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FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for FSK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Financials in US: 0.0% week · −6.7% month · −1.4% quarter · +11.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.66 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How FSK has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.66 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), FS KKR Capital Corp moved 0.66% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 67% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.26 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.97% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days 0.00% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Financial Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Financial Services · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelooknet universe.

Compared against FSK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — FS KKR Capital Corp

FSK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
FS KKR Capital Corp is a business development company that lends to private, mid-market American businesses rather than public ones. It concentrates on senior secured loans, with smaller allocations to subordinated and mezzanine debt, and often receives warrants or other equity alongside a loan. It can also take minority equity stakes directly, sometimes alongside a financial sponsor, and occasionally holds corporate bonds. It is based in Philadelphia and listed in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
FSK holds no seat in our index families; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sleeve, within the Asset Management group, alongside other US-listed credit and asset managers. It is a private lender to mid-market companies rather than a supplier, buyer or constraint within the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Financial Services names from our universe, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, TPG, PJT Partners, Credicorp and Grupo Cibest; the market's usual comparison is with another business development company, Ares Capital.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
FSK carries a Closelooknet score with no index seat; among its scoring modules valuation reads strongest and quality reads weakest. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition and it has no mention count in our coverage.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the quality module recovers as its loan book seasons, since business development companies are exposed to defaults among the mid-market borrowers they lend to.

FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 42, quality 42, valuation 63) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 18.87%, quarterly · last 0.44 USD on 2026-09-16

Dividends and capital return

What FSK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.04 USD per share · a 18.87% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year −2.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.10 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.44 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-16
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.80 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.34 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-19
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 784 m USD 107% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count +0.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 784 m USD · 132% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK)?

FS KKR Capital Corp trades as FSK on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is FSK in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — FS KKR Capital Corp is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is FS KKR Capital Corp's Closelooknet composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 42, quality 42 and valuation 63 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does FSK trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.1% vs the 50-day and -3.7% vs the 200-day average, 25.3% below the 52-week high and +17.5% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 18 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does FS KKR Capital Corp compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Financial Services · US), FS KKR Capital Corp (FSK) sits 25.3% below its 52-week high, 7.1% below its 50-day average; PJT Partners Inc (PJT) is 28.3% below, Enact Holdings Inc (ACT) is 7.9% below, Essent Group Ltd (ESNT) is 11.7% below. Put any of them next to FSK in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does FS KKR Capital Corp trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year FS KKR Capital Corp had a beta of 0.66 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 67% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.97% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does FS KKR Capital Corp do?

FS KKR Capital Corp is a business development company that lends to private, mid-market American businesses rather than public ones. It concentrates on senior secured loans, with smaller allocations to subordinated and mezzanine debt, and often receives warrants or other equity alongside a loan. It can also take minority equity stakes directly, sometimes alongside a financial sponsor, and occasionally holds corporate bonds. Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Financial Services names from our universe, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, TPG, PJT Partners, Credicorp and Grupo Cibest; the market's usual comparison is with another business development company, Ares Capital.

Where does FS KKR Capital Corp sit in the AI build-out?

FSK holds no seat in our index families; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sleeve, within the Asset Management group, alongside other US-listed credit and asset managers. It is a private lender to mid-market companies rather than a supplier, buyer or constraint within the AI build-out stack. FSK carries a Closelooknet score with no index seat; among its scoring modules valuation reads strongest and quality reads weakest. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition and it has no mention count in our coverage.

Does FS KKR Capital Corp pay a dividend?

FS KKR Capital Corp has paid 2.04 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 18.87% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.44 USD on 2026-09-16. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 784 m USD in dividends, 132% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FSK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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