Prospect Capital Corporation vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? Prospect Capital Corporation trades at $2.14 (market cap $1.08B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $118.24 (market cap $12.37B). The key difference: J M Smucker Co is far larger — about 11.5× Prospect Capital Corporation's market cap, and Prospect Capital Corporation pays the higher dividend (23.26%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| PSEC | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.08B | $12.37B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $3.47 | $117.05 |
52-Week Low | $2.15 | $89.53 |
Dividend Yield | 23.26% | 3.87% |
Enterprise Value | — | $19.40B |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Prospect Capital Corp is a closed-end investment company based in the United States. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company invests primarily in senior and subordinated debt and equity of private companies for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations, and other purposes. It makes investments, including lending in private equity, sponsored transactions, directly to companies, investments in structured credit, real estate, and syndicated debt.
Read more on PSEC →J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
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