.5 million in November 2026.
On October 30, 2025, we successfully completed the institutional issuance of approximately $167.6 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured 5.5% Series A Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"), which mature on December 31, 2030.
Our unfunded eligible commitments to portfolio companies aggregate approximately $34.2 million, of which $22.6 million are considered at our sole discretion, representing 0.5% and 0.3% of our total assets as of December 31, 2025, respectively.
As of As of
All amounts in $000's December 31, 2025 September 30, 2025
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Net of Cash Debt to Total Assets
Ratio 28.2% 28.2%
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Net of Cash Debt to Total Equity
Ratio(1) 39.9% 39.9%
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% of Interest-Bearing Assets at
Floating Rates 75.3% 75.7%
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Unsecured Debt + Perpetual Preferred
Equity as % of Total Debt +
Perpetual Preferred Equity 85.3% 80.8%
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Balance Sheet Cash + Undrawn
Revolving Credit Facility
Commitments $1,647,216 $1,524,462
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Unencumbered Assets $4,194,628 $4,170,538
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% of Total Assets 64.2% 62.8%
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(1) Including our perpetual preferred stock as equity.
We currently have three separate unsecured debt issuances aggregating approximately $718.6 million outstanding, not including our program notes, with laddered maturities extending through December 2030. At December 31, 2025, $637.2 million of program notes were outstanding with laddered maturities through March 2052.
At December 31, 2025 our weighted average cost of unsecured debt financing was 4.68%.
We have raised significant capital from our existing $2.25 billion perpetual preferred stock offering programs. The perpetual preferred stock provides Prospect with a diversified source of programmatic capital without creating scheduled maturity risk due to the perpetual term of multiple preferred tranches.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
We have adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (also known as our "DRIP") that provides for reinvestment of our distributions on behalf of our shareholders, unless a shareholder elects to receive cash. On April 17, 2020, our board of directors approved amendments to the Company's DRIP, effective May 21, 2020. These amendments principally provide for the number of newly-issued shares pursuant to the DRIP to be determined by dividing (i) the total dollar amount of the distribution payable by (ii) 95% of the closing market price per share of our stock on the valuation date of the distribution (providing a 5% discount to the market price of our common stock), a benefit to shareholders who participate.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Shares held with a broker or financial institution
Many shareholders have been automatically "opted out" of our DRIP by their brokers. Even if you have elected to automatically reinvest your PSEC stock with your broker, your broker may have "opted out" of our DRIP (which utilizes DTC's dividend reinvestment service), and you may therefore not be receiving the 5% pricing discount. Shareholders interested in participating in our DRIP to receive the 5% discount should contact their brokers to make sure each such DRIP participation election has been made through DTC. In making such DRIP election, each shareholder should specify to one's broker the desire to participate in the "Prospect Capital Corporation DRIP through DTC" that issues shares based on 95% of the market price (a 5% discount to the market price) and not the broker's own "synthetic DRIP" plan (if any) that offers no such discount. Each shareholder should not assume one's broker will automatically place such shareholder in our DRIP through DTC. Each shareholder will need to make this election proactively with one's broker or risk not receiving the 5% discount. Each shareholder may also consult with a representative of such shareholder's broker to request that the number of shares the shareholder wishes to enroll in our DRIP be re-registered by the broker in the shareholder's own name as record owner in order to participate directly in our DRIP.
Shares registered directly with our transfer agent
If a shareholder holds shares registered in the shareholder's own name with our transfer agent (less than 0.1% of our shareholders hold shares this way) and wants to make a change to how the shareholder receives dividends, please contact our plan administrator, Equiniti Trust Company, LLC by calling (888) 888-0313 or by mailing Equiniti Trust Company LLC, PO Box 10027, Newark, New Jersey 07101.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Prospect will host an earnings call on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Dial 888-338-7333. For a replay after February 10, 2026 visit www.prospectstreet.com or call 855-669-9658 with passcode 5803677.
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
December 31, 2025 June 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
Assets
Investments at fair value:
Control investments (amortized
cost of $3,364,482 and
$3,416,244, respectively) $ 3,695,903 $ 3,696,367
Affiliate investments (amortized
cost of $12,835 and $11,735,
respectively) 33,902 27,057
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments (amortized cost of
$3,012,298 and $3,265,522,
respectively) 2,711,731 2,950,092
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Total investments at fair
value (amortized cost of
$6,389,615 and $6,693,501,
respectively) 6,441,536 6,673,516
Cash and cash equivalents
(restricted cash of $3,562 and
$4,282, respectively) 38,059 50,788
Receivables for:
Interest, net 22,035 25,144
Other 6,782 1,642
Deferred financing costs on
Revolving Credit Facility 16,466 18,842
Due from Prospect Administration 5,448 --
Due from broker 2,730 33,393
Prepaid expenses 985 1,488
Derivative Assets, at fair value 484 --
Due from Affiliate 53 125
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Total Assets 6,534,578 6,804,938
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Liabilities
Revolving Credit Facility 512,343 856,322
Public Notes (less unamortized
discount and debt issuance costs of
$12,462 and $6,556, respectively) 706,103 593,444
Prospect Capital InterNotes$(R)$ (less
unamortized debt issuance costs of
$7,982 and $8,687, respectively) 629,250 638,545
Due to Prospect Capital Management 48,968 41,757
Dividends payable 29,783 28,836
Interest payable 15,800 15,116
Due to broker 6,047 5,639
Accrued expenses 2,876 3,490
Due to Prospect Administration -- 2,602
Derivative Liabilities, at fair
value 968 --
Other liabilities 188 515
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Total Liabilities 1,952,326 2,186,266
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Commitments and Contingencies
Preferred Stock, par value $0.001
per share (847,900,000 and
847,900,000 shares of preferred
stock authorized; 70,562,640 and
70,915,937 issued and outstanding,
respectively) 1,623,497 1,629,900
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Net Assets Applicable to
Common Shares $ 2,958,755 $ 2,988,772
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Components of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Shares and Net Assets,
respectively
Common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (1,152,100,000 and
1,152,100,000 common shares
authorized; 476,461,879 and
455,902,826 issued and outstanding,
respectively) 476 456
Paid-in capital in excess of par 4,300,694 4,242,196
Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) (3,759) --
Distributions in excess of earnings (1,338,656) (1,253,880)
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Net Assets Applicable to
Common Shares $ 2,958,755 $ 2,988,772
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Net Asset Value Per Common Share $ 6.21 $ 6.56
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PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended December
December 31, 31,
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2025 2024 2025 2024
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Investment Income
Interest income (excluding
payment-in-kind ("PIK")
interest income):
Control investments $ 58,329 $ 57,386 $ 117,545 $ 109,768
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments 75,575 87,159 153,337 182,069
Structured credit
securities -- 4,054 -- 8,233
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Total interest income
(excluding PIK
interest income) 133,904 148,599 270,882 300,070
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PIK interest income:
Control investments 12,490 13,884 24,284 33,594
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments 2,654 6,315 6,276 19,749
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Total PIK Interest
Income 15,144 20,199 30,560 53,343
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Total interest income 149,048 168,798 301,442 353,413
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Dividend income:
Control investments 17,038 4,387 17,915 4,387
Affiliate investments 985 -- 985 141
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments 5,961 2,574 8,657 4,843
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Total dividend income 23,984 6,961 27,557 9,371
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Other income:
Control investments 392 8,416 746 15,383
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments 2,578 1,291 3,881 3,607
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Total other income 2,970 9,707 4,627 18,990
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Total Investment Income 176,002 185,466 333,626 381,774
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Operating Expenses
Base management fee 32,932 37,069 66,549 75,675
Income incentive fee 16,035 13,632 17,269 29,312
Interest and credit facility
expenses 32,790 37,979 66,477 77,739
Allocation of overhead from
Prospect Administration 23 5,708 5,547 11,416
Audit, compliance and tax
related fees (239) 80 660 1,800
Directors' fees 150 150 300 300
Other general and
administrative expenses 3,423 4,417 6,586 9,224
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Total Operating Expenses 85,114 99,035 163,388 205,466
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Net Investment Income 90,888 86,431 170,238 176,308
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Net Realized and Net Change
in Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments
Net realized gains (losses)
Control investments (66,216) 3 (65,369) 6,370
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments (75,087) (46,656) (77,825) (153,393)
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Net realized gains
(losses) (141,303) (46,653) (143,194) (147,023)
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Net change in unrealized
gains (losses)
Control investments 37,117 30,419 51,298 (143,829)
Affiliate investments 1,982 (1,446) 5,746 2,002
Non-control/non-affiliate
investments 32,208 (69,053) 14,862 (22,020)
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Net change in unrealized
gains (losses) 71,307 (40,080) 71,906 (163,847)
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Net Realized and Net Change
in Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments (69,996) (86,733) (71,288) (310,870)
Net realized gains
(losses) on
extinguishment of debt 2,896 236 2,819 484
Net realized gains (losses)
from derivative instruments
and foreign currency
transactions (224) -- (224) --
Net change in unrealized
gains (losses) from
derivative instruments and
foreign currency
transactions 155 -- 155 --
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Net Increase (Decrease) in
Net Assets Resulting from
Operations 23,719 (66) 101,700 (134,078)
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Preferred Stock dividends (26,740) (26,228) (53,507) (53,385)
Net gain (loss) on
redemptions of Preferred
Stock (1,349) (906) (2,711) 1,398
Gain (loss) on Accretion
to Redemption Value of
Preferred Stock (2,206) (3,793) (3,971) (9,997)
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Net Increase (Decrease) in
Net Assets Resulting from
Operations applicable to
Common Stockholders $ (6,576) $(30,993) $ 41,511 $ (196,062)
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PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
ROLLFORWARD OF NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE
(in actual dollars)
Three Months Ended December Six Months Ended December
31, 31,
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2025 2024 2025 2024
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Per Share
Data(1(0) ()
Net asset value
per common share
at beginning of
period $ 6.45 $ 8.10 $ 6.56 $ 8.74
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Net investment
income 0.19 0.20 0.36 0.41
Net realized and
change in
unrealized gains
(losses)(1) (0.15) (0.21) (0.17) (0.74)
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Net increase
(decrease) from
operations(1(0)
() 0.04 (0.01) 0.20 (7) (0.33)
Distributions of
net investment
income to
preferred
stockholders (0.06) (4) (0.06) (3) (0.11) (4) (0.12) (3)
Total
distributions to
preferred
stockholders(1(0)
() (0.06) (0.06) (0.11) (0.12)
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Net increase
(decrease) from
operations
applicable to
common
stockholders (0.02) (0.07) 0.09 (0.45)
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Distributions of
net investment
income to common
stockholders (0.14) (4) (0.15) (3) (0.27) (4) (0.31) (3)(6)
Return of capital
to common
stockholders -- (4) -- (3) -- (4) (0.02) (3)(6)
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Total
distributions to
common
stockholders (0.14) (0.15) (0.27) (0.33)
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Effect of other
comprehensive
income((8) () -- ((9) () -- -- (9) --
Common stock
transactions(2) (0.08) (0.04) (0.16) (0.13)
Net asset value
per common share
at end of period $ 6.21 (7) $ 7.84 $ 6.21 $ 7.84 (7)
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(1) Realized gains (losses) is inclusive of net realized losses (gains) on investments, realized losses (gains) from extinguishment of debt and realized gains (losses) from the repurchases and redemptions of preferred stock.
(2) Common stock transactions include the effect of our issuance of common stock in public offerings (net of underwriting and offering costs), shares issued in connection with our common stock dividend reinvestment plan, common shares issued to acquire investments, common shares repurchased below net asset value pursuant to our Repurchase Program, and common shares issued pursuant to the Holder Optional Conversion of our 5.50% Preferred Stock and 6.50% Preferred Stock.
(3) Tax character of distributions is not yet finalized for the respective fiscal period and will not be finalized until we file our tax return for our tax year ending August 31, 2025.
(4) Tax character of distributions is not yet finalized for the respective fiscal period and will not be finalized until we file our tax return for our tax year ending August 31, 2026.
(5) Diluted net decrease from operations applicable to common stockholders was $0.01 for the three months ended December 31, 2025. Diluted net decrease from operations applicable to common stockholders was $0.07 for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Diluted net increase from operations applicable to common stockholders was $0.09 for the six months ended December 31, 2025. Diluted net decrease from operations applicable to common stockholders was $0.45 for the six months ended December 31, 2024.
(6) The amounts reflected for the respective fiscal periods were updated based on tax information received subsequent to our Form 10-Q filing for December 31, 2024. Certain reclassifications have been made in the presentation of prior period amounts.
(7) Does not foot due to rounding.
(8) Effect of other comprehensive income is related to income/(loss) deemed attributable to instrument specific credit risk derived from changes in fair value associated with liabilities valued under the fair value option (ASC 825.)
(9) Effect is less than $0.01 per share.
(10) Per share data amount is based on the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year/period presented (except for dividends to stockholders which is based on actual rate per share).
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
Internal Rate of Return ("IRR") is the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows related to a particular investment equal to zero. IRR is gross of general expenses not related to specific investments as these expenses are not allocable to specific investments. Investments are considered to be exited when the original investment objective has been achieved through the receipt of cash and/or non-cash consideration upon the repayment of a debt investment or sale of an investment or through the determination that no further consideration was collectible and, thus, a loss may have been realized. Prospect's gross IRR calculations are unaudited. Information regarding internal rates of return are historical results relating to Prospect's past performance and are not necessarily indicative of future results, the achievement of which cannot be assured.
All track record data herein is as of 12/31/2025, unless otherwise noted. Middle-market lending track record segmentation by EBITDA represents EBITDA at the date of initial investment.
ANNUALIZED NET REALIZED LOSS RATE
Annualized net realized loss rate defined as realized gains/(losses) on investments as a percentage of total invested capital since inception, divided by the number of years since inception for the respective investments. Numbers may not add up to precise totals due to rounding.
PRIMARY ORIGINATION STRATEGIES
Our primary investment strategy is investing in private, middle-market companies in the U.S. in need of capital for refinancings, acquisitions, capital expenditures, growth initiatives, recapitalizations and other purposes. Typically, we focus on making investments in middle-market companies with annual revenues of less than $750 million and enterprise values of less than $1 billion. These private, middle-market companies are primarily owned by private equity funded and independent sponsors or us, as well as by a portfolio company's management team, founder(s), or other investors. Our typical investment involves a senior and secured loan of less than $250 million.
Our investments in senior and secured loans are generally senior debt instruments that rank ahead of unsecured debt and equity of a given portfolio company. These loans also have the benefit of security interests on assets of the applicable portfolio company, which often rank ahead of any other security interests. We also make equity and equity-linked investments with capital-appreciation potential (such as senior and secured convertible debt, preferred equity, common equity and warrants).
We also invest a lesser amount of our assets in senior and secured debt and controlling equity positions in real estate investment trusts ("REIT" or "REITs"). The real estate investments of National Property REIT Corp. ("NPRC") are in various classes of developed and occupied real estate properties that generate current yields, including multi-family properties and other tenant-diversified properties; historically, NPRC made investments in structured credit (primarily debt tranches). We historically invested in structured credit (primarily equity tranches).
We may also invest in other strategies and opportunities from time to time that the Investment Adviser views as attractive. The Investment Adviser may continue to evaluate other origination strategies in the ordinary course of business with no specific top-down allocation to any single origination strategy.
We directly originate the significant majority of our investments through our long-term relationships with private equity funded and independent sponsors, financial intermediaries, and management teams, as well as other sources. We seek to maximize returns, including both current yield and capital-appreciation potential, and minimize risk for our investors by applying rigorous credit and other analyses and cash-flow and asset-based lending techniques to originate, close, and monitor our investments.
We are consistently pursuing multiple investment opportunities. There can be no assurance that we will successfully consummate any investment opportunity we pursue. If any of these opportunities are consummated, there can be no assurance that investors will share our view of valuation or that any assets acquired will not be subject to future write downs, each of which could have an adverse effect on our stock price.
MIDDLE MARKET LENDING PORTFOLIO COMPANY EBITDA AND CASH INTEREST COVERAGE
Middle Market Lending Portfolio Company Cash Interest Coverage ("Middle Market Portfolio Cash Interest Coverage") provide clarity into the underlying capital structure of PSEC's middle-market loan portfolio investments and the likelihood that such portfolio will make interest payments and repay principal. Investments in real estate, subordinated structured notes, and equity (for which principal repayment is not fixed) and for which EBITDA is not available, negative or de minimis are not included in the calculations.
Middle Market Portfolio Cash Interest Coverage reflects the simple average cash interest coverage of each of PSEC's middle-market loan portfolio investments. The cash interest coverage for each middle-market loan portfolio investment is calculated based on the portfolio company's cash interest and adjusted EBITDA.
Middle Market Portfolio Cash Interest Coverage generally indicates a portfolio company's ability to make interest payments and repay principal. Adjusted EBITDA provides PSEC with insight into profitability and scale of the portfolio companies within PSEC's middle-market loan portfolio.
These calculations include addbacks and adjustments that are often negotiated and documented in the applicable investment documents, including but not limited to transaction costs, share-based compensation, management fees, foreign currency translation adjustments, and nonrecurring transaction expenses. Consumer finance companies are adjusted to treat third-party receivables financing as a cost of goods sold (rather than financing) because consumer finance companies typically rely on such financing to fund their lending activities.
Middle Market Portfolio Cash Interest Coverage assist PSEC in assessing the likelihood that PSEC will timely receive interest and principal payments. However, these calculations are not meant to substitute for an analysis of PSEC's underlying portfolio company debt investments, but to supplement such analysis.
About Prospect Capital Corporation
Prospect is a business development company that primarily lends to and invests in middle market privately-held companies. Prospect's investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation.
Prospect has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Prospect has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, whose safe harbor for forward-looking statements does not apply to business development companies. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by other unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under our control, and that we may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially from any forward-looking statements. Such statements speak only as of the time when made, and we undertake no obligation to update any such statement now or in the future.
For additional information, contact:
Grier Eliasek, President and Chief Operating Officer
grier@prospectcap.com
Telephone (212) 448-0702
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