Prospect Capital Corporation

Prospect Capital Corporation operates as a business development company (BDC). The firm provides a comprehensive range of financing solutions, primarily targeting the middle market across various stages of company development, including mature, later-stage, and emerging growth enterprises. Its expertise encompasses mezzanine finance, leveraged buyouts, refinancings, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnarounds, and growth capital. Additionally, it engages in development and capital expenditure financing, along with specialized instruments such as subordinated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), cash flow term loans, marketplace lending, and bridge facilities. Beyond corporate finance, Prospect Capital also allocates capital to real estate, with a particular emphasis on multi-family residential properties. Its investment portfolio encompasses a diverse array of financial instruments, including secured debt, senior debt, senior and secured term loans, unitranche debt, and both first and second-lien financing. The company also participates in private debt, private equity, mezzanine debt, and direct equity investments, targeting both private companies and microcap public entities. Prospect Capital pursues opportunities through both direct origination and secondary market purchases of loans and portfolios. Its strategic focus includes debt financing for private equity-backed transactions, corporate acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, growth funding, bridge loans, cash flow term loans, and real estate-related financings and investments. The fund preferentially invests in small and medium-sized private enterprises, rather than larger public corporations. While maintaining a broad investment mandate across virtually all industry sectors, Prospect Capital demonstrates particular proficiency in the energy and industrial domains. Its extensive sector coverage includes, but is not limited to: aerospace and defense, chemicals, conglomerate services, consumer services, ecological, electronics, financial services, machinery, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, specialty minerals, textiles and leather, transportation, oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, healthcare, food and beverage, education, and business services. Geographically, the company prioritizes investment opportunities within the United States and Canada. For individual transactions, the fund targets investments ranging from $10 million to $500 million. It focuses on companies exhibiting an EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million, sales revenues from $25 million to $500 million, and an enterprise value spanning $5 million to $1 billion. Additionally, it participates in co-investments to facilitate larger transactions. Prospect Capital aims for control acquisitions by strategically deploying capital across multiple levels of a company's capital structure. Its deal origination strategy includes sole investments, agented transactions, club deals, and syndicated opportunities.