FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -1.08 compared to its previous closing price of 24.06. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.84% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-02-19 that Before January 31, 2025, my REaders mentioned 40 equities in their comments on my articles. Some bad-news investments (ROgues) mixed with (mostly) FAvorites. Thus, readers spoke-up about the ReFa/Ro. Ten analyst-target-estimated TOP-NET-GAIN ReFa/Ro: CAG, VZ, DOW, PFE, MRK GOGL, PK, PBR FRO, and TRMD averaged 40.36% net gains from reader data collected 2/17/25. Ten analysts target-augured January TOP-PRICE-UPSIDE reader faves & rogues (ReFa/Ro) were: CAG, VZ, PBR, DOW, PFE, GOGL, TRMD, PK, MRK, & FRO, boasting a 27.91% average target price upside estimate.
Is It Worth Investing in FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK) Right Now?
FS KKR Capital Corp (NYSE: FSK) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 12.66x compared to its average ratio, The 36-month beta value for FSK is at 1.30. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for FSK is 278.04M, and currently, shorts hold a 1.38% of that float. The average trading volume for FSK on February 20, 2025 was 1.32M shares.
FSK’s Market Performance
FSK stock saw an increase of 1.84% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 5.92% and a quarterly increase of 12.78%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.30%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.34% for FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.46% for FSK’s stock, with a 15.38% simple moving average for the past 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 6.88% 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 -1.24% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.30%, as shares surge +6.54% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +11.74% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FSK rose by +1.84%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +24.61% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $23.23. In addition, FS KKR Capital Corp saw 9.58% 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 4.28.
Conclusion
In conclusion, FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) has had a better performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is mixed, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
