Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
The company has a poor ESG score according to Refinitiv, which ranks companies by sector.
Highlights: Prospect Capital Corporation
The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Weaknesses: Prospect Capital Corporation
As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
With an expected P/E ratio at 222 and 9.45 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
The sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.