Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)

US — Financial Services Sector

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Key Metrics & Ratings

symbol ARCC
Rev/Share 3.1524
Book/Share 20.2249
PB 1.1224
Debt/Equity 1.0183
CurrentRatio 6.5643
ROIC 0.0656

MktCap 15757931400.0
FreeCF/Share -3.5592
PFCF -6.5494
PE 10.6712
Debt/Assets 0.4916
DivYield 0.0846
ROE 0.1103

Rating A-
Score 4
Recommendation Buy
P/E Score 3
DCF Score 5
P/B Score 3
D/E Score 2

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

Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

ARCC
Published: July 29, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 12:00 PM ET Company Participants James Miller - President John W. Stilmar - Partner & Co-Head of Public Markets Investor Relations Kort Schnabel - CEO, Partner & Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending Scott C.

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Ares Capital (ARCC) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

ARCC
Published: July 29, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Although the revenue and EPS for Ares Capital (ARCC) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

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16 Ideal 'Safer' Dividend Dogs To Buy From 70 July Graham Value All-Stars (GVAS)

ARCC, BCC, BCS, BNS, BXSL, CALM, COLB, DHT, EPD, ET, FLNG, FSK, HP, ING, MO, MPLX, NOAH, NWBI, PFE, RMR, SU, TFC, TRMD, TTE, UPS
Published: July 25, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Graham All Star Value (GASV) strategy identifies top dividend 'dogs' offering high yield and fair pricing, using YCharts' large cap value and Ben Graham screens. Analyst projections suggest the top ten GASV stocks could deliver average net gains of 27.55% by July 2026, with moderate risk. Sixteen of the twenty-one lowest-priced, 'safer' GASV dividend stocks are currently buyable, with dividends exceeding share price for ideal picks.

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

ARCC
Published: July 25, 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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Ares Capital (ARCC) Q2 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance Measures

ARCC
Published: July 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for Ares Capital (ARCC), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2025.

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Ares Capital's Q2 Earnings Coming Up: What's in Store for ARCC?

ARCC
Published: July 22, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

ARCC's Q2 results will likely show lower earnings and sales, with elevated costs and muted investment income weighing on performance.

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Turbocharge Your Retirement With Income Machines Paying Fat Dividends

ARCC, ARES, BEP, BEPC, BIZD, BX, BXSL, LAND, LANDM, LANDO, LANDP, O, PFFR, SCHD, TRP, UTF, UTG, VNQ, XLU
Published: July 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I detail why buying income machines is such a powerful way to fund a retirement. I share my four favorite income machines. I detail why they are my favorites.

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Sticky Inflation Is Back In Focus: Time To Consider High Yields

ARCC, BIZD, BX, BXSL, JPM, MAIN, O, VZ, WFC, XLRE
Published: July 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

With inflation sticky and rate cuts unlikely in 2024, investors should consider repositioning into high-yield stocks to offset volatility. Ares Capital (ARCC) and Blackstone Secured Lending (BXSL) offer strong fundamentals, high yields, and benefit from higher-for-longer interest rates. Verizon (VZ) and Realty Income (O) provide attractive yields and blue-chip stability, despite near-term headwinds from elevated rates.

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BDC Shuffle: The Stock To Drop And The Stock To Shop

ARCC, BIZD, BXSL, FDUS, SCM
Published: July 20, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

BDCs have performed unexpectedly well this year. Despite the growing uncertainty in the system and high probabilities for incremental base rate cuts, the BDC index is up on a YTD basis. This is not the right setup for being aggressive here.

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Some Of The Best Big Dividend Machines To Buy And Hold 'Forever'

ARCC, BIZD, BXSL, EPD, ET, MAIN, PAA, VNQ
Published: July 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

We discuss the single most important metric to look for in stocks that you plan to buy and hold for the long term. We share two opportunities that yield ~7%, which score very high on this metric. We detail other reasons why these are great big dividend machines to buy and hold for the long term as well.

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A BDC Pair Trade Opportunity By Hecrules Capital And Ares Capital

ARCC
Published: July 16, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

HTGC and ARCC, both top BDCs, show a current mispricing, with HTGC now undervalued relative to ARCC after a sharp premium correction. HTGC maintains superior long-term and recent NAV total returns compared to ARCC, and credit assessments show no portfolio concern. Pair trade opportunities exist: long HTGC/short ARCC if you expect HTGC's premium to recover, or long BIZD/short ARCC for sector mean reversion.

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Ares Capital (ARCC) Rises Higher Than Market: Key Facts

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

In the closing of the recent trading day, Ares Capital (ARCC) stood at $23.06, denoting a +1.36% move from the preceding trading day.

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Ares Capital Is My Largest BDC Holding For A Reason

ARCC
Published: July 14, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

ARCC remains my largest BDC holding due to its resilience in uncertain times and diversified, high-quality portfolio of sizeable businesses. The company's lower exposure to floating-rate debt and meaningful equity investments help stabilize income despite falling interest rates. Non-accruals remain low and portfolio concentration is modest, supporting sustainable dividends and reduced risk of defaults.

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Ares Capital: It's Time To Finally Hold Back Your Optimism (Rating Downgrade)

ARCC
Published: July 14, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

ARCC is a leading BDC, but April's volatility and looming trade uncertainties warrant vigilance as we approach key trade negotiation deadlines. Core earnings are still expected to cover dividends, with management's spillover income and low leverage providing stability and investment firepower to deploy. Yet, ARCC's premium valuation, and potential Fed rate cuts could limit further upside, lowering its risk/reward appeal markedly.

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Correction Alert: Ares Capital Getting Risky

ARCC
Published: July 14, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

ARCC has one of the most impressive track records of any BDC out there. However, it is getting increasingly risky. I detail why I am downgrading it to Sell.

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2 Quality Stocks For A Big, Beautiful Income Stream

ARCC, GSBD, OCSL, ORI, PEP, TPVG, XLK
Published: July 14, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I focus on dividend investing to build a reliable income stream, prioritizing companies with strong fundamentals and consistent dividend growth. Old Republic International stands out for its robust earnings, special dividends, and over 40 years of dividend increases, trading at an attractive valuation. Ares Capital offers a high yield, strong liquidity, and a history of stable dividends, making it a solid choice for income-focused investors.

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Two 10%+ Yielding BDCs Going From Bargains To Screaming Buys

ARCC, BIZD, CCAP, GSBD, KBDC, MAIN, OCSL, QQQ, SPY, TPVG
Published: July 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Since the announcement of tariffs in early April, the BDC market has become a less interesting place for capital deployment (as we can imply from higher discounts). Yet, as it is usually the case, higher discounts mean more opportunities for patient investors. In this article, I discuss two 10%+ yielding BDCs, which, even before the uncertainty level spiked higher, were bargains and now have become even more attractive buys.

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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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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.