With 2.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.17 million shares. The 52-week range on PSEC shows that it touched its highest point at $5.86 and its lowest point at $4.09 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.00. With its current market cap of 1.97 billion, PSEC has annualized dividend of $0.68 while the current yield stands at 15.17%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PSEC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.30%, but this was up by 1.37% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.68% while six-month performance fell -10.82%. The stock lost -23.67% in the past year, while it has gained 3.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PSEC yields -0.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.53. For the next quarter, that number is 0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of -45.10% for this year and -5.36% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 442.74 million PSEC shares are outstanding with a float of 316.71 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PSEC since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.77436 being high and $0.77436 being low. For PSEC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.77436. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.14 and the low estimate is $0.14. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.14.
