# FS Credit Opportunities Corp. (FSCO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $5.30, market value $1.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 8.7×** (5-yr avg 5.7×, 3-yr avg 5.7×). FS Credit Opportunities Corp. trades at 8.7× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 5.7×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 6.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 6.6×.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 47.8%** (5-yr avg 27.5%). Free cash flow equals 47.8% of the market value, above its five-year average of 27.5%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 11.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 11.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 91.5%**. 91.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.4%**. 10.4% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 6.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -20.7%**. Revenue fell 20.7% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -19.1%**. Earnings per share fell 19.1%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 26.1%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 26.1% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $399 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 14.30%** ($0.76 per share, trailing). FS Credit Opportunities Corp. yields 14.30%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 105%** (31% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (105% payout), though free cash flow still covers it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Shareholder yield: 14.3%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 14.3% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -19.1%** (YTD -8.8%, 3-mo 13.1%). The shares are down 19.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -29.3%** (28.3% above the low). Trading 29% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 73**. An RSI of 73 is in overbought territory; short-term pullbacks are common from here.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.61** (volatility 28%). Beta of 0.61 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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