FS Credit Opportunities Corp. (FSCO): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is FSCO undervalued?

At 5.10 (close of 5 Nov 2026), FSCO trades 83% below the GLS average fair value of 29.88. That average comes from 9 models run on the latest filings, and 8 of them land above the current price. Margins of safety over 30% are the exception rather than the rule across the ~7,400 stocks we value each night, so the number earns FS Credit Opportunities Corp. the full Value points in the Wheel Score - and a closer look at what the market is pricing in.

There is a wide gap between DCF (1.76) and Payback Time (75.24). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

Ranked against every other company we cover, FSCO is clearly cheaper than it is fast-growing, so the nightly engine files it under Value (value score 89, growth score 45, out of 100). It also carries the Income tag (Income = a dividend yield of 4% or more).

Nine valuation models for FSCO

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

No Piotroski health score is on file for FSCO (the statements it needs were not available), so the Health part of the Wheel Score counts it at half marks - 10 of 20 - rather than marking the stock down for missing data. On durability FSCO scores 5.2/10 on the GLS Moat - a middle reading; the Moat Score tab on the Quote page's Financials view shows which of the four parts hold it back.

Returns on capital are moderate - ROIC 8.7%, ROE 10.4%, ROA 6.9% - with debt at 0.20 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 49.7%.

The dividend yield is high at 14.53% (payout ratio 105%) - a payout above 100% of earnings, which is not covered by profits. A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 10/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 31: No options

No options are listed on FS Credit Opportunities Corp. in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 31, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 729k shares a day on a market cap of $1.0B, with a beta of 0.35 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for FSCO in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 20 Nov 2026 (0.0594 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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