Provides customized credit solutions to private middle-market U.S. companies. Invests primarily in senior secured debt of middle-market companies. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
An average decline of 10% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture.
The market pays 302.7× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 85% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 4% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
For a bank, strength is measured by capital buffers and reserves — not cash minus debt.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades 51% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 9 buys and 0 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $2.30 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 10% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
The company’s market value is 303 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
On our five-subject report card, FSK sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: FSK does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.