Ares Capital
ARCC
Market cap $14.3B

21.28 USD

-0.16

0.75%

At close Mar 14, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

21.28

+0.00

0.00%

1 day

-0.75%

5 days

-6.58%

1 month

-8.55%

3 months

-0.65%

6 months

4.67%

Year to date

-4.19%

1 year

6.45%

5 years

72.03%

10 years

25.99%

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 7,372 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 5 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

174% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 129 | Existing positions closed: 47

70% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 337 | Existing positions reduced: 198

60% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q3] → 16 (+6) [Q4]

32% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.92B [Q3] → $5.15B (+$1.23B) [Q4]

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 737 [Q3] → 803 (+66) [Q4]

2.25% more ownership

Funds ownership: 30.19% [Q3] → 32.44% (+2.25%) [Q4]

67% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $68.2M | Put options by funds: $204M

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target

$23

8%

upside

Avg. target

$24

11%

upside

High target

$25

15%

upside

5 analyst ratings

5 positive

100%

0 neutral

0%

0 negative

0%

RBC Capital Kenneth Lee 47% 1-year accuracy 27 / 57 met price target	13%upside $24	Outperform Maintained	7 Feb 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Paul Johnson 50% 1-year accuracy 6 / 12 met price target	8%upside $23	Outperform Maintained	7 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea 54% 1-year accuracy 22 / 41 met price target	8%upside $23	Overweight Maintained	6 Feb 2025
JP Morgan Melissa Wedel 53% 1-year accuracy 8 / 15 met price target	15%upside $25	Overweight Maintained	3 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Timothy O'Shea 25% 1-year accuracy 1 / 4 met price target	13%upside $24	Overweight Maintained	29 Jan 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 37 articles about ARCC published over the past 30 days

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