Ares Capital Corporation ARCC

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19.01 USD -0.41 (-2.11%)

At closeNov 4, 2026, 7:42 AM EST

19.20 +0.19 +1.00%

Pre-market · Nov 4, 7:42 AM ET

18.98 Day range 19.35
17.40 52-week range 21.14
YTD
-6.03%
1 year
-6.22%
Market cap
13.73B
Revenue (ttm)
3.09B
Profit margin
28.34%
EPS (ttm)
1.19
Shares out
722.19M
P/E ratio
15.97
Forward P/E
9.79
Dividend
1.92 (10.36%)
Ex-dividend date
Dec 14, 2026
YTD return
-6.03%
1-year return
-6.22%
Volume
3.87M
Avg volume
4.42M
Open
19.35
Previous close
19.42
Day's range
18.98 – 19.35
52-week range
17.40 – 21.14
Analysts
Strong Buy
Price target
21.00 (+10.5%)
Earnings date
Feb 3, 2027

2Y -1.87 (-8.96%)

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Key statistics

Enterprise value
28.42B
PEG ratio
3.72
Price / sales
4.45
Price / book
0.98
Dividend yield
9.89%
Payout ratio
157.38%
Revenue growth
-2.40%
Free cash flow
0
Total cash
722.00M
Total debt
15.12B
Return on equity
6.19%
Short % of float
5.59%
50-day average
19.21
200-day average
19.01

Financials — quick view

All financials
ARCC Revenue — quarterly 763.00M
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026
ARCC Net income — quarterly 319.00M
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026
ARCC EPS — quarterly 0.44
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026

Earnings

ARCC recent earnings
Report dateQuarter endingEPS estimateEPS reportedSurpriseSurprise %
Feb 3, 2027Dec 30, 20260.47———
Oct 27, 2026Sep 30, 20260.47630.46-0.02-3.42%
Jul 29, 2026Jun 30, 20260.47310.470.00-0.66%
Apr 28, 2026Mar 31, 20260.48270.47-0.01-2.63%
Feb 4, 2026Dec 31, 20250.500.500.000.00%
Oct 28, 2025Sep 30, 20250.5030.500.00-0.60%

Upgrades / downgrades

ARCC analyst upgrades and downgrades
DateFirmActionFromTo
Oct 29, 2026UBSupNeutralBuy
Sep 1, 2026UBSmainNeutralNeutral
Jul 30, 2026Truist SecuritiesmainBuyBuy
Jul 30, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsmainOutperformOutperform
Jul 2, 2026JP MorganmainOverweightOverweight
Jun 12, 2026Wells FargodownOverweightEqual-Weight

About Ares Capital Corporation

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in growth capital, 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 sports, media & entertainment, industrials & business services, infrastructure & power, financial institution groups, software & technology, specialty healthcare, consumer, retail & services, energy and the basic and growth manufacturing, consumer products, health care products, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It invests in the United States based companies. 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 $30 million and $500 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.

Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Country
United States

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Insider holders

ARCC insider holders
InsiderRelationLatest transactionDateShares held
AROUGHETI MICHAEL JOfficer and DirectorStock GiftFeb 17, 20252,016,780
BATES ANN TORREDirectorPurchaseFeb 10, 202538,000
HENSON MARY BETHDirectorPurchaseOct 27, 20260
LEM SCOTT CChief Financial OfficerPurchaseFeb 5, 202639,463
MARKOWICZ JANAChief Operating OfficerPurchaseFeb 8, 202625,176
MILLER JAMES ROBERTPresidentPurchaseMar 2, 202540,000

Institution ownership

ARCC institution ownership
Holder% heldSharesValueReported
Morgan Stanley2.36%17,022,990323.61MJun 29, 2026
UBS Group AG1.91%13,778,805261.94MJun 29, 2026
Van Eck Associates Corporation1.84%13,306,095252.95MJun 29, 2026
STRS Ohio1.74%12,600,311239.53MSep 29, 2026
Bank of America Corporation1.24%8,935,191169.86MJun 29, 2026
Generali Asset Management Spa Sgr1.10%7,950,908151.15MSep 29, 2026

Fund ownership

ARCC fund ownership
Holder% heldSharesValueReported
VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck BDC Income ETF1.52%10,948,551208.13MSep 29, 2026
Putnam ETF Trust-Putnam BDC Income ETF0.22%1,566,25329.77MJul 30, 2026
Columbia Funds Series Trust II-Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund0.09%660,00012.55MAug 30, 2026
Columbia Funds Series Trust II-Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund0.08%550,00010.46MAug 30, 2026
Franklin Mutual Series Funds-FRANKLIN MUTUAL QUEST FUND0.07%532,39110.12MJun 29, 2026
Tri-Continental Corporation0.06%450,0008.55MJun 29, 2026