Prospect Capital Corporation
Inside Prospect Capital Corporation’s $6.3B private-credit portfolio — 216 holdings disclosed in SEC filings. First-lien loans represent 68% of the portfolio by fair value. The largest single borrower accounts for 17% of the portfolio. The top five borrowers account for 46% of the portfolio. The portfolio comprises 95 distinct borrowers. The figures are stated as of 2026-08-20. AI-generated analysis. Not investment advice. May contain errors.
Aug 20 · SEC EDGAR
Credit Snapshot
How the market and the balance sheet read PSEC as a credit: NAV per share is the Q4 FY2026 book value ($5.71) from its SEC quarterly filing — for a BDC, book value is NAV. Fair values underneath are the manager’s own estimates. Price as of 2026-10-10.
| Metric | Value | What healthy looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Price-to-NAV | 0.30x (discount) | Quality BDCs tend to trade near NAV; a deep discount often signals credit concern — or opportunity to investigate. |
| Dividend Coverage (GAAP NII) | 0.97x GAAP NII ÷ FY2026 distributions | Above 1.0x, the year’s distributions were earned by investment income; below 1.0x they exceeded it — watch for a cut or return-of-capital funding. GAAP NII, not the manager’s adjusted “core NII”. |
| NII Return on Equity | 11.1% GAAP NII on FY2026 FY-end NAV | What the portfolio EARNED on book value, before mark swings — steadier than mark-driven ROE. BDCs typically land high single digits to low teens; internally managed books keep more of it. |
| NAV Total Return | -2.2% FY2026: ΔNAV/share + distributions 3-yr ≈-5.2%/yr compound | NAV change plus distributions, per share — what the book earned independent of market sentiment. Sustained positive NAV total return means the credit book is creating value, not just distributing it back. |
| Leverage (Gross Debt/Equity) | 0.64x 68% headroom to the 2.0x regulatory ceiling | Most BDCs run 0.8x–1.25x debt-to-equity; the regulatory ceiling is 2.0x. |
| Asset Coverage | 257% | A gross total-debt coverage read; the statutory ratio excludes SBA debentures, so an SBIC’s 10-K figure can differ. Healthy BDCs sit well above the 150% floor. |
| Top-5 Borrower Concentration | 46% of portfolio FV ≈ 100% of Q4 FY2026 NAV largest: National Property REIT Corp. (16.8% of FV) | Measured against NAV, not just portfolio value: leverage means one borrower’s writedown hits book value harder than its portfolio share suggests. Diversified BDCs typically keep any single name to a low single-digit share of the portfolio. |
| Debt Marked Below 90 | 14.0% (6.4% below 80) of marked debt FV (99% coverage) | Loans marked below 90 cents on the dollar are the book’s watchlist; a growing tail often precedes non-accrual. |
| PIK Income Share | 42.6% of debt FV carries a PIK component | Interest paid “in kind” adds to the loan instead of paying cash; a rising PIK share is the classic early sign of borrower stress. |
| Floating-Rate Mix | 54% floating, mostly SOFR of rate-classified debt (94% coverage); the rest fixed | Floating-rate loans reprice with their benchmark (mostly SOFR), so a high floating share means portfolio income rises when the Fed hikes and falls when it cuts — the book’s rate sensitivity in one number. |
| Non-Accruals | 0.9% of debt FV (100% coverage) | Parsed from the filing’s own non-accrual footnotes. 1–3% of portfolio fair value is normal; 5%+ is a warning sign. Trend12 qtrs |
| Fee Structure — manager economics, from the same annual filing | ||
| Base Management Fee | $130.9M ≈2.03% of FY2026 FY-end total assets, our calculation — contractual fees accrue on average gross assets as filed, gross of any fee waivers | External BDC base fees typically run 1.0–1.75% of assets — charged on ASSETS, not equity, so leverage raises the fee bill on the same NAV. |
| Incentive Fee | $26.5M as filed, gross of any fee waivers | Income incentive fees typically take 17.5–20% of pre-fee investment income over a hurdle. A capital-gains fee in an up-mark year is not recurring income economics — watch the split. |
Portfolio Composition
Portfolio-wide breakdown by fair value across this BDC’s full Schedule of Investments. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). As of the 2026-08-20 filing.
Maturity Wall
Debt fair value by each loan’s stated maturity year (99% of debt FV carries a parsed maturity). The refinancing question: 47% of the maturity-dated book comes due by end-2027 — debt that must be repaid, refinanced, or extended. As of the 2026-08-20 filing.
| Maturing | Debt FV | % of dated debt |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 or earlier | $145M | 3.0% |
| 2027 | $2.2B | 44.2% |
| 2028 | $886M | 18.2% |
| 2029 | $1.1B | 22.1% |
| 2030 | $487M | 10.0% |
| 2031+ | $120M | 2.5% |
Where this book is marked differently
1 of this BDC’s borrowers is marked 10+ points away from another BDC’s mark on the same borrower and seniority, as of the same quarter. Level-3 fair values are model-based — each manager marks to its own model, so dispersion is information about assumptions, not proof either mark is wrong.
- Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. — marked 82.6 here (filed 2026-08-20) vs 47.5 at PSBD (filed 2026-08-05) — a 35.1pt gap, same seniority, period 2026-06-30.
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith under the oversight of each BDC’s board (often by the adviser as valuation designee), so figures are estimates as of the period end each filing reports, not its filing date, and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Quarter-over-quarter changes
Borrowers added to and dropped from the book between the 2026-05-07 and 2026-08-20 filings, and the largest weighted-mark moves on borrowers held across both. Aggregated to the borrower so a company’s exposure is counted once even when its loan tranches are re-cut quarter to quarter; entries and exits under $0.5M are omitted as parse noise. 6 mark moves held out as suspect (over 15 points in one quarter, a mark at exactly par, or a mark outside 30–105) rather than ranked.
New this quarter 3
- Eyefive, Llc (D/B/A Shipoffers)$52M
- Safety Solutions Financing, Llc$23M
- Abacus Dermatology Management, Llc$14M
Exited 1
- Shutterfly Finance, Llc$21M
Biggest mark moves
- Cp Energy Services Inc.↓ 91→77
- A To Spartan Energy Services, Llc 2↑ 88→95
- Precisely Software Incorporated↓ 74→67
- Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. (D/B/A Forta, Llc)↓ 88→83
- Burgess Point Purchaser Corporation↑ 90→95
- Rising Tide Holdings, Inc.↑ 71→76
Top Portfolio Holdings
| # | Company | Type | Sector | Coupon | Maturity | Fair Value | % of FV | % of Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Property REIT Corp.3 reporting lines · First Lien Term Loan Senior Secured + Common Equity + First Lien Term Loan Senior Secured | Equity1L Sr SecuredPIK 2.00% | Industry | SOFR + 0.25% | Mar 2027 | $1.0B | 16.0% | 34.6% |
| 2 | First Tower Finance Company LLC2 reporting lines · Class A Units + First Lien Term Loan Senior Secured | 1L Sr SecuredDebtPIK 5.00% | Consumer Finance | — | — | $950M | 15.0% | 32.4% |
| 3 | InterDent, Inc.2 reporting lines · First Lien Term Loan Senior Secured + First Lien Term Loan Senior Secured | 1L Sr SecuredPIK 7.00% | Health Care Providers & Services | — | Sep 2027 | $295M | 4.7% | 10.1% |
| 4 | Valley Electric Company, Inc. | Equity | Construction & Engineering | — | — | $210M | 3.3% | 7.2% |
| 5 | Town & Country Holdings, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Distributors | — | Aug 2028 | $169M | 2.7% | 5.8% |
| 6 | DRI Holding Inc. | 2L / Mezz | Commercial Services & Supplies | SOFR + 8.00% | Dec 2029 | $145M | 2.3% | 5.0% |
| 7 | Pacific World Corporation | 1L Sr SecuredPIK 7.89% | Personal Care Products | SOFR + 4.25% | Mar 2029 | $112M | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| 8 | Global Tel*Link Corporation (d./b/a ViaPath Technologies) | 1L Sr Secured | Diversified Telecommunication Services | SOFR + 7.50% | Aug 2029 | $109M | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| 9 | Belnick, LLC (d/b/a The Ubique Group) | 1L Sr Secured | Household Durables | SOFR + 8.50% | May 2029 | $96M | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| 10 | Imperative Worldwide, LLC | 2L / Mezz | Air Freight & Logistics | SOFR + 8.50% | Dec 2029 | $95M | 1.5% | 3.2% |
| Full schedule — all 216 holdings, sortable and screenable → | ||||||||
% of net assets reads each position against stockholders’ equity as of Q4 FY2026 — on a levered book, a position is a larger share of the equity that absorbs losses than of portfolio fair value.
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Borrower cross-reference
Search any borrower, see every BDC exposed to it — Prospect Capital Corporation shares 18 borrowers with other managers we track.
Quarterly diffs
What entered and exited the book each quarter.
Book-structure risk
Senior-secured, floating-rate and PIK share — how the book is built.
Loan-Pricing Trend
Fair-value-weighted average credit spread and average mark across this BDC’s Schedule-of-Investments debt holdings, by filing quarter. Mark is fair value as a percent of par (100 = par). Spread is in basis points over each loan’s own benchmark, normalized from the filing’s as-reported units. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). Spreads have compressed from 655 to 600 bps over 13 quarters while marks held near 84.
| Quarter | Borrowers | Priced Positions | Wtd-Avg cash spread (bps) | Avg Mark (% of par) | Debt Fair Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 76 | 111 | 581 | 77.3 | $5.6B |
| Q2 2025 | 78 | 112 | 599 | 83.9 | $5.3B |
| Q3 2025 | 75 | 110 | 596 | 87.1 | $5.1B |
| Q4 2025 | 63 | 109 | 594 | 85.9 | $5.0B |
| Q1 2026 | 65 | 104 | 594 | 86.2 | $4.9B |
| Q2 2026 | 67 | 109 | 600 | 87.2 | $4.9B |
3 quarters omitted — filing not parsed.
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith under the oversight of each BDC’s board (often by the adviser as valuation designee), so figures are estimates as of the period end each filing reports, not its filing date, and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Questions this page answers
What does Prospect Capital Corporation invest in?
Prospect Capital Corporation's portfolio breaks down by total portfolio fair value into approximately 68% first-lien senior secured, 9% second-lien or mezzanine, 10% other or unclassified debt, and 13% equity or other, with its largest sector exposure in Consumer Finance (~18% of the holdings that disclose a sector) as of its 2026-08-20 SEC filing.
How large is Prospect Capital Corporation's portfolio?
Prospect Capital Corporation reported $6.3B in portfolio fair value across 216 holdings and 95 unique borrowers as of its 2026-08-20 SEC filing.
What do Prospect Capital Corporation's fixed-rate loans yield?
The fair-value-weighted average all-in coupon across Prospect Capital Corporation's fixed-rate income-producing holdings is approximately 5.9%, measured over the fixed-rate holdings representing 15% of portfolio fair value (floating-rate loans, quoted as a spread over a benchmark, are excluded) as of its 2026-08-20 SEC filing.
Where does this data come from?
This data is parsed by Oxford Ledge from Prospect Capital Corporation's Schedule of Investments in its SEC EDGAR filings. Fair values are the manager's own estimates as of the 2026-08-20 filing date.
About Prospect Capital Corporation
Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) is a publicly traded Business Development Company (BDC) — essentially a publicly listed fund that lends money to mid-sized private companies. In plain English: BDCs raise money from public investors and lend it to businesses that are too small for Wall Street banks. To qualify for pass-through tax treatment, they distribute at least 90% of their taxable investment income to shareholders, which is why BDC yields are often 8–12%. Prospect Capital Corporation discloses its full loan portfolio through SEC filings.