Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management

FS KKR Capital Corp. FSK

$10.97 -1.26% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.07B

Strong growthWeak trendHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.35, down 275.3% year over year.
  2. Operating margin narrowed to -0.3% from 32.9% a year earlier.
  3. Net debt is 151.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth92Exceptional

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 11%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 2%
Quality20Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
  • Gross marginBottom 38%
  • Operating marginBottom 10%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
  • Interest coverBottom 11%
Value29Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 7%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 25%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
Momentum14Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 12%
  • 6-month returnBottom 47%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 12%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 14%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Revisions10Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 23%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 25%
Stability10Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 23%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 12%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-43.2%23.8%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-204.2%-275.3%↓
Gross margin39.7%60.5%↑
Operating margin32.9%-0.3%↓
FCF margin65.1%140.0%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)23.8%-43.2%↑Top 19%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-275.3%-204.2%↓Bottom 4%
Gross margin60.5%39.7%↑Bottom 38%
Operating margin-0.3%32.9%↓Bottom 10%
Net margin-39.6%28.5%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin140.0%65.1%↑—
Return on invested capital-0.0%—Bottom 30%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR36.2%—Top 11%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-14.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-46.1 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
151.52×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-0.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
23.50%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.07%
Shareholder yield
23.57%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.0%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-2.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$11.75
Target vs current price
+7.1%
Analysts with a rating
13
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
15%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026+3.0%+7.6%+10.2%+11.0%—
May 11, 2026-6.8%-0.7%+1.3%-1.8%+1.8%
Feb 25, 2026-5.5%+1.5%-16.5%-23.5%-16.5%
Nov 5, 2025+0.0%-0.9%+3.8%+3.4%-9.2%
Aug 6, 2025-195.2%+0.5%-12.0%-10.3%-24.5%
May 7, 2025+1.6%-0.6%+6.3%+8.0%+4.8%
Feb 26, 2025-1.5%-2.2%-2.6%-9.2%-10.9%
Nov 6, 2024-18.6%+2.6%+3.5%+5.3%+14.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026$0.43$0.42+3.0%$290.0M
May 11, 2026$0.41$0.44-6.8%$304.0M
Feb 25, 2026$0.52$0.55-5.5%$348.0M
Nov 5, 2025$0.57$0.57+0.0%$344.0M
Aug 6, 2025-$0.60$0.63-195.2%$260.0M
May 7, 2025$0.65$0.64+1.6%$242.0M
Feb 26, 2025$0.66$0.67-1.5%$295.0M
Nov 6, 2024$0.57$0.70-18.6%$441.0M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (forward)6.7×———
EV / EBITDA224.7×——Bottom 25%
EV / Sales9.95×——Bottom 10%
Free-cash-flow yield43.19%——Top 6%
Earnings yield-12.31%——Bottom 7%

P/E over the past five years

Range 2.1× – 444.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-26.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-275.3%
Change in P/E multiple
+3932.7%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+3.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-3.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-6.6%
RSI (14)
35.8
Relative volume
1.64×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
33.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
78th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.75
Correlation with S&P 500
0.34
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-32.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-58.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Feb 19, 2025Mar 27, 2026-58.8%277 daysNot yet recovered
Sep 13, 2021Sep 29, 2022-28.0%264 days586 days (Jan 31, 2025)
Dec 4, 2020Jan 4, 2021-14.6%19 days36 days (Feb 25, 2021)
Oct 2, 2020Oct 28, 2020-11.9%18 days9 days (Nov 10, 2020)
Jun 8, 2021Jul 19, 2021-11.4%28 days39 days (Sep 13, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.07B
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$1.35
Revenue (TTM)
$948.0M
Dividend yield
18.60%
52-week range
$9.72 – $16.31
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.76B$463.0M$1.23B$1.11B$1.17B
Gross profit$1.54B$112.0M$779.0M$664.0M$815.0M
Operating income$1.53B$116.0M$721.0M$608.0M$580.0M
Net income$1.51B$92.0M$696.0M$585.0M$11.0M
EPS (diluted)$7.16$0.32$2.48$2.09$0.04
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$288.0M$295.0M$242.0M-$59.0M$344.0M$209.0M$105.0M$290.0M
Net income$160.0M$147.0M$120.0M-$209.0M$214.0M-$114.0M-$441.0M-$34.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.57$0.52$0.43-$0.75$0.76-$0.41-$1.57-$0.13
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$385.0M$1.01B$631.0M$1.90B$592.0M
Capital expenditure$0$0$0$0$0
Free cash flow$385.0M$1.01B$631.0M$1.90B$592.0M
Dividends paid-$502.0M-$738.0M-$823.0M-$1.01B-$784.0M
Net share buybacks-$12.0M-$56.0M-$32.0M$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$107.0M
Total assets
$11.99B
Total liabilities
$6.73B
Total debt
$6.47B
Net debt
$6.36B
Shareholders’ equity
$5.27B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 16, 2026$0.44Oct 2, 2026
Jun 17, 2026$0.42Jul 2, 2026
Mar 18, 2026$0.48Apr 2, 2026
Dec 3, 2025$0.70Dec 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025$0.70Oct 2, 2025
Jun 18, 2025$0.70Jul 2, 2025
Mar 19, 2025$0.70Apr 2, 2025
Dec 4, 2024$0.70Dec 18, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
14,084,411
Days to cover
9.14
Change vs previous report
+9.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 16, 2020
1-for-4