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PSEC Dividend History, Yield & Dates

Dividend Yield · Dividend History · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Date

Financial ServicesAsset ManagementScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

PSECProspect Capital Corporation

Financial Services / Asset Management

Low Priority

In Line With Peers

NeutralEdge 4/10
$1.47−$0.02 (−1.34%)

Latest quote

  • Momentum
    25
  • Value
    70
  • Quality
    58
  • Risk resilience
    37
  • Sentiment
    —
algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

PSEC Dividend answer

Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) pays a monthly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 28.57%, or $0.42 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 33.33%, from $0.49 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.035 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 28, 2026. Payment date: Nov 18, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.035 per share.

PSEC Dividend Snapshot

Yield, latest payment, cadence, annual income, next ex-date, and payment history are emphasized for this income stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

History
142
dividends captured
Growth years
0
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
65/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
7.23%
dividend-only view

Next PSEC Dividend Date

When PSEC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next PSEC dividend

$0.035 per share

PSEC's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.

Ex-date
Oct 28, 2026
announced
Pay date
Nov 18, 2026
Frequency
monthly

Latest PSEC Dividend Dates

Sep 28, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
33.33%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
33.33%
TTM dividends / latest available price
Forward dividend yield
28.57%
Latest dividend × 12 a year = $0.42 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$0.49
-11.71% vs prior complete year
Latest dividend
$0.035
0.00% vs prior payment
Frequency
monthly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Oct 28, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Nov 18, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Announced: $0.035
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
294.19%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
116.90%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
0.86x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality58/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value70/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience37/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

PSEC Dividend History

Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Dividend reliability

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
33.33%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing income falling
-11.71% vs prior complete year
FCF coverage
Not covered by FCF
0.86x
Payout ratio
294.19%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Feb 26
$0.045
Mar 26
$0.045
Apr 26
$0.045
May 26
$0.035
Jun 26
$0.035
Jul 26
$0.035
Aug 26
$0.035
Sep 26
$0.035

PSEC Annual Dividend History

2016 - 2026
11 plotted years

PSEC Dividend Growth

-11.71% 1Y
Latest increase +3.60%
Latest PSEC Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Aug 19, 2026
Ex-date
Sep 28, 2026
Record
Sep 28, 2026
Paid
Oct 21, 2026

Latest row amount $0.035, event yield 22.37%.

Event field coverage
Declaration30/120
Record120/120
Payment120/120
Frequency120/120
History depth
120 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 28, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 2, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
120/120 pay
120/120 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.

Dividend growth

PSEC regular dividend growth, 2020–2025
5-year regular dividend CAGR
-5.59%
2020 regular DPS
$0.720
2025 regular DPS
$0.540
Absolute change
-$0.180
Years increased
0
Years reduced
2

PSEC's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at -5.59% a year from 2020 through 2025.

PSEC reduced its regular dividend in at least one calendar year between 2020 and 2025.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

PSEC Dividend Yield

How PSEC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

PSEC's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
33.33%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$0.49

Dividend coverage

What PSEC's dividend is paid out of

Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.

Payout ratio
294.19%
FCF coverage
0.86x

Recent PSEC dividend payments

120 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 120 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 28, 2026$0.035
$0.035
22.37%Monthly$0.49Aug 19, 2026Sep 28, 2026Oct 21, 2026
Aug 27, 2026$0.035
$0.035
21.93%Monthly$0.50—Aug 27, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Jul 29, 2026$0.035
$0.035
23.61%Monthly$0.51—Jul 29, 2026Aug 20, 2026
Jun 26, 2026$0.035
$0.035
22.51%Monthly$0.52—Jun 26, 2026Jul 22, 2026
May 27, 2026$0.035
$0.035
22.65%Monthly$0.53—May 27, 2026Jun 18, 2026
Show older history+115 rows
Apr 28, 2026$0.045
$0.045
19.78%Monthly$0.54—Apr 28, 2026May 19, 2026
Mar 27, 2026$0.045
$0.045
21.69%Monthly$0.54—Mar 27, 2026Apr 21, 2026
Feb 25, 2026$0.045
$0.045
19.35%Monthly$0.54—Feb 25, 2026Mar 19, 2026
Jan 28, 2026$0.045
$0.045
19.71%Monthly$0.54—Jan 28, 2026Feb 18, 2026
Dec 29, 2025$0.045
$0.045
21.69%Monthly$0.54—Dec 29, 2025Jan 21, 2026
Nov 25, 2025$0.045
$0.045
20.61%Monthly$0.54—Nov 25, 2025Dec 18, 2025
Oct 29, 2025$0.045
$0.045
20.30%Monthly$0.54Aug 22, 2025Oct 29, 2025Nov 18, 2025
Sep 26, 2025$0.045
$0.045
21.26%Monthly$0.555Aug 22, 2025Sep 26, 2025Oct 22, 2025
Aug 27, 2025$0.045
$0.045
19.66%Monthly$0.57—Aug 27, 2025Sep 18, 2025
Jul 29, 2025$0.045
$0.045
17.73%Monthly$0.585—Jul 29, 2025Aug 20, 2025
Jun 26, 2025$0.045
$0.045
19.11%Monthly$0.60—Jun 26, 2025Jul 22, 2025
May 28, 2025$0.045
$0.045
18.75%Monthly$0.615—May 28, 2025Jun 18, 2025
Apr 28, 2025$0.045
$0.045
17.07%Monthly$0.63—Apr 28, 2025May 20, 2025
Mar 27, 2025$0.045
$0.045
15.43%Monthly$0.645—Mar 27, 2025Apr 17, 2025
Feb 26, 2025$0.045
$0.045
15.24%Monthly$0.66—Feb 26, 2025Mar 20, 2025
Jan 29, 2025$0.045
$0.045
15.88%Monthly$0.675—Jan 29, 2025Feb 19, 2025
Dec 27, 2024$0.045
$0.045
16.20%Monthly$0.69—Dec 27, 2024Jan 22, 2025
Nov 26, 2024$0.045
$0.045
14.87%Monthly$0.705—Nov 26, 2024Dec 19, 2024
Oct 29, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.79%Monthly$0.72Aug 28, 2024Oct 29, 2024Nov 19, 2024
Sep 26, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.64%Monthly$0.72Aug 28, 2024Sep 26, 2024Oct 22, 2024
Aug 28, 2024$0.06
$0.06
14.34%Monthly$0.72—Aug 28, 2024Sep 19, 2024
Jul 29, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.09%Monthly$0.72—Jul 29, 2024Aug 21, 2024
Jun 26, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.02%Monthly$0.72—Jun 26, 2024Jul 18, 2024
May 29, 2024$0.06
$0.06
12.90%Monthly$0.72—May 29, 2024Jun 18, 2024
Apr 25, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.74%Monthly$0.72—Apr 26, 2024May 21, 2024
Mar 26, 2024$0.06
$0.06
13.19%Monthly$0.72—Mar 27, 2024Apr 18, 2024
Feb 26, 2024$0.06
$0.06
12.88%Monthly$0.72—Feb 27, 2024Mar 20, 2024
Jan 26, 2024$0.06
$0.06
11.63%Monthly$0.72—Jan 29, 2024Feb 20, 2024
Dec 26, 2023$0.06
$0.06
11.80%Monthly$0.72—Dec 27, 2023Jan 18, 2024
Nov 27, 2023$0.06
$0.06
12.54%Monthly$0.72—Nov 28, 2023Dec 19, 2023
Oct 26, 2023$0.06
$0.06
13.36%Monthly$0.72Aug 29, 2023Oct 27, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Sep 26, 2023$0.06
$0.06
12.06%Monthly$0.72Aug 29, 2023Sep 27, 2023Oct 19, 2023
Aug 28, 2023$0.06
$0.06
11.98%Monthly$0.72—Aug 29, 2023Sep 20, 2023
Jul 26, 2023$0.06
$0.06
10.96%Monthly$0.72—Jul 27, 2023Aug 22, 2023
Jun 27, 2023$0.06
$0.06
11.69%Monthly$0.72—Jun 28, 2023Jul 20, 2023
May 25, 2023$0.06
$0.06
11.59%Monthly$0.72—May 26, 2023Jun 21, 2023
Apr 25, 2023$0.06
$0.06
10.75%Monthly$0.72—Apr 26, 2023May 18, 2023
Mar 28, 2023$0.06
$0.06
10.47%Monthly$0.72—Mar 29, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Feb 23, 2023$0.06
$0.06
9.57%Monthly$0.72—Feb 24, 2023Mar 22, 2023
Jan 26, 2023$0.06
$0.06
9.57%Monthly$0.72—Jan 27, 2023Feb 16, 2023
Dec 27, 2022$0.06
$0.06
10.16%Monthly$0.72—Dec 28, 2022Jan 19, 2023
Nov 25, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.21%Monthly$0.72—Nov 28, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Oct 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
10.01%Monthly$0.72Aug 29, 2022Oct 27, 2022Nov 17, 2022
Sep 27, 2022$0.06
$0.06
10.98%Monthly$0.72Aug 29, 2022Sep 28, 2022Oct 20, 2022
Aug 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.23%Monthly$0.72—Aug 29, 2022Sep 21, 2022
Jul 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.74%Monthly$0.72—Jul 27, 2022Aug 18, 2022
Jun 27, 2022$0.06
$0.06
10.07%Monthly$0.72—Jun 28, 2022Jul 20, 2022
May 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.46%Monthly$0.72—May 27, 2022Jun 21, 2022
Apr 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.44%Monthly$0.72—Apr 27, 2022May 19, 2022
Mar 28, 2022$0.06
$0.06
8.77%Monthly$0.72—Mar 29, 2022Apr 20, 2022
Feb 23, 2022$0.06
$0.06
9.05%Monthly$0.72—Feb 24, 2022Mar 22, 2022
Jan 26, 2022$0.06
$0.06
8.62%Monthly$0.72—Jan 27, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Dec 28, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.47%Monthly$0.72—Dec 29, 2021Jan 20, 2022
Nov 24, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.18%Monthly$0.72—Nov 26, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Oct 26, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.63%Monthly$0.72Aug 24, 2021Oct 27, 2021Nov 18, 2021
Sep 27, 2021$0.06
$0.06
9.17%Monthly$0.72Aug 24, 2021Sep 28, 2021Oct 21, 2021
Aug 26, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.96%Monthly$0.72—Aug 27, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Jul 27, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.81%Monthly$0.72—Jul 28, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Jun 25, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.16%Monthly$0.72—Jun 28, 2021Jul 22, 2021
May 26, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.65%Monthly$0.72—May 27, 2021Jun 17, 2021
Apr 29, 2021$0.06
$0.06
8.81%Monthly$0.72—Apr 30, 2021May 20, 2021
Mar 30, 2021$0.06
$0.06
9.22%Monthly$0.72—Mar 31, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Feb 25, 2021$0.06
$0.06
9.89%Monthly$0.72—Feb 26, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Jan 28, 2021$0.06
$0.06
11.46%Monthly$0.72—Jan 29, 2021Feb 18, 2021
Dec 30, 2020$0.06
$0.06
13.16%Monthly$0.72—Dec 31, 2020Jan 21, 2021
Nov 27, 2020$0.06
$0.06
13.07%Monthly$0.72—Nov 30, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Oct 29, 2020$0.06
$0.06
14.37%Monthly$0.72Aug 26, 2020Oct 30, 2020Nov 19, 2020
Sep 29, 2020$0.06
$0.06
14.34%Monthly$0.72Aug 26, 2020Sep 30, 2020Oct 22, 2020
Aug 28, 2020$0.06
$0.06
14.17%Monthly$0.72—Aug 31, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Jul 30, 2020$0.06
$0.06
14.40%Monthly$0.72—Jul 31, 2020Aug 20, 2020
Jun 29, 2020$0.06
$0.06
14.20%Monthly$0.72—Jun 30, 2020Jul 23, 2020
May 28, 2020$0.06
$0.06
13.82%Monthly$0.72—May 29, 2020Jun 18, 2020
Apr 29, 2020$0.06
$0.06
16.14%Monthly$0.72—Apr 30, 2020May 21, 2020
Mar 30, 2020$0.06
$0.06
16.44%Monthly$0.72—Mar 31, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Feb 27, 2020$0.06
$0.06
12.48%Monthly$0.72—Feb 28, 2020Mar 19, 2020
Jan 30, 2020$0.06
$0.06
10.99%Monthly$0.72—Jan 31, 2020Feb 20, 2020
Dec 31, 2019$0.06
$0.06
11.18%Monthly$0.72—Jan 2, 2020Jan 23, 2020
Nov 27, 2019$0.06
$0.06
11.04%Monthly$0.72—Nov 29, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Oct 30, 2019$0.06
$0.06
11.15%Monthly$0.72Aug 22, 2019Oct 31, 2019Nov 20, 2019
Sep 27, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.84%Monthly$0.72Aug 22, 2019Sep 30, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Aug 29, 2019$0.06
$0.06
11.25%Monthly$0.72—Aug 30, 2019Sep 19, 2019
Jul 30, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.78%Monthly$0.72—Jul 31, 2019Aug 22, 2019
Jun 27, 2019$0.06
$0.06
11.15%Monthly$0.72—Jun 28, 2019Jul 18, 2019
May 30, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.99%Monthly$0.72—May 31, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Apr 29, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.70%Monthly$0.72—Apr 30, 2019May 23, 2019
Mar 28, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.94%Monthly$0.72—Mar 29, 2019Apr 18, 2019
Feb 27, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.48%Monthly$0.72—Feb 28, 2019Mar 21, 2019
Jan 30, 2019$0.06
$0.06
10.62%Monthly$0.72—Jan 31, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Dec 31, 2018$0.06
$0.06
11.41%Monthly$0.72—Jan 2, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Nov 29, 2018$0.06
$0.06
10.43%Monthly$0.72—Nov 30, 2018Dec 20, 2018
Oct 30, 2018$0.06
$0.06
10.75%Monthly$0.72Aug 23, 2018Oct 31, 2018Nov 21, 2018
Sep 27, 2018$0.06
$0.06
9.77%Monthly$0.72Aug 23, 2018Sep 28, 2018Oct 18, 2018
Aug 30, 2018$0.06
$0.06
9.50%Monthly$0.72—Aug 31, 2018Sep 20, 2018
Jul 30, 2018$0.06
$0.06
10.66%Monthly$0.7433—Jul 31, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Jun 28, 2018$0.06
$0.06
11.41%Monthly$0.7667—Jun 29, 2018Jul 19, 2018
May 30, 2018$0.06
$0.06
11.67%Monthly$0.79—May 31, 2018Jun 21, 2018
Apr 27, 2018$0.06
$0.06
12.79%Monthly$0.8133—Apr 30, 2018May 24, 2018
Mar 28, 2018$0.06
$0.06
12.85%Monthly$0.8367—Mar 30, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Feb 27, 2018$0.06
$0.06
12.95%Monthly$0.86—Feb 28, 2018Mar 22, 2018
Jan 30, 2018$0.06
$0.06
13.30%Monthly$0.8833—Jan 31, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Dec 28, 2017$0.06
$0.06
13.05%Monthly$0.9066—Dec 29, 2017Jan 18, 2018
Nov 29, 2017$0.06
$0.06
13.54%Monthly$0.93—Nov 30, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Oct 30, 2017$0.06
$0.06
15.84%Monthly$0.9533Aug 28, 2017Oct 31, 2017Nov 22, 2017
Sep 28, 2017$0.06
$0.06
14.64%Monthly—Aug 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Aug 29, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
14.58%Monthly—May 15, 2017Aug 31, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Jul 27, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
12.15%Monthly—May 10, 2017Jul 31, 2017Aug 24, 2017
Jun 28, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
12.42%Monthly—May 9, 2017Jun 30, 2017Jul 20, 2017
May 26, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
12.09%Monthly—May 10, 2017May 31, 2017Jun 22, 2017
Apr 26, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
10.69%Monthly—Feb 13, 2017Apr 28, 2017May 18, 2017
Mar 29, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
11.07%Monthly—Feb 9, 2017Mar 31, 2017Apr 20, 2017
Feb 24, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
10.66%Monthly—Feb 9, 2017Feb 28, 2017Mar 23, 2017
Jan 27, 2017$0.0833
$0.0833
11.51%Monthly—Nov 14, 2016Jan 31, 2017Feb 16, 2017
Dec 28, 2016$0.0833
$0.0833
12.09%Monthly—Nov 9, 2016Dec 30, 2016Jan 19, 2017
Nov 28, 2016$0.0833
$0.0833
12.41%Monthly—Nov 9, 2016Nov 30, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Oct 27, 2016$0.0833
$0.0833
12.39%Monthly—Aug 26, 2016Oct 31, 2016Nov 17, 2016
Dividend context
How to read PSEC's dividend profile

Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.

Yield needs coverage

A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.

Payout ratio is context

A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.

Focused follow-on paths for yield methodology, payout coverage, peer comparison, and income planning.

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PSEC Dividends FAQ

Does PSEC pay a dividend?

Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.04 per share and a monthly cadence based on available events.

What is PSEC's dividend yield?

PSEC's trailing dividend yield is 33.33%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is PSEC's next dividend?

PSEC's next announced dividend is $0.04 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 28, 2026 and payment date of Nov 18, 2026.

When is PSEC's ex-dividend date?

PSEC's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 28, 2026.

How has PSEC's dividend changed?

PSEC's one-year dividend growth is -11.71% based on comparable covered dividend history.