FS KKR Capital (FSK) Competitors

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FSK or ARCC?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FSK or ARCC?

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than FS KKR Capital. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS KKR Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS KKR Capital	$1.72B	N/A	$585M	$0.78	23.20
Ares Capital	$2.99B	5.27	$1.52B	$2.05	10.89

Do analysts recommend FSK or ARCC?

FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus target price of $18.42, suggesting a potential upside of 1.78%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than FS KKR Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
Ares Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more volatility & risk, FSK or ARCC?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSK or ARCC a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. FS KKR Capital pays out 328.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer FSK or ARCC?

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 12 more articles in the media than FS KKR Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ares Capital and 1 mentions for FS KKR Capital. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 0.23 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ares Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSK or ARCC more profitable?

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to FS KKR Capital's net margin of 13.24%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	13.24%	6.24%	2.75%
Ares Capital	44.94%	10.48%	5.00%

Summary

Ares Capital beats FS KKR Capital on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.