PSEC VS MA Stock Comparison

PerformanceAnalyst Price TargetsTechnicalsEarningsProfitVolatilitySentimentDividend
PerformanceAnalyst Price TargetsTechnicalsEarningsProfitVolatilitySentimentDividend

Performance

PSEC
10/100

PSEC returned -23.45% in the last 12 months. Based on SPY's performance of -0.38%, its performance is below average giving it a score of 10 of 100.

MA
100/100

MA returned 14.02% in the last 12 months. Based on SPY's performance of 2.98%, its performance is above average giving it a score of 100 of 100.

Analyst Price Targets

PSEC
30/100

5 analysts offer 12-month price targets for PSEC. Together, they have an average target of 6.5, the most optimistic target put PSEC at 6.5 within 12-months and the most pessimistic has PSEC at 6.5.

MA
80/100

39 analysts offer 12-month price targets for MA. Together, they have an average target of 425.21, the most optimistic target put MA at 488 within 12-months and the most pessimistic has MA at 298.

Technicals

PSEC
64/100

PSEC receives a 64 of 100 based on 14 indicators. 8 are bullish, 4 are bearish.

MA
14/100

MA receives a 14 of 100 based on 14 indicators. 2 are bullish, 12 are bearish.

Earnings

PSEC
64/100

PSEC has missed earnings 3 times in the last 20 quarters.

MA
100/100

MA has missed earnings 1 times in the last 20 quarters.

Profit

PSEC
66/100

Out of the last 20 quarters, PSEC has had 14 profitable quarters and has increased their profits year over year on 8 of them.

MA
78/100

Out of the last 20 quarters, MA has had 20 profitable quarters and has increased their profits year over year on 10 of them.

Volatility

PSEC
24/100

PSEC has had a lower than average amount of volatility over the last 12 months giving it a score of 23 of 100.

MA
48/100

MA has had a lower than average amount of volatility over the last 12 months giving it a score of 48 of 100.

Sentiment

PSEC

"Sentiment" not found for PSEC

MA
68/100

MA had a bullish sentiment score of 68.42% across Twitter and StockTwits over the last 12 months. It had an average of 140.65 posts, 8,216.36 comments, and 9,446.95 likes per day.

Dividend

PSEC

"Dividend" not found for PSEC

MA
58/100

MA's most recent dividend was $0.25 per share, based on a share price of $364.08. It was a payout ratio of 28.81% compared to their total earnings.

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Prospect Capital Corporation Summary

Nasdaq / PSEC
Financial Services
Asset Management
Prospect Capital Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in middle market, mature, mezzanine finance, later stage, emerging growth, leveraged buyouts, refinancing, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnaround, growth capital, development, capital expenditures and subordinated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations, cash flow term loans, market place lending and bridge transactions. It also makes real estate investments particularly in multi-family residential real estate asset class. The fund makes secured debt, senior debt, senior and secured term loans, unitranche debt, first-lien and second lien, private debt, private equity, mezzanine debt, and equity investments in private and microcap public businesses. It focuses on both primary origination and secondary loans/portfolios and invests in situations like debt financings for private equity sponsors, acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, growth financings, bridge loans, cash flow term loans, real estate financings/investments. It also focuses on investing in small-sized and medium-sized private companies rather than large public companies. The fund typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. It invests in 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, business services, and other select sectors. It prefers to invest in the United States and Canada. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million to $500 million per transaction in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million, sales value between $25 million and $500 million, and enterprise value between $5 million and $1000 million. It fund also co-invests for larger deals. The fund seeks control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. The fund focuses on sole, agented, club, or syndicated deals.

Mastercard Incorporated Summary

New York Stock Exchange / MA
Financial Services
Financial - Credit Services
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; prepaid programs and management services; commercial credit and debit payment products and solutions; and payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts. It also provides value-added products and services comprising cyber and intelligence solutions for parties to transact, as well as proprietary insights, drawing on principled use of consumer, and merchant data services. In addition, the company offers analytics, test and learn, consulting, managed services, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants. Further, it provides open banking and digital identity platforms services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.