FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK)’s stock price has increased by 1.52 compared to its previous closing price of 21.72. However, the company has seen a 1.99% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-01-01 that FS KKR Capital (FSK) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company’s earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
Is It Worth Investing in FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK) is 11.73x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for FSK is 1.31. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for FSK is 278.04M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.51% of that float. On January 03, 2025, FSK’s average trading volume was 1.33M shares.
FSK’s Market Performance
The stock of FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) has seen a 1.99% increase in the past week, with a 0.59% rise in the past month, and a 11.39% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.08%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.29% for FSK. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 2.72% for FSK stock, with a simple moving average of 10.19% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of FSK
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FSK stocks, with B. Riley Securities repeating the rating for FSK by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for FSK in the upcoming period, according to B. Riley Securities is $21.50 based on the research report published on December 11, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see FSK reach a price target of $21. The rating they have provided for FSK stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on December 02nd, 2024.
Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Overweight” to FSK, setting the target price at $21 in the report published on May 29th of the previous year.
FSK Trading at 3.97% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FSK to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.25% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.29%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.08%, as shares surge +0.32% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +5.96% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FSK rose by +1.99%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +19.71% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $21.47. In addition, FS KKR Capital Corp saw 1.52% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FSK starting from Hopkins Jerel A, who purchase 500 shares at the price of $21.46 back on Dec 06 ’24. After this action, Hopkins Jerel A now owns 8,642 shares of FS KKR Capital Corp, valued at $10,732 using the latest closing price.
Pietrzak Daniel, the Co-President and CIO of FS KKR Capital Corp, purchase 5,000 shares at $21.31 during a trade that took place back on Dec 05 ’24, which means that Pietrzak Daniel is holding 49,800 shares at $106,550 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FSK
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.64 for the present operating margin
- 0.79 for the gross margin
The net margin for FS KKR Capital Corp stands at 0.36. The total capital return value is set at 0.06.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.18 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -642.11. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.95.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
