FSK NYSE Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

FS KKR Capital Corp · Financial Services · Asset Management

Latest close 10.57 USD
-0.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -2.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.6%, after a 1.3% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 50/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 46/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal; earnings are due in 3d.

Setup score 30 out of 100
Latest Close 10.57 USD 31 Jul 2026
1W Return -0.6% latest completed week
4W Return 1.3% short-term follow-through
12W Return 1.5% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 0.0% 0 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is weak, so confirmation is not yet broad enough.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -2.5% below the Trend Line and sits at 17.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.6%, after a 1.3% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.2512-week average 0.15

12-week confirmation

Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure12/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.25Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals3Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 1.3% over four weeks, 1.5% over 12 weeks, and -38.7% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.6%
4W1.3%
12W1.5%
26W-16.4%
52W-38.7%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year0
Trend breadth0.0%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure0.69Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change47.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-20.51Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change21.5%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 87%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength45/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 56; rank 1 is best.
Value74/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 27; rank 1 is best.
Quality32/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Momentum7/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 94; rank 1 is best.
Growth12/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 89; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
5.0x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
-
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
4.0%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
33.6%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
-54.8%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
68.3%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
-2.0%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-43.2%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-59.8%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
21.6%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
21.6%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
-31.9x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningVolatility

FSK shows volatility options pressure with a 50/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.04, expected move of 9.2%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction50/100
Expected move9.2%
Put/call volume0.04
Pressure97
Speculation8
Volatility77
Trend agreement0
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Insider activity-

No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.

News sentiment46/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 60 relevant articles.

7 positive · 40 neutral · 13 negative
Patient CapitalRecent

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings3dNext report is scheduled for 05 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move9.2%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-38.6%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.6%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+12.4%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-16.7%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week-0.6%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains3
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses9
Sharp losses5
Recent vol2.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol4.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/29Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.9% / -3.8%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 202610.57 USD-0.6%10.84 USD14.13 USD0.69-20.5111.6MOff
24 Jul 202610.63 USD-2.7%10.94 USD14.14 USD0.59-20.3810.4MOff
17 Jul 202610.93 USD1.2%11.04 USD14.15 USD0.65-19.9111.4MOff
10 Jul 202610.80 USD3.5%11.12 USD14.16 USD0.54-23.3413.2MOff
3 Jul 202610.43 USD0.3%11.23 USD14.17 USD0.47-26.1211.1MOff
26 Jun 202610.40 USD1.3%11.36 USD14.19 USD0.48-25.8715.4MOff
19 Jun 202610.27 USD-3.3%11.48 USD14.20 USD0.40-29.5414.3MOff
12 Jun 202610.62 USD3.4%11.60 USD14.21 USD0.37-27.5611.2MOff
5 Jun 202610.28 USD-1.6%11.70 USD14.21 USD0.41-30.5215.0MOff
29 May 202610.44 USD0.8%11.80 USD14.23 USD0.38-32.189.6MOff
22 May 202610.35 USD-1.8%11.90 USD14.24 USD0.40-32.7717.0MOff
15 May 202610.55 USD1.3%12.00 USD14.24 USD0.22-31.9224.6MOff
8 May 202610.41 USD-6.1%12.08 USD14.25 USD0.01-33.5620.4MOff
1 May 202611.09 USD9.8%12.14 USD14.26 USD-0.29-28.5116.8MOff
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.