The new collection extends Lenox’s timeless design and inviting warmth into the bath. | Source: Town & Country Living
NEW YORK, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Town & Country Living, a leader in home textiles, today announced a licensing partnership with Lenox, the iconic American home and tableware brand known for more than 135 years of timeless design and craftsmanship. The partnership will introduce a fully coordinated Lenox bath collection, debuting during the New York Home Textiles Market.
Inspired by Lenox’s signature expression of Bring Beauty to Every Home - timeless elegance with an inviting spirit - the collection brings considered design, quality, and everyday livability into one of the home’s most personal spaces. The assortment will include bath towels, shower curtains, countertop accessories, bath rugs, and mats, as well as essential bath items such as liners and rings. Designed to coordinate seamlessly, the collection will give consumers an approachable way to create a more polished and welcoming bath environment.
“Lenox has helped define American elegance for generations, and its distinctive design sensibility translates beautifully into the bath,” said Susan Wojewoda, Chief Revenue Officer of Town & Country Living. “Together, we are creating a comprehensive collection that combines Lenox’s rich design heritage with Town & Country Living’s expertise in home textiles and coordinated product development.”
“At Lenox, we believe thoughtful design can make everyday moments feel more meaningful,” said Raul Ruiz, Chief Brand and Portfolio Officer of Lenox Corporation. “This partnership with Town & Country Living allows us to bring Lenox’s distinctive combination of timeless design, heritage, and inviting warmth into the bath category, giving consumers a new way to create a beautifully coordinated and elevated home.”
Featuring refined details, versatile color palettes and thoughtful coordination across categories, the collection will reinterpret Lenox’s signature design language for the bath while introducing fresh expressions created for today’s home.
The Lenox Coordinated Bath Collection will debut at the New York Home Textiles Market beginning September 14, 2026, with retail availability planned for the first quarter of 2027.
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About Town & Country Living
Founded in 1954 and headquartered in New York City, Town & Country Living is a leading home-textiles company specializing in table linens, kitchen textiles, rugs, window treatments, pillows, throws, bath products, and pet accessories. As a trusted partner to national brands and private-label programs, Town & Country Living serves major retailers worldwide through a commitment to design, quality, and innovation.
Town and Country Living is a portfolio company of Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC), a publicly traded business development company with $6.4 billion of total assets as of June 30, 2026.
About Lenox
Founded in 1889 by Walter Scott Lenox, Lenox has been part of America’s homes and celebrations for more than 135 years. Known for its enduring craftsmanship and distinctive American design, Lenox brings timeless elegance and an inviting spirit to the table and throughout the home. Its portfolio includes dinnerware, flatware, drinkware, giftware, home décor, and products for seasonal celebrations. Lenox has also played a notable role in American history, including creating official White House table services used by multiple presidential administrations. For more information, visit lenox.com.
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Bargains Galore? 3 Stocks With Insider Buying in the MillionsProspect Capital NASDAQ: PSEC reported net investment income of $78 million, or $0.15 per common share, for the June quarter, matching the prior quarter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Barry said during the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call.
Net asset value totaled approximately $2.9 billion, or $5.71 per common share, as of June 30. The company’s net debt-to-total-assets ratio was 28.6%, while unsecured debt plus unsecured perpetual preferred securities represented 83.7% of total debt plus preferred equity.
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3 Ultra-High Dividend Yield Stocks for the New YearThe business development company also announced monthly common-shareholder distributions of $0.035 per share for September and October. Barry said Prospect Capital will have distributed more than $4.8 billion, or $22.14 per share, from its initial public offering 22 years ago through the October 2026 declared distribution.
Valley Electric Sale and Portfolio Activity On July 1, Prospect Capital closed the sale of portfolio company Valley Electric Company Inc. for total consideration of approximately $328 million. Barry said the investment, held since 2012, generated a realized gross annualized internal rate of return of 20.5% and a 4.8-times multiple of invested capital, including expected net exit proceeds of about $281 million as well as prior interest, equity distributions and other cash flows.
Prospect Capital Corporation: A Gold Nugget or Value Trap?Barry said that if the cash received from the Valley Electric sale had been available on June 30 and used to repay revolving-credit borrowings, the company’s revolver balance would have been $323 million on a pro forma basis.
During the June quarter, investment originations totaled $166 million, led by middle-market investments. Repayments and exits were $46 million, resulting in net originations of $120 million, President and Chief Operating Officer Grier Eliasek said.
Middle-market lending accounted for 91% of originations during the quarter. New first-lien senior secured loan investments included Safety Solutions Financing, a provider of fire security products and services; Abacus Dermatology Management, a management services organization; and Eyefive, a provider of on-demand product and order-fulfillment services.
Credit Portfolio Remains Focused on First-Lien Loans As of June, Prospect held 91 portfolio companies across 31 industries with an aggregate fair value of $6.3 billion. First-lien senior secured debt represented 84% of the portfolio at cost, while middle-market lending represented 85% of investments at cost.
Eliasek said Prospect’s middle-market portfolio companies had average net leverage of 4.9 turns, compared with 6.1 turns for peers, and cash interest coverage of 223%, compared with 160% for peers. He also cited an annualized net realized loss rate of 20 basis points for Prospect’s exited middle-market investments, compared with 100 basis points for peers.
Over the past 22 years, Prospect has invested approximately $23 billion across more than 450 investments and exited more than 350 investments, Eliasek said. Those exited investments produced a 12% unlevered investment-level gross cash internal rate of return. In middle-market lending specifically, exited investments generated an approximately 14.4% gross IRR based on about $11.5 billion of capital invested and $14.7 billion of proceeds, he said.
Software companies represented 2.3% of the portfolio at fair value as of June, compared with a 22% average across business development companies cited in a June equity research report, according to Eliasek.
The company has also substantially exited its subordinated structured notes portfolio. That strategy represented approximately 0% of investments at cost as of June, down from 8.4% in June 2024.
Nonaccruals were approximately 0.7% of total assets at fair value as of June, unchanged from the prior quarter. Interest income represented 91% of total investment income during the 12 months ended June 2026. Payment-in-kind interest income declined 53% from the 12-month period ended June 2024 and represented 10% of total investment income for fiscal 2026.
Real Estate Rotation and Liquidity Prospect’s real estate property portfolio at National Property REIT Corp., or NPRC, represented 14% of investments at cost as of June. The portfolio consisted of developed, occupied cash-flow multifamily investments.
Since the strategy began in 2012 through June 2026, Prospect exited nearly 60 property investments, producing an unlevered investment-level gross cash IRR of 24% and a 2.4-times cash-on-cash multiple, Eliasek said. The company exited six properties in the fiscal year ended June 2026, generating an 18% IRR and a 2.3-times multiple.
The remaining real estate portfolio included 52 properties and generated a 5.3% income yield during the June quarter. Prospect had an aggregate unrealized gain of $185 million in NPRC investments as of June and expects to redeploy future property-sale proceeds primarily into first-lien senior secured corporate loans, with selected equity-linked investments.
Chief Financial Officer Kristin Van Dask said the company had $1.6 billion of combined cash and undrawn revolving credit facility commitments as of June, before the Valley Electric sale. Unencumbered assets totaled $4.2 billion, representing approximately 66% of the portfolio.
Prospect’s revolving credit facility has $2.12 billion of commitments from 48 banks, matures in June 2029 and revolves through June 2028. Drawn pricing is SOFR plus 2.05%. The company’s weighted average cost of unsecured debt financing was 4.78% as of June 30.
Barry also said Prospect is deploying artificial intelligence and automation tools across its businesses and portfolio companies. He said the company believes those efforts could create tens of millions of dollars in annualized cash-flow benefits, though he did not provide a timeline or specific financial targets.
About Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC)Prospect Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange that specializes in providing private debt and equity financing solutions to middle-market companies across the United States. Structured as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Prospect Capital offers investors access to a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans, subordinated debt and selective equity interests in privately held businesses.
Since its founding in 2004, Prospect Capital has focused on tailoring financing structures to meet the growth, acquisition and recapitalization needs of its portfolio companies.
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Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) Q4 2026 Earnings Call August 21, 2026 9:00 AM EDT
Company Participants
John Barry - Chairman of the Board & CEO
Kristin Van Dask - CFO, Treasurer, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer
Michael Eliasek - President & COO
Presentation
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Prospect Capital Fourth Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to John Barry, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead.
John Barry
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Thank you, Cale. Joining me on the call today are Grier Eliasek, our President and Chief Operating Officer; and Kristin Van Dask, our Chief Financial Officer. Kristin?
Kristin Van Dask
CFO, Treasurer, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer
Thanks, John. This call contains forward-looking statements intended to be subject to safe harbor protection. Future results are highly likely to vary materially. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. For additional disclosure, see our earnings press release and 10-K filed previously and available on our website, prospectstreet.com. John?
John Barry
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Thank you, Kristin. In the June quarter, our net investment income, or NII, was $78 million, consistent with the prior quarter or $0.15 per common share. Our NAV was approximately $2.9 billion or $5.71 per common share. At June 30, our net debt to total assets ratio was 28.6%. Unsecured debt plus unsecured perpetual preferred was 83.7% of total debt plus preferred. We are announcing monthly common shareholder distributions of $0.035 per share for each of September and October.
Since our IPO 22 years ago through our October 2026 declared distribution, we will have distributed over $4.8 billion or $22.14 per share. Our preferred shareholder cash distributions continue at their contractual rates. On July
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund (the “Fund”) proudly completed its first year of operations on August 6, 2026. The Fund returned 7.61% over the trailing 12-months since inception1, 257bps ahead of the 5.04% average trailing 12-month total return of the Eldridge BBB–B CLO ETF (Ticker: CLOZ), Janus Henderson B–BBB CLO ETF (Ticker: JBBB), the ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index, and the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index over the same period.
Annualized Total Returns (as of 08/06/2026) Inception Date1 Year3 Years5 YearsSince Inception2Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund Class I (without sales charge)108/06/20257.61%----7.61% Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF35.90%5.71%9.04%--Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF45.46%4.63%7.83%--ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index52.46%5.35%7.90%3.56%Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index65.71%4.48%7.43%6.22%Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Performance data above represents past performance. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data stated above, and investors should be aware that investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares may be worth more or less at redemption than the performance data above suggests.
Class I shares (Ticker: PAYIX) paid cumulative dividends of $1.71 per share during the year and recently declared an 11.5% annualized distribution rate for the month of July.7
The Fund invests in non-mortgage structured credit, principally BB-rated Collateralized Loan Obligation ("CLO") tranches, alongside a smaller asset-backed security ("ABS") allocation, resulting in a portfolio of 37 investments in its first year.
The Fund sources CLO BBs in both the new issue and secondary markets; over the first year, purchases were nearly evenly split between the two deal-sourcing channels. We aim to participate in new issues when spreads compensate for the risk, and tend to shift to secondary market transactions when bonds are available at a discount to par.
Building the Portfolio
The Fund deployed $39.3 million of gross notional across 42 investments at a notional-weighted average purchase price of 99.61, with 54% ramped in the first two months since inception, eventually building a portfolio of 37 investments across 28 CLO managers. The Fund also exited five positions totaling $5.0 million of notional during the year.
Substantially all of the Fund’s portfolio trades in an established, liquid, secondary market and is valued by independent third-party pricing services, with broadly syndicated loan CLOs representing 85.9% of holdings. The Fund purchased one consumer loan ABS position during the year representing 5.5% of holdings.
Looking Ahead
We remain confident in the long-term fundamentals for the investments pursued by the Fund. CLO BB debt continues to benefit from structural features like equity subordination and over-collateralization despite the continued software and AI disruption affecting the market in 2026. Underlying credit fundamentals continue to improve; the overall market trailing 12-month default rate (including distressed exchanges) declined from 4.46% in June 2025 to 2.77% in June 2026.8 CLO manager tiering and disciplined underwriting remain key differentiators, and we believe the Fund is well positioned to navigate this environment.
The Fund remains optimistic in its pursuit of CLO BBs as an investment strategy and continues to canvas the market for attractive asset-backed and CLO securities.
To read more about Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund’s first year or download the PDF, please visit our website at www.ProspectEnhanced.com/news-views/.
The Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund is distributed by Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.
About Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund
Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund is a closed-end fund that operates as an interval fund and was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including: asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities. The Fund may invest in structured credit instruments that are fixed rate or floating or variable rate, and of any credit quality, duration, or maturity. The Fund is managed by Prospect Enhanced Yield Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit www.ProspectEnhanced.com.
About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $6.9 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Prospect is the investment adviser to Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC). For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.
Additional Information
Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The achievement of investment returns is dependent on a multitude of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund. Any investment is subject to market risks, including the risk of loss of all or a portion of the invested amount. Market conditions may cause the value of securities to fluctuate, sometimes significantly. Any investment is subject to a variety of other risks and there can be no assurance that any investment will meet its investment objectives, if any, or that investors will not incur losses.
Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. The Fund will ordinarily pay distributions from its net investment income, if any, on a monthly basis. Distributions are not guaranteed. Based on current estimates, July, August, and September 2026 distributions reflect a return of income, and the Fund does not expect any portion of the distributions to be a return of capital. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.
Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and ongoing expenses of an investment carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contains this and other information relevant to an investment in the fund. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your investment representative or Investor Services at 866.655.3650.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. 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 Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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1 Total returns calculated based on Class I share price, which is equivalent to net asset value per share. Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement pursuant to which it will reimburse the Fund, to limit Operating Expenses to an Annual Limit of 2.00% of Net Assets until June 30, 2027, subject to recoupment by the Adviser within three years. Adviser has additionally agreed to reimburse Operating Expenses up to the Annual Limit of 2.00% of Net Assets until June 30, 2027. Total Annual Expense Ratio for each class is as follows: Class I: 6.28% Gross (estimated)/0.00% Net; Class A: 6.53% Gross (estimated)/0.25% Net; and Class C: 7.28% Gross (estimated)/1.00% Net.
2 Benchmark since-inception returns are calculated using the Fund’s inception date of 08/06/2025 to ensure consistency in reporting time periods. Actual fund inception date for Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF is 01/24/2023; actual fund inception date for Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF is 01/11/2022; actual inception date for ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index is 12/31/1996; and actual inception date for Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index is 12/31/2000.
3 Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF, as of 08/06/2026. Total annualized returns calculated using share price. There may be material differences between the Fund offering and Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF in costs and expenses, liquidity, safety, guarantees or insurance, fluctuation of principal or return, and tax features. For example, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities, whose debt is rated below investment grade, or in limited circumstances unrated, which have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, may be difficult to value and illiquid. Furthermore, the Fund has an interval fund structure and conducts quarterly repurchase offers at NAV, of no less than 5% of our outstanding shares. Conversely, the Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) that are rated, at the time of purchase, between BBB+ and B- or an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Additionally, the Eldridge BBB-B CLO ETF offers intradaily liquidity on an exchange at market-determined prices.
4 Source: Bloomberg, Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF, as of 08/06/2026. Total annualized returns calculated using share price. There may be material differences between the Fund offering and Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF in costs and expenses, liquidity, safety, guarantees or insurance, fluctuation of principal or return, and tax features. For example, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities, whose debt is rated below investment grade, or in limited circumstances unrated, which have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, may be difficult to value and illiquid. Furthermore, the Fund has an interval fund structure and conducts quarterly repurchase offers at NAV, of no less than 5% of our outstanding shares. Conversely, the Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in CLOs of any maturity that are rated between and inclusive of BBB+ and B- (or equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Additionally, the Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF offers intradaily liquidity on an exchange at market-determined prices.
5 ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index, as of 08/06/2026. There are material differences between the Fund offering and ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index. It is not possible to invest in an index. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index and unmanaged indices do not reflect fees, expenses or sales charges. There are differences between an investment in the Fund and the securities comprising the ICE BofA BB US High Yield Index (“HY Index”). For example, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities, whose debt is rated below investment grade, or in limited circumstances unrated, which have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, may be difficult to value and illiquid. Conversely, the HY Index is a subset of the ICE BofA US High Yield Master II Index and is comprised of market capitalization-weighted U.S. dollar-denominated high-yield or below investment grade corporate bonds and includes all securities with a given investment grade rating BB and have at least one year to maturity and have a minimum outstanding par amount of $100 million. Further, there may be different costs and expenses, liquidity, safety, guarantees or insurance, fluctuation of principal or return, and tax features for the securities comprising the HY Index and the Fund.
6 Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index, as of 08/06/2026. There are material differences between the Fund offering and the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index ("Leveraged Loan Index"). It is not possible to invest in an index. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index and unmanaged indices do not reflect fees, expenses or sales charges. There are differences between an investment in the Fund and the securities comprising the Leveraged Loan Index. For example, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities, whose debt is rated below investment grade, or in limited circumstances unrated, which have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, may be difficult to value and illiquid. Conversely, the Leveraged Loan Index is comprised syndicated term leveraged loans that are held within top-tier institutional investor loan portfolios tracked by PitchBook LCD that have first lien seniority, at least one year to maturity, have a minimum initial spread of Base Rate + 125bps, and have an initial par value of at least $50 million. Further, there may be different costs and expenses, liquidity, safety, guarantees or insurance, fluctuation of principal or return, and tax features for the securities comprising the Leveraged Loan Index and the Fund.
7 The annualized distribution rate is based on the net asset value per share and is calculated by annualizing the monthly common share distributions. The annualized total cash distribution is $2.85 per share (11.48% annualized rate based on the July 31, 2026 net asset value of $24.83 per common share, or 9.18% annualized rate based on the July 31, 2026 net asset value of $24.83 per common share and excluding undistributed catch-up for tax), for distributions with record dates between July 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. The Fund will ordinarily pay distributions from its net investment income, if any, on a monthly basis. Distributions are not guaranteed. Based on current estimates, July, August, and September 2026 distributions reflect a return of income, and the Fund does not expect any portion of the distributions to be a return of capital.
8 Pitchbook, Morningstar LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, LTM Default Rate including Distressed Exchanges, as of 06/30/2026.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced financial results for our fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2026.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
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Quarter EndedQuarter EndedQuarter EndedJune 30, 2026March 31, 2026June 30, 2025 Net Investment Income (“NII”)$77,692$78,457$79,043NII per Common Share$0.15$0.16$0.17Interest as % of Total Investment Income90.1%93.4%94.9% Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Shareholders$(38,091)$26,408$(226,369)Net Income (Loss) per Common Share$(0.08)$0.05$(0.50) Distributions to Common Shareholders$57,988$65,421$61,181Distributions per Common Share$0.115$0.135$0.135Cumulative Paid and Declared Distributions to Common Shareholders(1)$4,809,658$4,770,919$4,569,727Cumulative Paid and Declared Distributions per Common Share(1)$22.14$22.07$21.66 Total Assets$6,448,627$6,383,972$6,804,938Total Liabilities$1,945,331$1,816,573$2,186,266Perpetual Preferred Stock$1,574,450$1,613,772$1,629,900Net Asset Value (“NAV”) to Common Shareholders$2,928,846$2,953,627$2,988,772NAV per Common Share$5.71$6.05$6.56 Balance Sheet Cash + Undrawn Revolving Credit Facility Commitments$1,602,744$1,752,375$1,315,967 Net of Cash Debt to Total Assets28.6%27.0%30.4%Net of Cash Debt to Total Equity Ratio(2)40.7%37.6%44.4%Net of Cash Asset Coverage of Debt Ratio(2)345%366%325%Interest Coverage(3)366%356%351% Unsecured Debt + Perpetual Preferred Equity as % of Total Debt + Perpetual Preferred Equity83.7%88.0%77.1%Unsecured and Non-Recourse Debt as % of Total Debt100.0%100.0%100.0% (1)Declared dividends are through the October 2026 distribution. August 2026 through October 2026 distributions are estimated based on shares outstanding as of 8/19/2026.(2)Including our perpetual preferred stock as equity.(3)Calculated as (Net Investment Income + Interest Expense + Incentive Fees) / Interest Expense. CASH COMMON SHAREHOLDER DISTRIBUTION DECLARATION
Prospect is declaring distributions to common shareholders as follows:
Monthly Cash Common Shareholder DistributionRecord DatePayment DateAmount ($ per share)September 20269/28/202610/21/2026$0.0350October 202610/28/202611/18/2026$0.0350
Taking into account past distributions and our current share count for declared distributions, since inception through our October 2026 declared distribution, Prospect will have distributed $22.14 per share to original common shareholders, aggregating over $4.8 billion in cumulative distributions to all common shareholders.
Since Prospect’s initial public offering in July 2004 through June 30, 2026, Prospect has invested approximately $23 billion in more than 450 investments, exiting over 350 of these investments.
Since Prospect's initial public offering in July 2004 through June 30, 2026, 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 $13.4 billion and total proceeds from such exited investments of approximately $17.2 billion).
In Prospect’s primary business of middle market lending since 2004, Prospect’s exited investments resulted in an investment level exited gross IRR of approximately 14.4% (based on total capital invested of approximately $11.5 billion and total proceeds from such exited investments of approximately $14.7 billion), with an annualized realized loss rate of 0.2%.
Middle-Market Lending Track RecordOverallExitedInvestments365293Total Capital Invested$17.5 billion$11.5 billionTotal Proceeds$19.2 billion$14.7 billionAmount Remaining(1)$5.3 billion$0 billionTotal$24.5 billion$14.7 billion Exited Gross IRR 14.4% Credit StatisticsReference(2)PSEC AverageMiddle-Market Net Leverage6.1x4.9xMiddle-Market Cash Interest Coverage160%223%Annualized Net Realized Loss Rate1.0%0.2%(3) (1)Amount remaining represents the fair value of investments and any additional net interest receivable.(2)Reference Middle-Market Net Leverage and Middle-Market Cash Interest Coverage from KBRA Private Credit: Q2 2026 Middle Market Compendium. Such quarterly report includes median statistics for 2,785 unique global middle-market sponsored borrowers assessed over the last twelve months ended June 30, 2026. Reference Loss Rate is calculated by taking the default rate * (1 – the recovery rate). The default rate is calculated by taking the PitchBook average monthly reported LTM default rate for leveraged loans from September 2004 through June 2026. The recovery rate reflects Moody’s average assumption from its loss given default framework used for speculative-grade issuers.(3)PSEC 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. 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 840 basis points to 72.5% (based on cost) from June 2024), including investments in 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 454 basis points to 11.9% (based on cost) from June 2024);
(3) exit of our subordinated structured notes portfolio (with our subordinated structured notes mix decreasing 837 basis points to 0.0% (based on cost) from June 2024);
(4) exit of targeted lower yielding equity linked assets, including real estate properties (with six additional properties sold in the fiscal year ended June 2026) and certain corporate investments (such as the exit of Echelon Transportation, LLC in February 2026 and Valley Electric Company, Inc. in July 2026), with other potential exits targeted and in process;
(5) enhancement of portfolio company operating performance and profitability, including through adoption of AI and automation initiatives focused on enhancing revenues and producing cost efficiencies; and
(6) utilization of our cost effective floating rate revolver (which significantly matches our majority floating rate assets) while continuing to operate with one of the lowest debt leverage levels in the industry (28.6% net of cash debt to total assets as of June 30, 2026, which did not reflect the immediately deleveraging impact of the Valley Electric Company, Inc. (“Valley Electric”) sale that closed on July 1, 2026).
On July 1, 2026, Prospect closed the successful sale of its portfolio company Valley Electric, with total consideration of approximately $328 million (subject to post-closing adjustments and payments). Over the life of the Valley Electric investment since 2012 and including expected net exit proceeds of approximately $281 million (including potential post-closing adjustments and payments), together with prior interest on debt, equity distributions, and other cash flow streams, Prospect achieved a 20.5% realized gross annualized internal rate of return (“IRR”) and 4.8 times multiple of invested capital.
On June 30, 2026, $562.3 million was drawn under our current $2.1 billion revolver. Such drawn amount would have been $322.7 million on a pro forma basis assuming that the cash received on July 1, 2026, from the sale of Valley Electric had been received previously and repaid borrowings under our revolver.
In our middle market lending strategy, which represented 85% of our investments at cost as of June 30, 2026, we continued our focus on first lien senior secured loans during the quarter. Middle market investments comprised 91% of our $166.3 million of originations during the June 2026 quarter. Investments during the quarter included new first lien senior and secured loan investments in Safety Solutions Financing, LLC (a provider of fire security products and services), Abacus Dermatology Management, LLC (a management services organization), and Eyefive, LLC (d/b/a Shipoffers, a provider of on-demand product and order fulfillment services), as well as follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies to support acquisitions, working capital needs, organic growth initiatives, and other objectives.
As of June 30, 2026, our portfolio included 2.3% (based on fair market value) of investments in software companies, significantly lower than the 22% average across business development companies included in a June 9, 2026 Oppenheimer equity research report.
Our real estate property portfolio at National Property REIT Corp. (“NPRC”) totaled 14.2% of our investments at cost as of June 30, 2026 and continued its focus on already developed and occupied cash flow multifamily investments. Since the inception of this strategy in 2012 and through June 30, 2026, we have exited 58 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 six property investments in the current fiscal year through June 30, 2026 that earned an unlevered investment-level gross cash IRR of 18% and cash on cash multiple of 2.3 times. The remaining real estate property portfolio as of June 30, 2026 included 52 properties and paid us an income yield of 5.3% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. These properties provide from time to time opportunities for Prospect to exit certain such investments and recycle into more and higher yielding corporate first lien senior secured loans with selected equity linked investments outside of NPRC. Our aggregate investment in NPRC included a $185 million unrealized gain as of June 30, 2026.
Our senior management team and employees own 26.7% 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 ofAs ofAs ofJune 30, 2026March 31, 2026June 30, 2025 Total Investments (1)$6,315,369$6,192,901$6,693,501Total Investments (2)$6,342,558$6,302,465$6,673,516Number of Portfolio Companies918997Number of Industries313133 First Lien Debt72.5%72.0%70.5%Second Lien Debt11.9%12.4%14.4%Total Senior and Secured Debt84.4%84.4%84.9%Unsecured Debt0.1%0.1%0.1%Subordinated Structured Notes—%—%0.6%Equity Investments15.5%15.5%14.4%Total Investments (1)100.0%100.0%100.0% First Lien Debt67.6%66.9%66.9%Second Lien Debt9.1%9.4%11.5%Total Senior and Secured Debt76.7%76.3%78.4%Unsecured Debt0.1%0.1%0.1%Subordinated Structured Notes—%0.1%0.5%Equity Investments23.2%23.5%21.0%Total Investments (2)100.0%100.0%100.0% Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets (2)0.7%0.7%0.3% (1)Calculated at cost.(2)Calculated at fair value. During the March 2026 and June 2026 quarters, investment originations (including follow on investments in existing portfolio companies) and repayments were as follows:
All amounts in $000’s
Quarter EndedQuarter EndedJune 30, 2026March 31, 2026 Total Originations$166,321$115,276 Middle-Market90.5%94.2%Real Estate9.5%5.4%Other—%0.4% Total Repayments and Sales$45,827$222,242 Originations, Net of Repayments and Sales$120,494$(106,966)
For additional disclosure see “Primary Origination Strategies” at the end of this release.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATION INITIATIVES
Prospect, together with affiliates, and including portfolio company executives and external advisors, has a broad and deep cross-functional team that includes software and information technology engineers, portfolio company operations professionals, and other individuals focused on bringing best practice artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automation initiatives to both Prospect’s operations and that of its portfolio companies, especially those companies where Prospect holds not just senior secured debt but also equity, whereby Prospect can capture economic upside from profit enhancements (including both revenue increase projects as well as cost efficiency projects) in such businesses. Examples of portfolio company use cases include:
First Tower using AI and machine learning to improve credit scoring and decisioning (further reducing loss rates and expanding approvals to additional creditworthy borrowers) and to target pre-qualified prospects (with cross-sell and re-borrow opportunities), in addition to various ongoing AI projects designed to deploy customer service agents, automate collections communications, and detect fraud;Town & Country continuing to prioritize AI to optimize operations and support growth initiatives, including investing in a dedicated AI team and equipping all employees with AI tools. For example, the team has deployed an AI agent that generates design concepts based on retailer, brand, packaging, and product guidelines;InterDent executing on AI initiatives for diagnostic imaging patient treatment plans, clinician automatic credentialling, revenue cycle management collection improvement, recruiting (reducing time to fill), call center efficiency/effectiveness boosting, and other projects;Pacific World using AI for consumer insight testing for new product development, optimizing accounts receivable collections review and dispute processes, and building an enterprise data warehouse unifying finance, marketing, and sales data that makes siloed data accessible to the entire organization;Ubique utilizing AI to benchmark competitor products across competitor websites against its own product portfolio, informing each of product development and sales strategy;Mity hiring a new head of technology who is deploying AI to certain business processes, with an initial focus on sales-related activities, including lead generation, customer outreach, account executive handoffs, and data integration;Refuel deploying an AI-driven lead generation engine to identify, qualify, and convert sales opportunities;National Property REIT Corp rolling out AI across its multifamily platform, including dynamic pricing and revenue management to maximize revenue per available unit; AI-driven applicant screening that evaluates credit, rental history, and employment for consistent and unbiased risk scoring; LLM-based leasing communication and call analytics to improve prospect-to-lease conversion, automated renewals pricing, and outreach to reduce tenant turnover; and AI-assisted preventative maintenance that flags equipment degradation and property risks; andProspect applying AI tools to specific processes within its own operations. First-pass review of investor due diligence questionnaires, which frequently run to several hundred questions, are drafted from the firm's own prior submissions rather than assembled manually. Portions of quarter-end reporting and reconciliation for Prospect's finance vehicles have been automated. These are process-level efficiencies in back-office and administrative work, while investment decisions continue to be made by Prospect's investment professionals and investment committee. “Prospect is actively assessing and implementing the best use cases for artificial intelligence and automation within our critical business processes, including both within our investment processes as well as at the portfolio company operational level,” said John Barry, Prospect Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We view AI as the most transformational game changer to come along in a generation, and we expect profit enhancing results within our businesses. Prospect has a long history of innovation and first to market accomplishments in the business development company industry, and our embracing of AI and automation is consistent with that innovative culture.”
CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY
Our multi-year, long-term laddered and diversified historical funding profile over our more than 22 year history has included our current $2.1 billion revolver (aggregate commitments with 48 current lenders), program notes, institutional bonds, convertible bonds, listed preferred stock, and program preferred stock. As of today, we have retired multiple upcoming maturities, including repurchasing $36 million of our next institutional bond maturity, leaving $264.5 million due 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 $64.6 million, of which $52.4 million is considered at our sole discretion, representing 1.0% and 0.8% of our total assets as of June 30, 2026, respectively.
As ofAs ofAll amounts in $000’sJune 30, 2026March 31, 2026Net of Cash Debt to Total Assets Ratio28.6%27.0%Net of Cash Debt to Total Equity Ratio(1)40.7%37.6%% of Interest-Bearing Assets at Floating Rates76.0%74.3%Unsecured Debt + Perpetual Preferred Equity as % of Total Debt + Perpetual Preferred Equity83.7%88.0% Balance Sheet Cash + Undrawn Revolving Credit Facility Commitments$1,602,744$1,752,375 Unencumbered Assets$4,242,977$4,177,553% of Total Assets65.8%65.4% (1)Including our perpetual preferred stock as equity. We currently have three separate unsecured debt issuances aggregating approximately $701.4 million outstanding, not including our program notes, with laddered maturities extending through December 2030. At June 30, 2026, $614.9 million of program notes were outstanding with laddered maturities through March 2052.
At June 30, 2026 our weighted average cost of unsecured debt financing was 4.78%.
We have raised significant capital from our existing perpetual preferred stock offering programs. The perpetual preferred stock provides Prospect with a diversified source of programmatic capital without creating scheduled amortization or maturity risk as we benefit from multiple perpetual 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 August 21, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Dial 888-338-7333. For a replay after August 21, 2026 visit www.prospectstreet.com or call 855-669-9658 with passcode 3651062.
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
June 30, 2026 June 30, 2025 Assets Investments at fair value: Control investments (amortized cost of $3,367,618 and $3,416,244, respectively)$3,644,274 $3,696,367 Affiliate investments (amortized cost of $12,835 and $11,735, respectively)30,447 27,057 Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $2,934,916 and $3,265,522, respectively)2,667,837 2,950,092 Total investments at fair value (amortized cost of $6,315,369 and $6,693,501, respectively)6,342,558 6,673,516 Cash and cash equivalents (restricted cash of $2,812 and $4,282, respectively)43,572 50,788 Receivables for: Interest, net17,350 25,144 Other9,228 1,642 Derivative Assets, at fair value18,900 — Deferred financing costs on Revolving Credit Facility14,128 18,842 Prepaid expenses1,419 1,488 Due from Prospect Administration1,351 — Due from Affiliate61 125 Due from broker60 33,393 Total Assets6,448,627 6,804,938 Liabilities Public Notes (less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $10,547 and $6,556, respectively)690,841 593,444 Prospect Capital InterNotes® (less unamortized debt issuance costs of $7,399 and $8,687, respectively)607,480 638,545 Revolving Credit Facility562,328 856,322 Due to Prospect Capital Management38,946 41,757 Dividends payable18,252 28,836 Interest payable13,968 15,116 Due to broker9,156 5,639 Accrued expenses3,675 3,490 Due to Prospect Administration— 2,602 Other liabilities685 515 Total Liabilities1,945,331 2,186,266 Commitments and Contingencies Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (766,678,529 and 836,490,792 shares of preferred stock authorized; 68,468,200 and 70,915,937 issued and outstanding, respectively)1,574,450 1,629,900 Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares$2,928,846 $2,988,772 Components of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares and Net Assets, respectively Common stock, par value $0.001 per share (1,233,321,471 and 1,163,509,208 common shares authorized; 512,746,556 and 455,902,826 issued and outstanding, respectively)513 456 Paid-in capital in excess of par4,310,026 4,182,453 Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)5,801 — Distributions in excess of earnings(1,387,494) (1,194,137)Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares$2,928,846 $2,988,772 Net Asset Value Per Common Share$5.71 $6.56 PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data) Three Months Ended June 30,
Year Ended June 30,
2026 2025 2026 2025 Investment Income Interest income (excluding payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest income): Control investments$ 56,932 $ 55,725 $ 230,683 $ 226,077 Non-control/non-affiliate investments65,229 82,819 285,157 340,762 Structured credit securities— 2,512 — 14,017 Total interest income (excluding PIK interest income)122,161 141,056 515,840 580,856 PIK interest income: Control investments13,084 12,721 50,226 55,230 Non-control/non-affiliate investments5,118 4,663 15,866 35,023 Total PIK Interest Income18,202 17,384 66,092 90,253 Total interest income140,363 158,440 581,932 671,109 Dividend income: Control investments8,239 — 32,503 8,774 Affiliate investments627 540 1,612 681 Non-control/non-affiliate investments2,450 1,714 12,852 9,923 Total dividend income11,316 2,254 46,967 19,378 Other income: Control investments591 3,158 1,659 18,957 Non-control/non-affiliate investments3,491 3,094 8,896 9,992 Total other income4,082 6,252 10,555 28,949 Total Investment Income155,761 166,946 639,454 719,436 Operating Expenses Base management fee32,081 34,503 130,934 145,756 Income incentive fee6,939 7,253 26,508 40,772 Interest and credit facility expenses31,872 34,385 129,885 148,275 Allocation of overhead from Prospect Administration5,525 5,523 22,095 22,257 Audit, compliance and tax related fees543 1,754 1,701 4,137 Directors’ fees150 150 600 600 Other general and administrative expenses4,715 4,335 18,469 18,799 Total Operating Expenses81,825 87,903 330,192 380,596 Reimbursement of Administration Expenses(3,756) — (17,125) — Total Net Operating Expenses78,069 87,903 313,067 380,596 Net Investment Income77,692 79,043 326,387 338,840 Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments Net realized gains (losses) Control investments(1,615) 4 (116,426) 6,378 Non-control/non-affiliate investments203 (308,483) (107,293) (525,060)Net realized gains (losses)(1,412) (308,479) (223,719) (518,682)Net change in unrealized gains (losses) Control investments(91,822) (83,010) (3,466) (300,131)Affiliate investments(5,990) 4,364 2,291 8,847 Non-control/non-affiliate investments15,438 112,308 48,349 230 Net change in unrealized gains (losses)(82,374) 33,662 47,174 (291,054)Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments(83,786) (274,817) (176,545) (809,736)Net realized gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt1,486 (156) 4,219 972 Net realized gains (losses) from derivative instruments and foreign currency transactions(344) — (1,042) — Net change in unrealized gains (losses) from derivative instruments and foreign currency transactions435 — 643 — Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations(4,517) (195,930) 153,662 (469,924)Preferred Stock dividends(26,436) (26,739) (106,645) (106,822)Net gain (loss) on redemptions of Preferred Stock(5,263) (1,749) (9,592) (1,937)Gain (loss) on Accretion to Redemption Value of Preferred Stock(1,875) (1,951) (7,597) (15,079)Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations applicable to Common Stockholders$ (38,091) $ (226,369) $ 29,828 $ (593,762) PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
ROLLFORWARD OF NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE
(in actual dollars) Three Months Ended June 30,
Year Ended June 30,
2026 2025 2026 2025 Per Share Data(9) Net asset value per common share at beginning of period$6.05 $7.25 $6.56 $8.74 Net investment income0.15 0.17 0.68 0.77 Net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses)(1)(0.18) (0.62) (0.40) (1.87) Net increase (decrease) from operations(0.02)(6) (0.44)(6) 0.28 (1.11)(6)Distributions of net investment income to preferred stockholders(0.05)(3) (0.06) (0.22)(3) (0.24) Total distributions to preferred stockholders(0.05) (0.06) (0.22) (0.24) Net increase (decrease) from operations applicable to common stockholders(0.08) (0.50) 0.06 (1.35) Distributions of net investment income to common stockholders(0.12)(3) (0.14) (0.50)(3) (0.44)(5)Return of capital to common stockholders— (3) — (0.02)(3) (0.16)(5)Total distributions to common stockholders(0.12) (0.14) (0.52) (0.60) Effect of other comprehensive income(7)0.02 — 0.01 — Common stock transactions(2)(0.17) (0.06) (0.41) (0.25) Net asset value per common share at end of period$5.71 (6) $6.56 (6) $5.71 (6) $6.56 (6) (1)Realized gains (losses) is inclusive of net realized losses (gains) on investments, net realized losses (gains) from extinguishment of debt, net realized gains (losses) on derivative instruments and foreign currency transactions, and net 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, 2026. (4)For all periods presented above, all shares of our issued and outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock had an anti-dilutive effect. (5)The amounts reflected for the respective fiscal periods were updated based on tax information received subsequent to our Form 10-K filing for June 30, 2025. Certain reclassifications have been made in the presentation of prior period amounts. (6)Does not foot due to rounding. (7)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.) (8)Effect is less than $0.01 per share. (9)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 6/30/2026, 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, NET LEVERAGE AND CASH INTEREST COVERAGE
Middle-Market Lending Portfolio Company Net Leverage (“Middle-Market Portfolio Net Leverage”) and 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 Net Leverage reflects the simple average net leverage of each of PSEC’s middle-market loan portfolio investments. The net leverage for each such investment is calculated based on PSEC’s loan investment in the capital structure of the portfolio company, with a maximum limit of 10.0x, and adjusted EBITDA. This calculation excludes debt subordinate to PSEC’s position within the capital structure because PSEC’s exposure to interest payment and principal repayment risk is limited beyond that point. The calculation does not exceed 10.0x adjusted EBITDA for any individual investment because 10.0x captures the highest level of risk to PSEC.
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 Net Leverage and 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 Net Leverage and 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.
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Telephone (212) 448-0702
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (the “Company” or “Prospect”) today announced it expects to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission its report on Form 10-K containing results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 and to issue its earnings press release on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after the close of the markets.
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August is a natural moment to reset dividend portfolios. Rate-cut expectations have shifted, credit spreads are tight, and income investors are hunting for names where the yield is real, the payout is covered, and the entry point is affordable. The three names below all trade near or under $30, all pay above-average yields, and all just delivered results that speak to payout durability. One caveat up front: Kinder Morgan closed at $31.73 on August 12, so it currently sits just above the $30 line after a strong run. We are keeping it on the list as a pullback candidate to watch.
Pfizer (PFE) Pfizer (NYSE:PFE | PFE Price Prediction) is the cleanest name on this list for income buyers: a mega-cap pharma trading below $30 with a covered, growing dividend and a pipeline turning the page from the COVID cliff. Shares closed at $26.31 on August 12, up 9.36% over the past month and 11.15% year to date. That momentum tracks a genuinely strong first quarter.
In Q1 2026, Pfizer posted revenue of $14.45B, beating expectations and rising 5.4% year over year, with adjusted EPS of $0.75 marking a fifth consecutive beat. Management reaffirmed 2026 guidance of $59.5B to $62.5B in revenue and $2.80 to $3.00 in adjusted EPS. CEO Albert Bourla said the company is "off to a strong start in 2026", calling out oncology and obesity as the standout areas.
The dividend is the anchor. Pfizer pays $0.43 quarterly, or $1.72 annualized, and bumped the payout from $0.42 to $0.43 in 2026. That works out to a yield near 6.36%, which qualifies as ultra-high-yield by our threshold. Growth drivers back it up: Padcev grew 39%, Nurtec ODT/Vydura grew 41%, and the Vyndamax patent settlement extends U.S. exclusivity to June 2031.
The risk is the tail on legacy COVID franchises. Comirnaty revenue fell 59% and Paxlovid fell 63% operationally, and Pfizer expects a $1.5B unfavorable revenue impact from generic and biosimilar competition in 2026. The dividend looks safe; the growth rate will not.
Kinder Morgan (KMI) Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) is the natural-gas infrastructure play. It is technically outside our $30 ceiling right now, but shares started 2026 at $26.72 and have gained 18.75% year to date, so any give-back into the high $20s would put it squarely back on the shopping list. The one-year return is 24.28%.
The fundamentals justify the re-rating. Q2 2026 revenue came in at $4.48B, a 6.76% beat and up 10.8% year over year, with EPS of $0.37 beating expectations. GAAP net income rose 21% to $867M. Management raised the 2026 outlook and now expects results more than 5% above the $8.6B Adjusted EBITDA budget and more than 12% above the $1.36 Adjusted EPS target. CEO Kim Dang described it as a "record second quarter."
The dividend was raised to $0.2975 quarterly, or $1.19 annualized, yielding roughly 3.76%. Growth is real: a $9.6B project backlog, 92% natural gas, with over 60% tied to power generation and LDC demand, plus natural gas transport volumes up 7% and gathering up 26% year over year. Moody’s upgraded the credit to Baa1. Note that Kinder Morgan is a C-corp, not an MLP, so no K-1 headaches for holders.
Risks: refined products volumes fell 5% and crude/condensate volumes fell 16%, and any major pipeline expansion carries permitting risk. Price discipline is warranted given the recent run.
Prospect Capital (PSEC) Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) is the ultra-high-yield entry, and it comes with the standard BDC warning label: business development companies are required to distribute roughly 90% of taxable income, so payout ratios look extreme by design and dividends can flex with earnings. Shares closed at $2.29 on August 12, and the reported yield is around 23.6%.
The setup is contentious but improving. PSEC recently cut the monthly dividend from $0.045 to $0.035 effective May 2026, taking the annualized run rate to $0.42. Fiscal Q3 2026 returned to profitability with $26.4M in net income, or $0.05 per share, and NII of $78.5M ($0.16/share). Portfolio quality has shifted meaningfully: first lien senior secured middle-market loans now represent 72.0% of the portfolio at cost, up 790 basis points since June 2024, and interest coverage improved to 426%. The COO also bought roughly $2.75M of common stock in the open market, which is a real vote of confidence.
The risk case is equally direct. NAV per share slipped to $6.05 in March 2026 from $7.84 a year earlier, and net realized losses were $141.3M in Q2 and $79.1M in Q3. A $265.2M institutional bond maturity is due November 2026. The upcoming ex-dividend date of August 27, 2026, with a September 17 payment is a near-term catalyst for income buyers, but this is a name where position size matters.
What to watch next: Pfizer’s next payment lands on September 1, Kinder Morgan’s on August 17, and refinancing progress at Prospect Capital ahead of that November maturity will determine whether the current $0.035 monthly rate holds.
Contact [email protected] for any questions or corrections.
July 27, 2026 07:01 ET | Source: Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund
NEW YORK, July 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund (“PENF” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared a $0.04775 increase in the monthly cash shareholder distributions for July, August, and September 2026. These distributions represent the 10th, 11th, and 12th monthly distributions paid by the Fund.
As a result of this announcement, the annualized total cash distribution is $2.85 per share (11.5% annualized rate based on the June 30, 2026 net asset value), for distributions with record dates between July 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 based on the June 30, 2026 net asset value of $24.87 per common share.
The cash distribution will have monthly record dates and will be payable monthly to common stockholders of record at the close of business each month. These declared distributions equal $0.71325 on a quarterly basis, as follows:
Monthly Cash
Shareholder
DistributionRecord DatePayment DateTotal
Amount
($ per share)July 202607/30/202608/03/2026$0.23775August 202608/28/202609/01/2026$0.23775September 202609/29/202610/01/2026$0.23775
Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year (not applicable for 2025) and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders.
The Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund is distributed by Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.
About Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund
Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund is a closed-end fund that operates as an interval fund and was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of non-mortgage related structured credit instruments, including: asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other securitized investments representing interests in cashflows from various assets, such as loans, leases, and warehouse facilities. The Fund may invest in structured credit instruments that are fixed rate or floating or variable rate, and of any credit quality, duration, or maturity. The Fund is managed by Prospect Enhanced Yield Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit www.ProspectEnhanced.com.
About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $6.9 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Prospect is the investment adviser to Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC). For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.
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Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The achievement of investment returns is dependent on a multitude of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund. Any investment involves risk, including the risk of loss of all or a portion of the invested amount. Any investment is subject to a variety of risks and there can be no assurance that any investment will meet its investment objectives, if any, or that investors will not incur losses.
Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. The Fund will ordinarily pay distributions from its net investment income, if any, on a monthly basis. Distributions are not guaranteed. Based on current estimates, July, August, and September 2026 distributions reflect a return of income, and the Fund does not expect any portion of the distributions to be a return of capital. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.
Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and ongoing expenses of an investment carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contains this and other information relevant to an investment in the fund. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your investment representative or Investor Services at 866.655.3650.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. 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 Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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The “million dollars to retire” figure survives because it is simple, not because it is precise. It assumes one spending target, one withdrawal rate, and one risk tolerance for every household. A better retirement question is narrower: how much annual income must your portfolio produce after Social Security, and how much yield risk are you willing to take to get it?
Once you frame it that way, the million-dollar threshold becomes less useful. The average U.S. consumer unit spent $78,535 in 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Social Security can replace a meaningful slice of that for many retirees. If your portfolio needs to cover roughly $50,000 a year, the capital required ranges from about $1.43 million down to roughly $417,000, depending entirely on the yield you target.
The Only Equation That Matters Income target divided by yield equals capital required. For a $50,000 annual income:
At 3.5%: $50,000 / 0.035 = $1,428,571 At 5%: $50,000 / 0.05 = $1,000,000 At 7%: $50,000 / 0.07 = $714,286 At 10%: $50,000 / 0.10 = $500,000 At 12%: $50,000 / 0.12 = $416,667 For context, the 10-year Treasury recently yielded about 4.4% to 4.5%, which is a useful baseline every dividend strategy below has to justify. It is not risk-free in the sense that market prices can move, but it is the closest widely used benchmark for default-free long-term dollar income.
Tier One: Sleep-At-Night Dividend Growth (3% to 4%) This tier is built on dividend growth equities and broad dividend ETFs. PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction) yields 4.1% and just paid its $1.48 quarterly dividend on June 30. NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) yields a lower 2.7% but the dividend has climbed from $0.425 quarterly in 2022 to $0.6232 today, and the stock returned 29% over the past year.
Trade-off: highest capital requirement, but income and principal both grow.
Tier Two: The Monthly Paycheck (5% to 7%) Net-lease REITs, preferred shares, and high-dividend equity funds live here. Realty Income (NYSE:O) yields 5.2%, pays monthly, and is on its 114th consecutive quarterly increase. The most recent monthly dividend ticked up to $0.271 from $0.2705. At a 5% blended yield, $1 million covers the $50,000 target on the nose.
Trade-off: income growth slows to low single digits, and the share price moves more with interest rates than with earnings.
Tier Three: Maximum Yield, Maximum Caution (8% to 14%) Business development companies, mortgage REITs, and leveraged covered-call funds can push portfolio yields into double digits. Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) yields 10.7% and has held its $0.48 quarterly distribution stable for six consecutive quarters. At that rate, roughly $470,000 produces $50,000 a year.
But yield this high carries real risk. Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) cut its monthly distribution from $0.045 to $0.035 in May 2026, a 22% reduction. NAV per share fell to $6.05 from $7.84 a year earlier, and shares are down 11% over the past year and 47% over five years.
Where Conventional Wisdom Breaks Down The standard counterargument to high-yield portfolios is “dividend cuts.” The deeper problem is compounding. PepsiCo’s quarterly dividend has grown from $0.135 in 1999 to $1.48 in 2026. A retiree who bought PEP shares for income years ago is now collecting far more income on the same share count, even before considering any change in the stock price.
A PSEC retiree from the same period may have collected high distributions along the way, but the per-share distribution is lower today than it was several years ago, and the stock price has suffered. The headline yield looked higher. The outcome depended heavily on whether distributions were enough to offset the loss of principal.
With CPI-U at 335.123 in May 2026 and up 4.2% over the prior 12 months, an income stream that does not grow is an income stream that quietly loses purchasing power.
A Better Way to Size Retirement Income Calculate the gap, not the goal. Subtract expected Social Security from your actual annual spending. That residual is the number your portfolio has to cover. Stress-test the yield. For any holding above 8%, model what happens if the distribution is cut 25% and the share price falls 20%. If that scenario breaks your income plan or forces sales at depressed prices, the position is too large.
Blend the tiers. A barbell of a 3.5% dividend grower and a 9% BDC produces a 6.25% blended yield if the two sides are equally weighted, with built-in growth potential on half the portfolio. That structure can beat a pure 6% holding over a 20-year retirement, but only if the high-yield side avoids severe dividend cuts and principal erosion. The Number Is Less Important Than the Engine A million dollars can be too little, more than enough, or exactly on target depending on the income gap it has to fill. Yield changes the required capital, but risk changes whether that income lasts. The strongest retirement portfolios do not simply reach for the biggest payout. They match the paycheck to the household’s spending need, then make sure that paycheck can survive inflation, dividend cuts, and a long retirement.
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Replacing $1,500 a month in portfolio income looks simple until yield enters the equation. At a 3.5% yield, you need roughly $514,000 invested. At 6%, the target falls to $300,000. At 10%, it drops to $180,000. Those numbers seem to reward the highest-yielding portfolio, but the real question is what you may have to give up to get that yield.
The $18,000 annual target sits at a useful spot on the income ladder. It can cover property taxes, insurance, utilities, groceries, or a meaningful supplement to Social Security. The capital required to produce it changes everything about how the portfolio gets built.
The Conservative Path: About $514,000 in Dividend Growth Blue Chips A 3% to 4% blended yield is a reasonable target for a diversified dividend-growth portfolio. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) recently raised its quarterly dividend to $1.34, marking its 64th consecutive year of increases. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) lifted its quarterly dividend to $1.0885 in 2026 and has paid a dividend for 136 consecutive years since its incorporation in 1890, with 70 consecutive years of increases.
Blend those stocks with utilities, midstream energy, and a few higher-yielding dividend aristocrats, and a 3.5% portfolio yield is reachable. The math: $18,000 divided by 0.035 equals about $514,000. That is the most expensive seat in the room, but it may buy a more durable income stream and a better chance of long-term principal appreciation.
The Moderate Path: $300,000 in Net Lease REITs Pushing yield into the 5% to 7% range means leaning into REITs, preferred shares, and covered call strategies. Realty Income (NYSE: O) pays monthly and raised its dividend again in June 2026, bringing its annualized dividend to $3.252 per share and marking its 135th increase since listing on the NYSE in 1994. NNN REIT (NYSE: NNN) pays $0.60 quarterly and has increased its annual dividend for 36 or more consecutive years.
At a 6% blended yield, $18,000 divided by 0.06 equals $300,000. That cuts the capital requirement by more than $200,000 compared with the 3.5% portfolio. The trade-off is real. REIT dividend growth often runs in the low single digits. Realty Income’s monthly dividends paid per share rose 1.8% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, which may lag inflation in some years.
The Aggressive Path: $180,000 in BDCs, With a Catch Business development companies and mortgage REITs can push portfolio yield to 10% or higher, but the details matter. Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) declared regular monthly dividends of $0.265 for July, August, and September 2026, plus a $0.30 supplemental dividend payable in June. Including those declarations, Main Street said the total represented an annualized current yield of 7.9% based on its May 4, 2026 closing price.
Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC) shows why the higher-yield tier needs extra scrutiny. Its NAV per common share fell from $7.25 on March 31, 2025, to $6.05 on March 31, 2026, and its monthly distribution fell from $0.045 earlier in 2026 to $0.035 for May through August. That is a 22.2% reduction in the monthly payout before considering any share-price decline.
Why the Cheapest Seat Often Costs the Most Headline yield hides the part that matters most. A 3.5% yield growing 6% per year roughly doubles in 12 years. An $18,000 income stream growing at that pace would reach about $36,000 after 12 annual increases without adding another dollar. A 10% yield with no growth stays flat, and a shrinking payout can leave the investor with both less income and less principal.
With the 10-year Treasury around 4.4% and the FDIC’s national 12-month CD rate at 1.55% in its May 2026 update, the conservative dividend tier is competing with both safe income today and its own future growth potential.
How to Stress-Test the Income Tier Price your actual spending, not your salary. If the real monthly need is $1,200, you may be solving for a $360,000 income problem at 4%, not a $514,000 problem at 3.5%. The income target should reflect cash going out the door.
Compare total returns, not headline yields. A high payout does not help much if the share price and NAV are falling at the same time. MAIN’s record is stronger than many BDC peers, but PSEC’s recent NAV decline and dividend reduction show why yield alone tells you almost nothing about which path built wealth.
Blend the tiers on purpose. A portfolio with 60% in dividend growth stocks at a 3.5% yield and 40% in moderate-yield holdings at a 6% yield would produce a blended yield of 4.5%. That would hit $18,000 of annual income on about $400,000, while taking less concentrated risk than an all-BDC portfolio.
The Better Portfolio Is the One That Survives the Math The lesson is not that low yield is always good or high yield is always bad. It is that yield is only one part of the income equation. A $180,000 portfolio can produce $1,500 a month at 10%, but that income is only useful if the payout and principal can hold up. For many retirees, the better answer is a portfolio that pays enough today and still has room to grow tomorrow.
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July 06, 2026 07:01 ET | Source: Prospect Capital Corporation
NEW YORK, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) and an affiliate have provided a first lien senior secured term loan and an equity-linked investment in ShipOffers (“ShipOffers” or the “Company”), in collaboration with the company’s founders and leadership team.
Founded in 2001 with a 25-year history, ShipOffers is a leading provider of on-demand product and order fulfillment services, offering sourcing, order processing, warehousing, pick-pack-and-ship, real-time tracking, and platform integrations for e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands. ShipOffers operates fulfillment facilities in Colorado and Tennessee, as well as a facility in the Netherlands, enabling clients to scale distribution across the United States and Europe. The Company serves customers across the health and beauty, nutraceutical, and consumer products industries, and is led by co-founders Tony Grebmeier, Chief Executive Officer, and Doug Roberts, Chief Financial Officer.
“Prospect is pleased to provide strategic growth capital that supports continued evolution by the ShipOffers team in people, technology, and facilities,” said Angel Solis, Managing Director at Prospect. “ShipOffers has built a differentiated fulfillment platform over more than two decades, and we look forward to supporting the Company’s next phase of growth.”
The ShipOffers team was impressed with how quickly and thoughtfully Prospect worked to understand our business,” said Tony Grebmeier, Co-Founder and CEO of ShipOffers. “This investment allows our team to keep driving growth in the business we launched 25 years ago in 2001, while providing us the capital to expand our footprint and continue delivering for our clients.”
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.
About ShipOffers
Founded in 2001, ShipOffers is a globally recognized logistics and fulfillment company serving businesses across a range of industries. With facilities in Colorado, Tennessee, and the Netherlands, ShipOffers provides sourcing, order fulfillment, shipping, and strategic guidance, backed by a team of more than 150 professionals worldwide. For more information, visit www.shipoffers.com.
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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 [email protected]
Telephone (212) 448-0702
June 26, 2026 16:00 ET | Source: Priority Income Fund, Inc.
NEW YORK, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared monthly cash common shareholder distributions for June 2026, July 2026, and August 2026.
The annualized total cash distribution is $0.40000 per share (10.8% annualized rate based on the May 31, 2026 net asset value), for distributions with record dates between June 26, 2026 and August 5, 2026 based on the May 31, 2026 net asset value of $3.70 per common share.
The cash distributions will have monthly record dates and will be payable monthly to common stockholders of record at the close of business each month. These declared distributions equal a monthly cash amount of $0.03333 per share of common stock (or $0.10000 on a quarterly basis) as follows:
Monthly Cash
Shareholder
DistributionRecord DatePayment DateTotal Amount
($ per share)June 2026June 26, 2026June 30, 2026$0.03333July 2026July 6, 2026July 31, 2026$0.03333August 2026August 5, 2026August 31, 2026$0.03333 These distributions represent the 150th, 151st and 152nd consecutive monthly distributions paid by the Fund. The Fund has paid or declared cumulative cash distributions totaling $17.263214 per common share since inception in January 2014 through August 2026.
Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year, and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders.
About Priority Income Fund
Priority Income Fund, Inc. is a registered closed-end fund that was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of senior secured loans or pools of senior secured loans known as collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs"). Such loans will generally have a floating interest rate and include a first lien on the assets of the respective borrowers, which typically are private and public companies based in the United States. The Fund is managed by Priority Senior Secured Income Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit https://www.priorityincomefund.com.
About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $6.9 billion of regulatory assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Prospect is the investment adviser to Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC). For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.
Additional Information
Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. 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 Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
NEW YORK, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund, Inc. (“Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund” or the “Fund”), announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared the monthly “base” cash common shareholder distribution and its quarterly cash “bonus” common shareholder distribution for June 2026.
The annualized total “base” cash distribution is $0.3810 per share (10.00% annualized percentage rate based on the net asset value as of March 31, 2026), for distribution with a record date of June 26, 2026 and a payment date of July 2, 2026.
Monthly Base Cash
Shareholder
DistributionRecord DatePayment DateTotal Amount
($ per share)June 2026June 26, 2026July 2, 2026$0.02924
The Fund’s Board of Directors has also declared a quarterly cash “bonus” distribution, as follows:
Quarterly Bonus
Cash Shareholder
DistributionRecord DatePayment DateTotal Amount
($ per share)June 2026June 26, 2026July 2, 2026$0.04723
The total annualized cash distribution is $0.56992 (14.96% annualized percentage rate based on the net asset value as of March 31, 2026 of $3.81), for a distribution with a record date of June 26, 2026.
Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders.
About Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund
Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company. The Fund invests primarily in the floating rate loans of privately-owned U.S. middle market companies. These investments are generally sourced by Prospect Capital Management L.P, our investment adviser. For more information, visit pfloat.com.
About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $6.9 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Prospect is the investment adviser to Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC). For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.
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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. The Fund will ordinarily pay distributions from its net investment income, if any, on a monthly basis. Distributions are not guaranteed. Based on current estimates, June 2026 distributions reflect a return of income, and the Fund does not expect any portion of the distributions to be a return of capital. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.
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This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund 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 Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
NEW YORK, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, the "Company", “our”, or “we”) today announced that it held its special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on June 23, 2026. The proposal that was considered at the Special Meeting is described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Special Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2026 (the “Proxy”). As of March 11, 2026, there were 486,484,945 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding, 25,394,532 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A1 Preferred Stock”), 163,000 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A2 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A2 Preferred Stock”), 5,251,157 shares of the Company's 5.35% Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock outstanding (the “5.35% Series A Preferred Stock”), 908,259 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series M1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M1 Preferred Stock”), 23,376,070 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series A3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A3 Preferred Stock”), 1,794,312 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series M3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M3 Preferred Stock”), 6,920,261 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series A4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A4 Preferred Stock”), 1,995,546 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series M4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M4 Preferred Stock”), 3,341,380 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series A5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A5 Preferred Stock”) and 878,753 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series M5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M5 Preferred Stock”). Each share of common or preferred stock has one vote. To afford additional time to solicit stockholder votes for the proposal found in the Proxy, the Special Meeting has been adjourned until July 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PSEC2026SM .
Prospect Capital Corporation offers perpetual, cumulative preferred shares with a 5.35% coupon and 7.9% current yield. PSEC common equity trades at a >50% discount to NAV, reflecting market skepticism about balance sheet quality and portfolio marks. PSEC.PR.A's yield is lower than PSEC's long-dated bonds, despite greater risk in bankruptcy, making the preferred equity unattractive on a risk/reward basis.
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Prospect Capital Corporation continues to underperform, with NAV declining and a persistent negative investment activity trend. PSEC trades at a deep 61.82% discount to NAV and offers an 18.2% yield, but downside risks outweigh income potential. Net investment income and total investment income both declined year-over-year, while dividend payouts have been reduced again.
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) pays a 21.7% annualized yield by sending shareholders $0.045 per share every month. That number attracts income investors the way a bright light attracts moths, but the history of this yield tells a more cautious story.
business development company lending middle market finance What PSEC Is and How It Pays You Prospect Capital is a business development company, not an ETF. BDCs lend money to mid-sized private businesses, collect interest, and distribute most of that income to shareholders. The dividend comes from net investment income: the spread between what PSEC earns on its loans and what it costs to borrow. Think of it as a leveraged lending operation that passes profits directly to you.
The current portfolio holds 91 portfolio companies with 71.4% of the book in first lien senior secured loans, the highest-priority debt in a borrower’s capital structure. That rotation toward safer collateral is deliberate. Non-accrual loans sit at just 0.7% of total assets, which is low for a BDC of this size.
The Coverage Ratio Masks a Deteriorating Trend For BDCs, net investment income per share is the right coverage metric. On that measure, the current distribution is covered. Q2 FY2026 NII came in at $0.19 per share, comfortably above the $0.135 per share in quarterly distributions. Real income covering a real payout, with margin to spare.
The problem sits beneath that line. Over the past four quarters, Prospect has recorded cumulative realized and unrealized losses of roughly $675 million. These are permanent write-downs on loans that went wrong, eroding the asset base that generates future income. A shrinking pool of earning assets means less NII down the road, even if today’s coverage ratio looks adequate.
NAV per share tells the story most clearly:
NAV has declined from $7.84 a year ago to $6.21 today. Every quarter in that span has been lower than the one before. A BDC paying out more than it earns in realized terms is gradually liquidating itself, and distributions may eventually reflect that reality.
This Yield Has Been Cut Before The 21% yield is the current yield at a depressed stock price, and the payout has already been reduced twice in roughly a decade. In 2017, the monthly distribution was cut from $0.083 to $0.06, a 28% reduction. Then in late 2024, the distribution was cut again from $0.06 to $0.045, a 25% reduction. Shareholders who held through both cuts watched their income stream shrink by nearly half from its peak.
The current 3.75% Fed funds rate adds pressure. Falling base rates compress the yield PSEC earns on its floating-rate loans. The annualized portfolio yield has already dropped from 9.7% to 9.1% year-over-year, and PIK interest income fell from $33.1 million to $15.4 million in the same period. That is a meaningful compression in earning power.
One Reason for Cautious Optimism COO M. Grier Eliasek purchased 942,800 shares at almost $2.92 in February 2026, an open-market buy totaling roughly $2.75 million. Insiders do not typically spend that kind of money on a stock they expect to collapse. Insiders own 27.5% of the company, so management’s interests are genuinely aligned with shareholders. The $300 million debt maturity in November 2026 is the next real test: if Prospect refinances cleanly in a lower-rate environment, near-term distribution risk recedes.
The Verdict The distribution is technically covered by NII today, but the structural backdrop is deteriorating. Shares have fallen 26% over the past year, meaning investors collecting a 21% yield have still lost ground on a total return basis. NAV erosion, two dividend cuts in eight years, and a shrinking portfolio all point in the same direction. This yield is probably unsustainable at its current level over a multi-year horizon, particularly if base rates continue falling and realized losses persist. Income investors who need capital stability should approach with serious caution. The current discount to NAV of $6.21 is notable context, but only meaningful alongside a clear view of what the history here actually shows.
GraniteShares Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 1,059,980 shares of the financial services provider's stock, valued at approximately $2,745,000. Prospect Capital makes up
GraniteShares Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) during the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,059,980 shares of the financial services provider's stock, valued at approximately $2,745,000. Prospect Capital comprises approximately 1.7% of
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NEW YORK, April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund (“PENF” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared monthly cash shareholder distributions for April 2026, May 2026, and June 2026. These distributions represent the seventh, eighth, and nineth monthly distributions paid by the Fund.
NEW YORK, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") and an affiliate have provided a first lien senior secured term loan and a preferred equity investment in Security Fire Systems ("SFS"), aggregating approximately $26 million, in collaboration with Blackford Capital.
Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) pays a monthly distribution of $0.045 per share, which works out to $0.54 annualized and a yield of roughly 20.1% at a recent share price of almost $3. A yield that fat usually flashes a warning, and the company did cut its monthly payout from $0.06 to $0.045 in late 2024. The question for income investors is whether the new, lower distribution is finally on solid footing.
How Prospect Capital Actually Earns Its Yield PSEC is an externally managed Business Development Company that functions as a high-yield income vehicle for retail investors. Income flows from interest on direct loans to middle-market businesses, with smaller contributions from payment-in-kind interest, controlled-affiliate dividends, and real estate held through National Property REIT Corp.
Management has spent the last two years rotating into the safest part of the capital stack. First lien senior secured middle market loans now make up 71% of the portfolio at cost, up 728 basis points since June 2024, while subordinated structured notes have been wound down toward 0.3%. The target borrower is a company with less than $50 million in EBITDA, and software exposure sits at 3% versus a 22% BDC industry average, sidestepping the most crowded corner of private credit.
Does Net Investment Income Cover the Check? The cleanest read on dividend safety for a BDC is net investment income (NII) per share against the distribution. In fiscal Q2 2026, PSEC reported NII of $90.89 million, or $0.19 per share, against a quarterly distribution of $0.135. That is roughly 1.4x coverage.
Q1 2026 NII of $0.17 per share covered the same payout about 1.26x and beat the $0.11 consensus. Interest coverage at the BDC level reached 426%, up from 339% the prior quarter.
Credit quality has firmed alongside the rotation. Non-accrual loans came in at 0.7% of total assets, down from a 4% peak in fiscal Q4 2025. Total liabilities fell 49% year over year, and the next institutional bond maturity is $300 million in November 2026, giving management runway to keep grinding through the portfolio without refinancing pressure.
What Should Still Worry Owners The distribution is funded, but the equity has been bleeding. Net asset value per share dropped to $6.21 from $7.84 a year earlier, and the portfolio company count fell to 91 from 114. Realized investment losses of $141.3 million in Q2 2026 and $308.5 million in Q4 2025 drove the NAV erosion. Annualized current yield on investments has slipped from 9.7% to 9.1% as lower base rates and the rotation into safer first lien paper compress income.
Total return reflects all of that. PSEC has returned negative 8% over the past year and negative 37% over five years on a price basis, even with the fat coupon. One contrarian signal worth weighing: COO M. Grier Eliasek bought 942,800 shares at around $3 on February 11, 2026, roughly $2.75 million of open-market insider buying.
Verdict on the Distribution The current $0.045 monthly distribution looks safe through at least the next several quarters. NII covers it with cushion, non-accruals are normalized, leverage is down, and there are no near-term debt walls. The yield premium over the 4.42% 10-year Treasury is real compensation for credit risk. PSEC fits investors who want monthly cash and accept that the principal will keep grinding lower while management finishes repositioning. Anyone counting on capital appreciation alongside the coupon should look elsewhere.
May 06, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Prospect Capital Corporation
NEW YORK, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (the “Company” or “Prospect”) today announced it expects to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission its report on Form 10-Q containing results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026 and to issue its earnings press release on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the close of the markets.
The Company will host a conference call on Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call dial-in number will be 888-338-7333. A recording of the conference call will be available for approximately 30 days. To hear a replay, call 855-669-9658 and use passcode 1182378.
The conference call will also be available via a live listen-only webcast on the Company’s website, www.prospectstreet.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software that may be needed to listen to the Internet broadcast.
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.
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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 [email protected]
Telephone (212) 448-0702
NEW YORK, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced financial results for our fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026.
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Prospect Capital Corporation is reiterated as a sell due to ongoing financial deterioration despite a 59% discount to NAV and double-digit yield. PSEC's Q3 saw net investment income and total investment income decline, with NAV dropping sequentially and year-over-year, underperforming peers. Management's portfolio shift to first-lien loans and reduced real estate exposure are positive but not expected to offset near-term financial weakness.
Prospect Capital maintains a 'Strong Buy' rating as its investment thesis, although controversial, remains intact after Q3'26 earnings. PSEC's portfolio quality remained stable at 0.7%, outperforming peers, with first liens rising to 72%. The dividend was reset to $0.035 per-share monthly due to pressure from preferred stock offerings.
NEW YORK, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, "Company", “our”, or “we”) today announced that it held its special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on June 9, 2026. The proposals that were considered at the Special Meeting are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Special Meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2026 (the “Proxy”). As of March 11, 2026, there were 486,484,945 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding, 25,394,532 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A1 Preferred Stock”), 163,000 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series A2 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A2 Preferred Stock”), 5,251,157 shares of the Company's 5.35% Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock outstanding (the “5.35% Series A Preferred Stock”), 908,259 shares of the Company's 5.50% Series M1 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M1 Preferred Stock”), 23,376,070 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series A3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A3 Preferred Stock”), 1,794,312 shares of the Company's 6.50% Series M3 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M3 Preferred Stock”), 6,920,261 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series A4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A4 Preferred Stock”), 1,995,546 shares of the Company's Floating Rate Series M4 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M4 Preferred Stock”), 3,341,380 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series A5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series A5 Preferred Stock”) and 878,753 shares of the Company's 7.50% Series M5 Preferred Stock outstanding (the “Series M5 Preferred Stock”). Each share of common or preferred stock has one vote. To afford additional time to solicit stockholder votes for the proposal found in the Proxy, the Special Meeting has been adjourned until June 23, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PSEC2026SM.
June 09, 2026 16:48 ET | Source: Priority Income Fund, Inc.
NEW YORK, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared distributions on shares of the Fund’s 7.00% Series D Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series D”), 7.000% Series K Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series K”), and 6.375% Series L Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series L”).
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable DateDistribution per ShareSeries DJune 23, 2026June 23, 2026June 30, 2026$0.43750Series KJune 23, 2026June 23, 2026June 30, 2026$0.43750Series LJune 23, 2026June 23, 2026June 30, 2026$0.39844
Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year, and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders.
About Priority Income Fund
Priority Income Fund, Inc. is a registered closed-end fund that was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of senior secured loans or pools of senior secured loans known as collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs"). Such loans will generally have a floating interest rate and include a first lien on the assets of the respective borrowers, which typically are private and public companies based in the United States. The Fund is managed by Priority Senior Secured Income Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit https://www.priorityincomefund.com.
About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $6.9 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Prospect is the investment adviser to Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC). For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.
About Preferred Capital Securities, LLC
Preferred Capital Securities, LLC (“PCS”) serves as the dealer-manager for Priority Income Fund, Inc. and has been a member of FINRA/SIPC since 2015. Formed in 2013, PCS is a boutique managing broker-dealer that distributes alternative investments, including real estate and credit investment products in private and public structures through broker dealers and registered investment advisors. PCS has raised over $4.9 billion of capital as a wholesale distributor for various alternative investment strategies. For more information, call
855-320-1414 or visit http://www.pcsalts.com.
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Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.
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This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. 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 Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.