NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced financial results for our fiscal year and fourth fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017.
All amounts in $000’s except per share amounts | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | ||||||
| June 30, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | June 30, 2016 | |||||||
| Net Investment Income (“NII”) | $ | 69,678 | $ | 73,080 | $ | 91,367 | |||
| Interest as % of Total Investment Income | 96.3 | % | 94.6 | % | 90.6 | % | |||
| NII per Share | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.26 | |||
| Net Income (“NI”) | $ | 51,168 | $ | 19,492 | $ | 95,157 | |||
| NI per Share | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.27 | |||
| Distributions to Shareholders | $ | 89,998 | $ | 89,892 | $ | 89,190 | |||
| Distributions per Share | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.25 | |||
| NAV per Share at Period End | $ | 9.32 | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.62 | |||
| Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio | 70.5 | % | 75.6 | % | 69.6 | % | |||
For the June 2017 quarter, we earned net investment income (“NII”) of $69.7 million, or $0.19 per weighted average share, down $0.01 from the March 2017 quarter. Carrying out our plan to reduce risk decreased originations, structuring fees, and management fees.
Executing our strategy to preserve capital, reduce risk, and avoid “chasing yield” through investments deemed too risky with a poor risk/return profile at this point in the economic cycle, we reduced originations this quarter to about half the levels of the prior quarter. We remain committed to our historic credit discipline. We currently have a robust pipeline of potential investments in our target range for credit quality and yield. We believe our disciplined approach to credit will serve us well in the coming years, just as that disciplined approach has served us well in past years.
In the June 2017 quarter we also implemented our objective to reduce risk by decreasing our net debt to equity ratio from 75.6% at March 2017 to 70.5% at June 2017.
For the June 2017 quarter, our net income (“NI”) was $51.2 million, or $0.14 per weighted average share, an increase of $0.09 from the March 2017 quarter. Lower management fees and improvement in unrealized depreciation in our energy, consumer finance, and structured credit investments in the June 2017 quarter over the March 2017 quarter contributed to increased NI.
Our interest income as a percentage of total investment income increased to 96.3% in the June 2017 quarter, further reducing the contribution of one-time structuring fees in favor of recurring interest income.
| All amounts in $000’s except per share amounts | Year Ended June 30, 2017 | Year Ended June 30, 2016 | ||
| Net Investment Income (“NII”) | $306,082 | $371,128 | ||
| NII per Share | $0.85 | $1.04 | ||
| Net Income (“NI”) | $252,906 | $103,362 | ||
| NI per Share | $0.70 | $0.29 | ||
| Distributions to Shareholders | $358,987 | $356,110 | ||
| Distributions per Share | $1.00 | $1.00 | ||
| NAV per Share at Year End | $9.32 | $9.62 | ||
For the year ended June 30, 2017, we earned NII of $306.1 million, or $0.85 per weighted average share, down $0.19 from the prior year. For the year ended June 30, 2017, we earned NI of $252.9 million, or $0.70 per weighted average share, up $0.41 from the prior year.
DISTRIBUTION DECLARATION
Prospect is declaring distributions as follows:
- $0.06 per share for September 2017 to September 29, 2017 record holders with October 19, 2017 payment date; and
- $0.06 per share for October 2017 to October 31, 2017 record holders with November 22, 2017 payment date.
These distributions mark Prospect’s 110th and 111th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.
Based on the declarations above, Prospect’s closing stock price of $7.13 at August 25, 2017 delivers to shareholders a 10.1% dividend yield.
Based on past distributions and our current share count for declared distributions, Prospect since inception through our October 2017 distribution will have distributed $16.07 per share to original shareholders, exceeding $2.3 billion in cumulative distributions to all shareholders.
Prospect expects to declare November 2017, December 2017, and January 2018 distributions in November 2017.
PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
We continue to prioritize secured lending. At June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016, our portfolio consisted of the following:
| All amounts in $000’s except per unit amounts | As of | As of | As of | ||||||
| June 30, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | June 30, 2016 | |||||||
| Total Investments (at fair value) | $ | 5,838,305 | $ | 6,024,766 | $ | 5,897,708 | |||
| Number of Portfolio Companies | 121 | 125 | 125 | ||||||
| % Controlled Investments (at fair value) | 32.7 | % | 31.4 | % | 29.7 | % | |||
| Secured First Lien | 48.3 | % | 48.8 | % | 50.0 | % | |||
| Secured Second Lien | 19.1 | % | 20.5 | % | 20.6 | % | |||
| Structured Credit | 18.5 | % | 17.8 | % | 17.1 | % | |||
| Equity Investments | 13.2 | % | 12.0 | % | 10.9 | % | |||
| Unsecured Debt | 0.8 | % | 0.7 | % | 1.2 | % | |||
| Small Business Whole Loans | 0.1 | % | 0.2 | % | 0.2 | % | |||
| Annualized Current Yield(1) | 12.2 | % | 12.3 | % | 13.2 | % | |||
| Top Industry Concentration(2) | 10.7 | % | 9.6 | % | 8.2 | % | |||
| Energy Industry Concentration(2) | 2.4 | % | 2.6 | % | 3.1 | % | |||
| Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets | 2.5 | %(3) | 1.4 | % | 1.4 | % | |||
| Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets, Energy Industry | 0.2 | % | 0.3 | % | 0.5 | % | |||
| Weighted Average Portfolio Net Leverage(4) | 4.19 | x | 4.15 | x | 4.18 | x | |||
| Weighted Average Portfolio EBITDA | $ | 48,340 | $ | 49,425 | $ | 48,138 | |||
(1) Across all performing interest bearing investments.
(2) Excluding our underlying industry-diversified structured credit portfolio.
(3) Includes 1.3% from USC, which timely paid income-producing, contractual interest to us in June 2017 quarter.
(4) Through our investment in the portfolio company’s capital structure.
During the June 30, 2017 and March 31, 2017 quarters, our investment origination and repayment activity was as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended | ||||
| June 30, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | |||||
| Total Originations | $ | 223,176 | $ | 449,607 | ||
| Structured Credit | 32 | % | 2 | % | ||
| Third-Party Sponsor Deals | 31 | % | 66 | % | ||
| Syndicated Debt | 31 | % | 12 | % | ||
| Online Lending | 4 | % | 6 | % | ||
| Real Estate | 1 | % | 10 | % | ||
| Operating Buyouts | 1 | % | 4 | % | ||
| Total Repayments | $ | 352,043 | $ | 302,513 | ||
| Originations, Net of Repayments | $ | (128,867 | ) | $ | 147,094 | |
During the years ended June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, our investment origination and repayment activity was as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||
| June 30, 2017 | June 30, 2016 | |||||
| Total Originations | $ | 1,489,470 | $ | 979,102 | ||
| Structured Credit | 12 | % | 10 | % | ||
| Third-Party Sponsor Deals | 38 | % | 44 | % | ||
| Syndicated Debt | 27 | % | 12 | % | ||
| Online Lending | 12 | % | 31 | % | ||
| Real Estate | 8 | % | 2 | % | ||
| Operating Buyouts | 2 | % | 1 | % | ||
| Aircraft Leasing | 1 | % | -- | |||
| Total Repayments | $ | 1,413,882 | $ | 1,338,875 | ||
| Originations, Net of Repayments | $ | 75,588 | ($ | 359,773 | ) | |
For a listing of transactions completed during the quarter and fiscal year, please see section titled “Portfolio Investment Activity” in our form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2017.
We have invested in structured credit investments with individual standalone financings non-recourse to Prospect and with our risk limited in each case to our net investment amount. At June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016, our structured credit portfolio at fair value consisted of the following:
| All amounts in $000’s except per unit amounts | As of | As of | As of | ||||||
| June 30, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | June 30, 2016 | |||||||
| Total Structured Credit Investments | $ | 1,079,712 | $ | 1,072,517 | $ | 1,009,696 | |||
| # of Investments | 43 | 41 | 38 | ||||||
| TTM Average Cash Yield(1)(2) | 21.4 | % | 22.6 | % | 28.8 | % | |||
| Annualized Cash Yield(2) | 18.8 | % | 17.9 | % | 22.8 | % | |||
| Annualized GAAP Yield(2) | 13.6 | % | 13.6 | % | 15.4 | % | |||
| Cumulative Cash Distributions | $ | 939,048 | $ | 857,111 | $ | 695,865 | |||
| % of Original Investment | 63.8 | % | 64.9 | % | 53.6 | % | |||
| # of Underlying Collateral Loans | 2,491 | 2,568 | 3,031 | ||||||
| Total Asset Base of Underlying Portfolio | $ | 19,254,846 | $ | 19,867,965 | $ | 18,529,331 | |||
| Prospect TTM Default Rate | 0.75 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.37 | % | |||
| Broadly Syndicated Market TTM Default Rate | 1.54 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.97 | % | |||
| Prospect Default Rate Outperformance vs. Market | 0.79 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.60 | % | |||
(1) Calculation based on fair value.
(2) Excludes deals in the process of redemption as of June 30, 2017.
To date, we have exited seven structured credit investments totaling $153.6 million with an average realized IRR of 16.8% and cash on cash multiple of 1.42 times.
Since August 29, 2016 (the date of our June 2016 earnings release), 18 of our structured credit investments have completed refinancings to reduce their liability spreads, and four additional structured credit investments have completed multi-year extensions of their reinvestment periods (also at reduced liability spreads). We believe further upside exists in our structured credit portfolio through additional refinancings and reinvestment period extensions.
To date during the September 2017 quarter, we have completed new and follow-on investments as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Quarter Ended | ||
| September 30, 2017 | |||
| Total Originations | $41,986 | ||
| Syndicated Debt | 43% | ||
| Online Lending | 38% | ||
| Third-Party Sponsor Deals | 12% | ||
| Real Estate | 7% | ||
| Total Repayments | $141,960 | ||
LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL RESULTS
The following table summarizes key leverage statistics at June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016:
| All amounts in $000’s | As of June 30, 2017 | As of March 31, 2017 | As of June 30, 2016 | ||||||
| Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio | 70.5 | % | 75.6 | % | 69.6 | % | |||
| % of Assets at Floating Rates | 90.4 | % | 90.7 | % | 91.0 | % | |||
| % of Liabilities at Fixed Rates | 99.9 | % | 99.9 | % | 99.9 | % | |||
| Unencumbered Assets | $ | 4,546,147 | $ | 4,611,293 | $ | 4,892,542 | |||
| % of Total Assets | 73.7 | % | 74.9 | % | 78.0 | % | |||
We repaid our $167.5 million August 2016 convertible notes at maturity. We have refinanced (or provided notice to call) a majority of our debt maturing in less than one year as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Principal | Rate | Maturity | ||
| Debt Issuances | |||||
| 2022 Notes | $ | 225,000 | 4.95 | % | July 2022 |
| Repurchases | |||||
| 2017 Notes | $ | 78,766 | 5.375 | % | October 2017 |
| 2018 Notes | $ | 114,581 | 5.75 | % | March 2018 |
| Prospect Capital InterNotes® | $ | 139,477 | 3.75% - 5.85% | December 2017 – September 2019 | |
For the remainder of calendar year 2017, we have liability maturities of $60.6 million.
On August 29, 2014, we renegotiated and closed an expanded five and a half year revolving credit facility (the “Facility”), summarized as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | As of June 30, 2017 | |
| Total Extended Commitments | $885,000 | |
| Total Commitments with Accordion Feature | $1,500,000 | |
| Interest Rate on Borrowings | 1M LIBOR + 225 bps (no floor) | |
| Moody’s Rating | Aa3 | |
We have diversified our counterparty risk. At June 30, 2017, 21 institutional lenders were committed to the Facility compared to five lenders at June 30, 2010, one of the most diversified bank groups in our industry. The revolving period of the Facility extends through March 2019, with an additional one-year amortization period to March 2020, with distributions allowed after the completion of the revolving period. We currently have no borrowings drawn under our Facility.
We have eight separate unsecured debt issuances aggregating $1.7 billion outstanding, not including our program notes, with maturities ranging from October 2017 to June 2024. At June 30, 2017, $980.5 million of program notes were outstanding with staggered maturities through October 2043.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Prospect will host an earnings call on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:00 am. Eastern Time. Dial 888-338-7333. For a replay prior to September 29, 2017, call 877-344-7529 passcode 10111573. The call will be available prior to September 29, 2017 on Prospect’s website, www.prospectstreet.com. For copies of our corporate presentation, our recent shareholder letter, and our performance data please see http://shareholder.prospectstreet.com.
| PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) | ||||||||
| June 30, 2017 | June 30, 2016 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Investments at fair value: | ||||||||
| Control investments (amortized cost of $1,840,731 and $1,768,220, respectively) | $ | 1,911,775 | $ | 1,752,449 | ||||
| Affiliate investments (amortized cost of $22,957 and $10,758, respectively) | 11,429 | 11,320 | ||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $4,117,868 and $4,312,122, respectively) | 3,915,101 | 4,133,939 | ||||||
| Total investments at fair value (amortized cost of $5,981,556 and $6,091,100, respectively) | 5,838,305 | 5,897,708 | ||||||
| Cash | 318,083 | 317,798 | ||||||
| Receivables for: | ||||||||
| Interest, net | 9,559 | 12,127 | ||||||
| Other | 924 | 168 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 1,125 | 855 | ||||||
| Due from Affiliate | 14 | — | ||||||
| Deferred financing costs on Revolving Credit Facility | 4,779 | 7,525 | ||||||
| Total Assets | 6,172,789 | 6,236,181 | ||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Revolving Credit Facility | — | — | ||||||
| Prospect Capital InterNotes® | 966,254 | 893,210 | ||||||
| Convertible Notes | 937,641 | 1,074,361 | ||||||
| Public Notes | 738,300 | 699,368 | ||||||
| Due to Prospect Capital Management | 48,249 | 54,149 | ||||||
| Interest payable | 38,630 | 40,804 | ||||||
| Dividends payable | 30,005 | 29,758 | ||||||
| Due to Prospect Administration | 1,910 | 1,765 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | 4,380 | 2,259 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 2,097 | 3,633 | ||||||
| Due to broker | 50,371 | 957 | ||||||
| Total Liabilities | 2,817,837 | 2,800,264 | ||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | — | — | ||||||
| Net Assets | $ | 3,354,952 | $ | 3,435,917 | ||||
| Components of Net Assets | ||||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.001 per share (1,000,000,000 common shares authorized; 360,076,933 and 357,107,231 issued and outstanding, respectively) | $ | 360 | $ | 357 | ||||
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | 3,991,317 | 3,967,397 | ||||||
| Accumulated overdistributed net investment income | (54,039 | ) | (3,623 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated net realized loss | (439,435 | ) | (334,822 | ) | ||||
| Net unrealized loss | (143,251 | ) | (193,392 | ) | ||||
| Net Assets | $ | 3,354,952 | $ | 3,435,917 | ||||
| Net Asset Value Per Share | $ | 9.32 | $ | 9.62 | ||||
| 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, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Investment Income | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest income: | |||||||||||||||||
| Control investments | $ | 41,953 | $ | 53,242 | $ | 177,496 | $ | 207,377 | |||||||||
| Affiliate investments | 297 | — | 297 | 896 | |||||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 84,777 | 81,277 | 342,696 | 347,132 | |||||||||||||
| Structured credit securities | 33,538 | 40,301 | 148,228 | 176,213 | |||||||||||||
| Total interest income | 160,565 | 174,820 | 668,717 | 731,618 | |||||||||||||
| Dividend income: | |||||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 1,000 | 1,389 | 5,250 | 26,435 | |||||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 99 | 50 | 429 | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Total dividend income | 1,099 | 1,439 | 5,679 | 26,501 | |||||||||||||
| Other income: | |||||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 1,721 | 15,092 | 11,470 | 22,528 | |||||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 3,317 | 1,687 | 15,180 | 11,326 | |||||||||||||
| Total other income | 5,038 | 16,779 | 26,650 | 33,854 | |||||||||||||
| Total Investment Income | 166,702 | 193,038 | 701,046 | 791,973 | |||||||||||||
| Operating Expenses | |||||||||||||||||
| Base management fee | 30,647 | 30,811 | 122,874 | 126,523 | |||||||||||||
| Income incentive fee | 17,419 | 22,842 | 76,520 | 92,782 | |||||||||||||
| Interest and credit facility expenses | 40,867 | 41,838 | 164,848 | 167,719 | |||||||||||||
| Allocation of overhead from Prospect Administration | 3,475 | 3,533 | 13,246 | 12,647 | |||||||||||||
| Audit, compliance and tax related fees | 1,412 | (237 | ) | 5,088 | 4,428 | ||||||||||||
| Directors’ fees | 116 | 97 | 454 | 379 | |||||||||||||
| Excise Tax | — | 595 | (1,100 | ) | 2,295 | ||||||||||||
| Other general and administrative expenses | 3,088 | 2,192 | 13,034 | 14,072 | |||||||||||||
| Total Operating Expenses | 97,024 | 101,671 | 394,964 | 420,845 | |||||||||||||
| Net Investment Income | 69,678 | 91,367 | 306,082 | 371,128 | |||||||||||||
| Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments | |||||||||||||||||
| Net realized gains (losses) | |||||||||||||||||
| Control investments | (66,099 | ) | (5,413 | ) | (65,915 | ) | (5,406 | ) | |||||||||
| Affiliate investments | — | — | 137 | (14,194 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | (31,017 | ) | (767 | ) | (30,528 | ) | (4,817 | ) | |||||||||
| Net realized losses | (97,116 | ) | (6,180 | ) | (96,306 | ) | (24,417 | ) | |||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gains (losses) | |||||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 117,754 | (47,972 | ) | 86,817 | (88,751 | ) | |||||||||||
| Affiliate investments | 2,407 | (768 | ) | 553 | (233 | ) | |||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | (34,749 | ) | 58,400 | (37,229 | ) | (154,589 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gains (losses) | 85,412 | 9,660 | 50,141 | (243,573 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Losses from Investments | (11,704 | ) | 3,480 | (46,165 | ) | (267,990 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net realized (losses) gains on extinguishment of debt | (6,806 | ) | 310 | (7,011 | ) | 224 | |||||||||||
| Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 51,168 | $ | 95,157 | $ | 252,906 | $ | 103,362 | |||||||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.29 | |||||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (1.00 | ) | $ | (1.00 | ) | |||||
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| ROLLFORWARD OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | ||||||||||||||||||
| (in actual dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.61 | $ | 9.62 | $ | 10.31 | ||||||||||
| Net investment income(1) | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.85 | 1.04 | ||||||||||||||
| Net realized and change in unrealized (losses) gains(1) | (0.05 | ) | 0.01 | (0.15 | ) | (0.75 | ) | |||||||||||
| Distributions of net investment income | (0.25 | ) | (0.25 | ) | (1.00 | ) | (1.00 | ) | ||||||||||
| Common stock transactions(2) | — | (3 | ) | (0.01 | ) | — | (3 | ) | 0.02 | |||||||||
| Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.32 | $ | 9.62 | $ | 9.32 | $ | 9.62 | ||||||||||
(1) Per share data amount is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year/period presented (except for dividends to shareholders which is based on actual rate per share).
(2) Common stock transactions include the effect of issuances and repurchases of common stock, if any.
(3) Amount is less than $0.01.
ABOUT PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Prospect Capital Corporation (www.prospectstreet.com) is a business development company that focuses on lending to and investing in private businesses. Our investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.
We have elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). We are required to comply with a series of regulatory requirements under the 1940 Act as well as applicable NASDAQ, federal and state rules and regulations. We have elected to be treated as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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. We undertake no obligation to update any such statement now or in the future.