Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)

US — Financial Services Sector

Peers: TPVG TSLX MAIN CSWC GAIN PFLT PSEC HTGC GLAD HRZN SCM CGBD

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Key Metrics & Ratings

symbol ARCC
Rev/Share 3.1524
Book/Share 20.2249
PB 1.108
Debt/Equity 0.0
CurrentRatio 0.0
ROIC 2.086

MktCap 15556618620.0
FreeCF/Share -3.5592
PFCF -6.4658
PE 10.5349
Debt/Assets 0.0
DivYield 0.0857
ROE 0.1103

Rating B+
Score 3
Recommendation Neutral
P/E Score 3
DCF Score 5
P/B Score 3
D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type	Ticker	Analyst Firm	Previous Rating	Current Rating	Previous Price Target	Current Price Target	Date
Downgrade	ARCC	Raymond James	Outperform	Market Perform	--	--	Feb. 6, 2025
Upgrade	ARCC	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight	Overweight	--	--	Dec. 12, 2024

News

Rare (Financial) Independence Day Specials: Very Undervalued Blue-Chip 10%+ Yields

ARCC, BIP, BIZD, BXSL, KBDC, KYN, MS, MSDL, NEE, O
Published: July 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

It is rare to find blue-chip stocks yielding over 10% that are also deeply discounted. Fortunately, Mr. Market is offering several such opportunities right now. We discuss some of them in this article.

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Small Business Boom Is Quietly Benefiting These Dividend Stocks

ARCC, MAIN
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

Ignore the vanilla mainstream media. Small business mojo is gaining steam.

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Ares Capital (ARCC) Is Considered a Good Investment by Brokers: Is That True?

ARCC
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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2 Retirement Income Winners I'm Investing In Now

ARCC, EPD
Published: July 02, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Going long low yielding high-growth stocks does not seem like a smart choice for me given the rich valuations and very uncertain markets. Yet, investing in high-quality value could be an optimal alternative. Luckily, strong fundamentals and attractive yields that are sustainable go nicely together with retirement income focused strategies.

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Is Trending Stock Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) a Buy Now?

ARCC
Published: July 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Ares Capital (ARCC) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

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My Top 2 BDC Picks Right Now

ARCC, BIZD
Published: July 01, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The BDC market's days of outperformance are likely over, with high yields but limited price and dividend growth expected going forward. Despite sector headwinds like lower base rates and falling credit spreads, select BDCs still offer attractive risk-reward for income-focused investors. In the article, I discuss my Top 2 BDC choices, which offer 10%+ yields that are backed by the industry-leading fundamentals.

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17 Ideal 'Safer' Dividend Dogs To Buy Out Of 72 June Graham Value All-Stars

ARCC, BCS, BNS, BXSL, CALM, COLB, DHT, EPD, ET, FLNG, FSK, GBDC, HP, HTGC, ING, ITUB, JD, MO, MPLX, NOAH, NWBI, OBDC, PFE, RIO, RMR
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I use YCharts' Value Score and Ben Graham Formula Value All Stars, or GASV, to identify large-cap stocks offering strong value and dividend safety. Seventeen out of twenty-four "safer" lowest-priced Dividend Dogs of the GASV are currently fair-priced and ready to buy for income investors. Top ten GASV stocks offer projected average net gains of 32.99% by June 2026, with yields ranging from 8.94% to 13.81%.

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How To Build A $1,000,000 Dividend Portfolio That Could Yield 11%+ In 15 Years

AAPL, ALIZF, ALIZY, AMZN, ARCC, ARE, BAC, BBSEY, BEP, BHP, BLK, BTI, GOOG, GOOGL, HDV, JNJ, JPM, KO, LIN, LVMHF, MA, MAIN, MO, MSFT, NKE
Published: June 24, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The Dividend Income Accelerator Portfolio balances income, growth, and capital appreciation, now enhanced by the global diversification from Allianz and LVMH. We focus on financially healthy companies with sustainable dividends and strong competitive advantages, optimizing risk-reward through sector and geographic diversification. The portfolio's Weighted Average Dividend Yield [FWD] of 4.05% and 5-Year Weighted Average Dividend Growth Rate [CAGR] of 7.06% project a Yield on Cost above 11% in 15 years.

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2 Ultimate Dividend SWANs With 7-9% Yields

ARCC, ARES
Published: June 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

High quality and yield can be cornerstones of a sleep well at night portfolio. I focus on dividend stocks with high returns on capital and strong balance sheets for reliable, high-yield income. Both are attractively valued and are industry giants due to their scale and capital discipline.

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New Strong Sell Stocks for June 23rd

ARCC, BIDU, BRKR
Published: June 23, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

ARCC, BIDU and BRKR have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on June 23 2025.

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5-9% Yields To Build A Low-Stress Dividend Income Stream

AMLP, ARCC, BAM, BEP, BEPC, BIP, BIPC, BIZD, BX, CWEN, DGRO, ENB, EPD, EPRT, ET, JEPI, JEPQ, MAIN, MSDL, NNN, O, QQQI, SCHD, SPYI, TRP
Published: June 22, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Building a low-stress retirement income stream requires a diversified portfolio of durable, defensive, and dividend-growing stocks or funds. I share two approaches to achieving a low-stress dividend growth portfolio that yields 5-9%. I detail which of the two approaches is my favorite, as well as some of my top big dividend growth picks for retirees right now.

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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know

ARCC
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Ares Capital (ARCC) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

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What I Wish I Knew Before Buying BDCs, REITs, And MLPs

AMLP, ARCC, BIZD, BX, BXSL, ET, GBDC, KMI, MAIN, MPLX, NNN, O, VNQ, WPC
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

BDCs, REITs, and MLPs offer attractive, sustainable yields due to pass-through structures and stable cash flow profiles. However, each of these sectors has its own unique quirks. I discuss several of these that are often overlooked by investors.

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Is It Worth Investing in Ares Capital (ARCC) Based on Wall Street's Bullish Views?

ARCC
Published: June 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price.

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A Brief Lesson On Huge Yielders

AGNC, ARCC, ARR, BXMT, CHMI, CIM, DX, EFC, FBRT, FSK, GAIN, GPMT, MAIN, MFA, MITT, NLY, NYMT, OBDC, ORC, PMT, RC, RITM, TPVG, TWO
Published: June 13, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Charts? Dog photos? Me? An Opportunity to learn? So many reasons to like this article. Beware of extremely high return on equity figures. It looks great today, but you need to evaluate the source of the income.

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Dividends Under $50: Don't Miss This 8.6% High-Yield Stock

ARCC
Published: June 12, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Dividend investing is a proven successful stretgy for creating wealth, but there are significant risks associated with chasing high-yields.

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Falling Fast? That's My Buy Signal On These 2 Bargains

ARCC, ARE
Published: June 11, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

For long-term value investors, red tends to turn green. Namely, enticing value opportunities tend to emerge on the way down. The trick is to understand which ones are sound opportunities and in which cases it is a falling knife situation.

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The More It Tanks, The More It Stanks

ARCC, BIZD, CION, MS, MSDL, PSEC
Published: June 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

High-yield stocks that trade at deep discounts to NAV often attract value-oriented income investors. However, most of the time, these investments are value traps. I share two popular stocks like this whose dividends I think are at risk and will likely deliver disappointing total returns to shareholders moving forward.

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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It

ARCC
Published: June 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Ares Capital (ARCC) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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9% Dividends: 2 Retirement Income Powerhouses

ARCC, PAA
Published: June 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

When investing for retirement, there should be no compromises on the safety aspect. A large and unexpected income reduction in the retirement phase could lead to really bad consequences (e.g., reduction of living standards, being forced to locate alternative income sources). In this respect, 9% yields seem like a no-go scenario.

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Ares Capital (ARCC) Stock Drops Despite Market Gains: Important Facts to Note

ARCC
Published: June 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Ares Capital (ARCC) closed at $21.93 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.14% move from the prior day.

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Ares Capital: Overvalued Vs. Other BDCs

ARCC
Published: June 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Weaker US M&A activity and declining net investment commitments signal subdued investment portfolio growth ahead. Investment yield spreads have been shrinking but latest management commentary and a lower-than-expected exposure to tariff-sensitive sectors are tailwinds going forward. ARCC trades at a 21% premium to BDC peers, far above its historical 5% average. So I think ARCC is relatively overvaluation and at risk of a mean reversion correction.

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2 BDCs To Dump Before Rates Fall

ARCC, BBDC, BXSL, GBDC, PNNT, TPVG
Published: June 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Recent Fed actions and economic data suggest a material risk of further interest rate cuts in the near to medium term. Lower rates threaten BDC dividend sustainability, even for solid names like ARCC and BXSL, as shown by recent NII declines. In this article, I discuss two high-quality BDCs (not ARCC and BXSL), which investors should consider divesting if they also assume an interest rate cut scenario as a base case.

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7-10% Yielding Big Dividend Powerhouses To Turbocharge Your Retirement Income

AMLP, ARCC, BIZD, BXSL, EPD, ET, GBDC, KMI, PAA, SCHD
Published: June 02, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

High-yield, blue-chip stocks are the holy grail of retiring on dividends. I share some of my favorite 7-10% yielding blue chips that look like attractive picks for retirees. I also share some of the risks to keep in mind.

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Is Ares Capital (ARCC) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

ARCC
Published: May 30, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Fat Dividends Served Reality Check

AGNC, ARCC, ARR, BXMT, BXSL, CHMI, CIM, CSWC, DX, EFC, FBRT, FSK, GAIN, GBDC, GPMT, MAIN, MFA, MITT, NLY, NYMT, OBDC, OCSL, ORC, RC, RITM
Published: May 29, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Big dividends sound great, but how about big losses? Since Q2 2025 began, book values got smacked. Not talking about share prices. You can tell if the share price declined (hopefully). That would be a worthless article. One of these high-yield sectors has been doing much better than the others.

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Investors Heavily Search Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC): Here is What You Need to Know

ARCC
Published: May 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Ares Capital (ARCC) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

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Buy Any Of 18 Ideal 'Safer' May Dividend Dogs Out Of 70 Graham Value All-Stars (GVAS)

AAT, ARCC, BCS, BNS, BXSL, CALM, COLB, DHT, ET, FSK, GBDC, HP, HTGC, ING, ITUB, IVZ, KHC, MO, MPLX, NWBI, OBDC, PBR, PFS, RIO, RMR
Published: May 23, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I use YCharts' Value Score and Ben Graham Formula to identify large-cap stocks offering strong value relative to profits, assets, and dividends. Eighteen of twenty-four 'safer' lowest-priced Dividend Dogs of the GVAS are fair-priced and ready to buy for income-focused investors. Top ten GVAS stocks are projected to deliver 17.99% to 68.74% net gains by May 2026, with average risk 29% below the market.

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ARCC vs. HTGC: Which BDC Has More Upside Amid Market Uncertainty?

ARCC, HTGC
Published: May 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Can tech-focused Hercules Capital outperform diversified Ares Capital in today's uncertain market? Let's find out.

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2 Stress-Free High Yields For Retirement And Significant Upside Potential

ARCC, BXSL, ET, KBDC, MPLX
Published: May 20, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

It is rare to find investments with high yields, strong capital appreciation potential, and relatively low risk. However, there are exceptions to this. We discuss two of these opportunities with yields of 8-10%.

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About Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)

IPO Date 2004-10-05
Website https://www.arescapitalcorp.com
Industry Asset Management
CEO Kort Schnabel
Employees 1200

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.