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How Prospect Capital Corporation stacks up
PSEC · against 108 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
49/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #48 of 109 · scores higher than 56% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score16 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including PSEC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 49?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.4% vs peer median 2.6%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.3% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PSEC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PSEC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 107 reported | 7.3% | 5.2% | 70% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 56 reported | Not reported | 25.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 123 reported | 2.4% | 2.6% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 120 reported | 3.4% | 7.6% | 24% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 141 reported | 100.0% | 92.8% | 54% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PSECScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score