Ares Capital
ARCC
Market cap $13.8B

21.38 USD

+0.25

1.18%

At close Dec 20, 4:00 PM EST

After hours

21.54

+0.16

0.75%

1 day

1.18%

5 days

-1.11%

1 month

-1.88%

3 months

3.74%

6 months

3.89%

Year to date

6.74%

1 year

9.36%

5 years

14.58%

10 years

35.57%

About: Ares Capital Corp is a United States-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing primarily in U.S. middle-market companies with investment opportunities as well as in larger companies. Its portfolio comprises of first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, and mezzanine debt (subordinated unsecured loan), which may include equity components that are diversified by industry and sector. The company may invest in preferred and common equity investments to a lesser proportion. Its revenue mainly consists of interest and dividend income received from the investment made.

Employees: 870

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Funds holding %

of 6,809 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

69% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 324 | Existing positions reduced: 192

20% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 72 | Existing positions closed: 60

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 719 [Q2] → 731 (+12) [Q3]

2.61% less ownership

Funds ownership: 32.23% [Q2] → 29.63% (-2.61%) [Q3]

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.08B [Q2] → $3.84B (-$239M) [Q3]

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q2] → 10 (-5) [Q3]

47% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $48.2M | Put options by funds: $91.6M

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Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$22

3%

upside

Avg. target

$23

5%

upside

High target

$23

8%

upside

2 analyst ratings

1 positive

50%

1 neutral

50%

0 negative

0%

Wells Fargo Timothy O'Shea 65% 1-year accuracy 11 / 17 met price target	8%upside $23	Overweight Upgraded	2 Dec 2024
B. Riley Securities Bryce Rowe 50% 1-year accuracy 4 / 8 met price target	3%upside $22	Neutral Maintained	31 Oct 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 24 articles about ARCC published over the past 30 days

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