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John F Barry bought $2.5M of PSEC

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER at PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP. 925,000 shares at an average of $2.72, traded Sep 25, 2025, filed Sep 29, 2025.

Conviction score
83
Value
$2.5M
925,000 shares
Holdings after
86,067,158
+1% from before
From 52-week low
+5%
low $2.10, close $2.21
From 52-week high
-42%
high $3.79, as of Sep 25, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $2.5M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.1%
    0
  • Price context
    5% above the 52-week low; 42% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    4 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -18% over 3 past buys
    -5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +2.4%, 3m -0.7%, 6m +5.2%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PSECOct 9, 2026 · close 1.72
Since filing Sep 29, 2025: -20.8%SPY +18.6% · excess -39.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001287032-25-000289, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 25, 2025POpen-market purchase
COMMON STOCK
+925,000$2.72$2.5M86,067,158Sep 29, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
50Moderate
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$2.7M
1,217,105 shares
+1%
64Notable
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$2.4M
1,067,648 shares
+1%
64Notable
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$2.2M
1,000,000 shares
+1%
59Moderate
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$1.0M
433,000 shares
+0%
53Moderate
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$539k
232,000 shares
+0%
46Moderate
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$452k
200,000 shares
+0%
50Moderate
PSECbuy
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
M Grier Eliasek
Chief Operating Officer
$2.7M
942,800 shares
+38%
76Notable
PSECbuy 3
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
M Grier Eliasek
Chief Operating Officer
$1.0M
370,000 shares
+17%
78Notable
PSECbuy 3
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$1.9M
741,158 shares
+1%
78Notable
PSECbuy 3
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP
John F Barry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$1.0M
384,000 shares
+0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

John F Barry bought $2.5M of PSEC | InsiderTell