NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced financial results for our second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2017.
| All amounts in $000’s except per share amounts | Quarter Ended December 31, 2017 | Quarter Ended September 30, 2017 | Quarter Ended December 31, 2016 |
| Net Investment Income (“NII”) | $73,192 | $63,732 | $84,405 |
| Interest as % of Total Investment Income | 94.4% | 93.4% | 95.3% |
| NII per Share | $0.20 | $0.18 | $0.24 |
| Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (“NI”) | $121,727 | $11,973 | $100,880 |
| NI per Share | $0.34 | $0.03 | $0.28 |
| Distributions to Shareholders | $64,912 | $81,647 | $89,668 |
| Distributions per Share | $0.18 | $0.23 | $0.25 |
| Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Share | $9.28 | $9.12 | $9.62 |
| Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio | 60.2% | 71.6% | 70.3% |
For the December 2017 quarter, we earned net investment income (“NII”) of $73.2 million, or $0.20 per weighted average share, up $0.02 from the September 2017 quarter, and exceeding our current quarterly dividend rate of $0.18 per share by $0.02 per share. The increase in NII per share resulted primarily from a reduction in administrative overhead expenses and a restoration of certain loans to income accrual status due to improved performance.
Our strategy focuses on risk reduction, capital preservation, and avoidance of “yield chasing” investments deemed too risky with a poor risk/return profile at this point in the economic cycle. We remain committed to our historic credit discipline with repayments outpacing originations for the third consecutive quarter. While we have a robust pipeline of potential investments in our target range for credit quality and yield, we have not chased risky assets with low returns and remain underinvested at December 31, 2017. 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 December 2017 quarter our net of cash debt to equity ratio was 60.2%, down 11.4% from September 2017.
For the December 2017 quarter, our net increase in net assets resulting from operations (“NI”) was $121.7 million, or $0.34 per weighted average share, an increase of $0.31 from the September 2017 quarter as a result of NII in excess of dividends and an increase in the fair market value of certain investments.
Our interest income as a percentage of total investment income was 94.4% in the December 2017 quarter.
Our net asset value (“NAV”) per share increased by $0.16 to $9.28 during the December 2017 quarter.
| All amounts in $000’s except per share amounts | Six Months Ended December 31, 2017 | Six Months Ended December 31, 2016 | ||
| NII | $136,924 | $163,324 | ||
| NII per Share | $0.38 | $0.46 | ||
| NI | $133,700 | $182,246 | ||
| NI per Share | $0.37 | $0.51 | ||
| Distributions to Shareholders | $146,559 | $179,097 | ||
| Distributions per Share | $0.41 | $0.50 | ||
For the six months ended December 31, 2017, we earned NII of $136.9 million, or $0.38 per weighted average share, down $0.08 from the prior year. For the six months ended December 31, 2017, we earned NI of $133.7 million, or $0.37 per weighted average share, down $0.14 from the prior year.
DISTRIBUTION DECLARATION
Prospect is declaring distributions as follows:
- $0.06 per share for February 2018 to February 28, 2018 record holders with March 22, 2018 payment date;
- $0.06 per share for March 2018 to March 30, 2018 record holders with April 19, 2018 payment date; and
- $0.06 per share for April 2018 to April 30, 2018 record holders with May 24, 2018 payment date.
These distributions mark Prospect’s 115th, 116th, and 117th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.
Based on the declarations above, Prospect’s closing stock price of $6.29 at February 6, 2018 delivers to shareholders a dividend yield of 11.4%.
Based on past distributions and our current share count for declared distributions, Prospect since inception through our April 2018 distribution will have distributed $16.44 per share to original shareholders, exceeding $2.5 billion in cumulative distributions to all shareholders.
Prospect expects to declare May 2018, June 2018, July 2018, and August 2018 distributions in May 2018.
PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
We continue to prioritize secured lending. At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017, and June 30, 2017, our portfolio comprised of the following:
| All amounts in $000’s except per unit amounts | As of | As of | As of |
| December 31, 2017 | September 30, 2017 | June 30, 2017 | |
| Total Investments (at fair value) | $5,421,132 | $5,687,117 | $5,838,305 |
| Number of Portfolio Companies | 122 | 120 | 121 |
| % Controlled Investments (at fair value) | 37.1% | 34.0% | 32.7% |
| Secured First Lien | 44.6% | 48.5% | 48.4% |
| Secured Second Lien | 21.3% | 19.5% | 19.0% |
| Structured Credit | 17.3% | 17.0% | 18.5% |
| Equity Investments | 16.2% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| Unsecured Debt | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Small Business Whole Loans | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Annualized Current Yield – All Investments | 10.3% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| Annualized Current Yield – Performing Interest Bearing Investments | 12.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| Top Industry Concentration(1) | 13.3% | 11.2% | 10.7% |
| Energy Industry Concentration(1) | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Retail Industry Concentration(1) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets | 1.2% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Weighted Average Portfolio Net Leverage(2) | 4.44x | 4.32x | 4.19x |
| Weighted Average Portfolio EBITDA | $60,475 | $49,155 | $48,340 |
(1) Excluding our underlying industry-diversified structured credit portfolio.
(2) Through our investment in the portfolio company’s capital structure.
During the December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017 quarters, our investment origination and repayment activity was as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Quarter Ended | Quarter Ended |
| December 31, 2017 | September 30, 2017 | |
| Total Originations | $738,737 | $222,151 |
| Agented Sponsor Debt | 56% | 47% |
| Non-Agented Debt | 32% | 34% |
| Real Estate | 11% | 2% |
| Operating Buyouts | 1% | — |
| Online Lending | 0% | 17% |
| Total Repayments | $1,042,269 | $310,894 |
| Repayments in excess of Originations | $(303,532) | $(88,743) |
For a listing of transactions completed during the quarter, please see section titled “Portfolio Investment Activity” in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2018.
Our structured credit investments have individual standalone financings each non-recourse to Prospect and with our risk limited in each case to our net investment amount. At December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, our structured credit portfolio at fair value consisted of the following:
| All amounts in $000’s except per unit amounts | As of | As of |
| December 31, 2017 | September 30, 2017 | |
| Total Structured Credit Investments | $940,276 | $969,478 |
| # of Investments | 43 | 43 |
| TTM Average Cash Yield(1)(3) | 19.3% | 20.5% |
| Annualized Cash Yield(1)(3) | 17.0% | 18.3% |
| Annualized GAAP Yield on Fair Value(1)(3) | 12.5% | 12.4% |
| Annualized GAAP Yield on Amortized Cost(2)(3) | 11.0% | 11.1% |
| Cumulative Cash Distributions | $1,078,373 | $1,034,772 |
| % of Original Investment | 73.0% | 69.8% |
| # of Underlying Collateral Loans | 2,225 | 2,310 |
| Total Asset Base of Underlying Portfolio | $19,026,601 | $19,225,010 |
| Prospect TTM Default Rate | 0.77% | 0.55% |
| Broadly Syndicated Market TTM Default Rate | 2.05% | 1.53% |
| Prospect Default Rate Outperformance vs. Market | 1.28% | 0.98% |
(1) Calculation based on fair value.
(2) Calculation based on amortized cost.
(3) Excludes deals in the process of redemption.
To date, including called deals in the process of liquidation, we have exited 11 structured credit investments totaling $290.5 million with an expected average realized IRR of 16.1% and cash on cash multiple of 1.48 times.
Since August 29, 2016 (the date of our June 2016 earnings release), 19 of our structured credit investments have completed refinancings to reduce their liability spreads, and eight 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, and are actively working on such transactions.
To date during the March 2018 quarter, we have completed new and follow-on investments as follows:
| All amounts in $000’s | Quarter Ended |
| March 31, 2018 | |
| Total Originations | $181,881 |
| Agented Sponsor Debt | 53% |
| Non-Agented Debt | 41% |
| Online Lending | 3% |
| Structured Credit | 2% |
| Real Estate | 1% |
| Total Repayments | $— |
LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL RESULTS
The following table summarizes key leverage statistics at December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016:
| All amounts in $000’s | As of December 31, 2017 | As of September 30, 2017 | As of December 31, 2016 |
| Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio | 60.2% | 71.6% | 70.3% |
| % of Assets at Floating Rates | 89.3% | 90.5% | 90.4% |
| % of Liabilities at Fixed Rates | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Unencumbered Assets | $4,606,067 | $4,494,399 | $4,803,861 |
| % of Total Assets | 77.8% | 75.2% | 77.8% |
We repaid our remaining $50.7 million October 2017 convertible notes at maturity. In calendar year 2017 and early 2018, we also issued $225 million of 2022 Notes and repurchased (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® | $318,872 | 3.75% - 5.85% | December 2017 – August 2020 | |
For the remainder of calendar year 2018, we have liability maturities of $113.6 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 December 31, 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 over the last seven years. At December 31, 2017, 21 institutional lenders were committed to the Facility compared to five lenders at June 30, 2010, representing 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, and with distributions allowed after the completion of the revolving period. We currently have no borrowings drawn under our Facility.
We have seven separate unsecured debt issuances aggregating $1.7 billion outstanding, not including our program notes, with laddered maturities extending to June 2024. At December 31, 2017, $837.5 million of program notes were outstanding with staggered maturities through October 2043.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Prospect will host an earnings call on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 11:00 am. Eastern Time. Dial 888-338-7333. For a replay prior to March 8, 2018, call 877-344-7529 passcode 10116503. The call will be available prior to March 8, 2018 on Prospect’s website, www.prospectstreet.com.
| PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | |||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||
| December 31, 2017 | June 30, 2017 | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Investments at fair value: | |||||||
| Control investments (amortized cost of $1,895,360 and $1,840,731, respectively) | $ | 2,011,922 | $ | 1,911,775 | |||
| Affiliate investments (amortized cost of $24,075 and $22,957, respectively) | 19,272 | 11,429 | |||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $3,643,003 and $4,117,868, respectively) | 3,389,938 | 3,915,101 | |||||
| Total investments at fair value (amortized cost of $5,562,438 and $5,981,556, respectively) | 5,421,132 | 5,838,305 | |||||
| Cash | 474,476 | 318,083 | |||||
| Receivables for: | |||||||
| Interest, net | 14,432 | 9,559 | |||||
| Other | 763 | 924 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses | 546 | 1,125 | |||||
| Due from Broker | 600 | — | |||||
| Due from Prospect Administration | 2,082 | — | |||||
| Due from Affiliate | 88 | 14 | |||||
| Deferred financing costs on Revolving Credit Facility | 3,394 | 4,779 | |||||
| Total Assets | 5,917,513 | 6,172,789 | |||||
| Liabilities | |||||||
| Revolving Credit Facility | — | — | |||||
| Prospect Capital InterNotes® (less unamortized debt issuance costs of $13,114 and $14,240, respectively) | 824,383 | 966,254 | |||||
| Convertible Notes (less unamortized debt issuance costs of $13,186 and $15,512, respectively) | 889,233 | 937,641 | |||||
| Public Notes (less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $9,963 and $10,981, respectively) | 739,318 | 738,300 | |||||
| Due to Prospect Capital Management | 47,629 | 48,249 | |||||
| Interest payable | 39,180 | 38,630 | |||||
| Dividends payable | 21,659 | 30,005 | |||||
| Due to Prospect Administration | 1,935 | 1,910 | |||||
| Accrued expenses | 3,615 | 4,380 | |||||
| Other liabilities | 2,149 | 2,097 | |||||
| Due to Broker | — | 50,371 | |||||
| Total Liabilities | 2,569,101 | 2,817,837 | |||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | — | — | |||||
| Net Assets | $ | 3,348,412 | $ | 3,354,952 | |||
| Components of Net Assets | |||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.001 per share (1,000,000,000 common shares authorized; 360,980,752 and 360,076,933 issued and outstanding, respectively) | $ | 361 | $ | 360 | |||
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | 3,998,406 | 3,991,317 | |||||
| Accumulated overdistributed net investment income | (64,446 | ) | (54,039 | ) | |||
| Accumulated net realized loss | (444,603 | ) | (439,435 | ) | |||
| Net unrealized loss | (141,306 | ) | (143,251 | ) | |||
| Net Assets | $ | 3,348,412 | $ | 3,354,952 | |||
| Net Asset Value Per Share | $ | 9.28 | $ | 9.32 | |||
| PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Investment Income | |||||||||||||||
| Interest income: | |||||||||||||||
| Control investments | $ | 47,418 | $ | 48,281 | $ | 93,448 | $ | 94,190 | |||||||
| Affiliate investments | — | — | 205 | — | |||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 75,833 | 87,465 | 148,263 | 174,125 | |||||||||||
| Structured credit securities | 30,131 | 39,045 | 59,551 | 78,126 | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | 153,382 | 174,791 | 301,467 | 346,441 | |||||||||||
| Dividend income: | |||||||||||||||
| Control investments | — | 1,282 | — | 3,522 | |||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 326 | 97 | 870 | 241 | |||||||||||
| Total dividend income | 326 | 1,379 | 870 | 3,763 | |||||||||||
| Other income: | |||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 4,038 | 3,856 | 6,129 | 6,796 | |||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 4,654 | 3,454 | 12,513 | 6,312 | |||||||||||
| Total other income | 8,692 | 7,310 | 18,642 | 13,108 | |||||||||||
| Total Investment Income | 162,400 | 183,480 | 320,979 | 363,312 | |||||||||||
| Operating Expenses | |||||||||||||||
| Base management fee | 29,559 | 30,886 | 59,722 | 61,678 | |||||||||||
| Income incentive fee | 18,298 | 21,101 | 34,231 | 40,831 | |||||||||||
| Interest and credit facility expenses | 39,347 | 40,848 | 80,382 | 82,517 | |||||||||||
| Allocation of overhead from Prospect Administration | (824 | ) | 2,657 | 2,704 | 6,190 | ||||||||||
| Audit, compliance and tax related fees | 1,866 | 1,058 | 2,954 | 2,453 | |||||||||||
| Directors’ fees | 112 | 112 | 225 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Other general and administrative expenses | 850 | 2,413 | 3,837 | 6,094 | |||||||||||
| Total Operating Expenses | 89,208 | 99,075 | 184,055 | 199,988 | |||||||||||
| Net Investment Income | 73,192 | 84,405 | 136,924 | 163,324 | |||||||||||
| Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized gains (losses) | |||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 2 | 178 | 11 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Affiliate investments | — | — | 846 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | (5,675 | ) | (260 | ) | (5,093 | ) | 312 | ||||||||
| Net realized (losses) gains | (5,673 | ) | (82 | ) | (4,236 | ) | 632 | ||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gains (losses) | |||||||||||||||
| Control investments | 44,425 | (11,068 | ) | 45,518 | 2,298 | ||||||||||
| Affiliate investments | 1,533 | 853 | 6,726 | (1,273 | ) | ||||||||||
| Non-control/non-affiliate investments | 8,737 | 26,896 | (50,300 | ) | 17,450 | ||||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gains (losses) | 54,695 | 16,681 | 1,944 | 18,475 | |||||||||||
| Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments | 49,022 | 16,599 | (2,292 | ) | 19,107 | ||||||||||
| Net realized losses on extinguishment of debt | (487 | ) | (124 | ) | (932 | ) | (185 | ) | |||||||
| Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 121,727 | $ | 100,880 | $ | 133,700 | $ | 182,246 | |||||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.37 | $ | 0.51 | |||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | (0.50 | ) | |||
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| ROLLFORWARD OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in actual dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 9.12 | $ | 9.60 | $ | 9.32 | $ | 9.62 | |||||||||||
| Net investment income(1) | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||
| Net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses) (1) | 0.14 | 0.04 | (0.01 | ) | 0.05 | ||||||||||||||
| Distributions of net investment income | (0.18 | ) | (0.25 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.50 | ) | |||||||||||
| Common stock transactions(2) | — | (3) | (0.01 | ) | — | (3) | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.28 | $ | 9.62 | $ | 9.28 | $ | 9.62 | |||||||||||
(1) Per share data amount is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the 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.
For additional information, contact:
Grier Eliasek, President and Chief Operating Officer
grier@prospectstreet.com
Telephone (212) 448-0702