Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Prospect Capital Corp (NASDAQ:PSEC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.12M but it saw 2269910 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.00B USD, the company’s current market price of $4.58 came rising about 0.66 while comparing to the previous closing price of $4.55. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $6.30 and as low as $4.15. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $4.51 while lowest mark touched by it was $4.59.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) gives us an average price of $4.63, while its current price level is -27.30% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 10.36% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $4.99 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $5.32. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.56% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.14%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.75 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, PSEC’s stock price is moving -3.38% down while it is -9.84% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -23.54% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -19.08%.

Currently, Prospect Capital Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 436.18M. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.47 while having a 9.16 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.97. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.52 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.32.