Prospect Capital CEO Barry's Stake Climbs to 25.2% After $8.8M of Buying
PSEC is trading near its 52-week low of $1.48 (1.4% above the low).
Summary
Prospect Capital CEO John Barry's ownership reached 25.2% (134.7 million shares) after 4.05 million shares acquired since May, mostly dividend reinvestment plus a previously reported $2.7 million open-market buy.
Key Events · Ownership and Investor Activity · PSEC
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CEO Stake Reaches 25.2%
John F. Barry III holds 134,685,809 shares, or 25.2% of the 533,816,849 shares outstanding as of September 21, 2026.
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4.05M Shares Acquired Since May
Since Amendment No. 12 on May 21, 2026, Barry acquired 4,047,543.91 shares: 3,949,753 bought with personal funds on the open market and 97,790.91 through dividend reinvestment.
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Open-Market Buy Already Reported
The 1,217,105-share purchase at $2.24 on September 4, 2026 was disclosed on the September 9 Form 4; the rest of the period's activity was dividend reinvestment at $2.09-$2.1375.
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Foundation Holds 8.2%
The John & Daria Barry Foundation separately reports 43,727,065.61 shares, or 8.2% of the class.
Analysis · PSEC · Unknown
John Barry now controls 134.7 million shares, or 25.2% of Prospect Capital, after acquiring 4.05 million shares since May — 3.95 million of them bought with personal cash on the open market. Most of that cash buying (1.22 million shares at $2.24) was already reported on the September 9 Form 4, so this filing is mainly a cumulative ownership tally rather than a new trade. The size of the stake matters: a founder-CEO with a quarter of the company has far more skin in the game than a typical BDC insider, and it comes as the stock trades near its 52-week low of $1.48 after the August dividend cut and NAV decline to $5.71 per share.
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At the time of this filing, PSEC was trading at $1.50 on NASDAQ in the Unknown sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $795.4M. The 52-week trading range was $1.48 to $3.13. This filing was assessed with positive market sentiment and an importance score of 7 out of 10.