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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Los Angeles, United States | NasdaqGS
19.09 USD +0.30 (1.624%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 2:28 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT

ARCC offers a high dividend yield, which is attractive for income-focused investors. However, the payout ratio is over 1, indicating that the company is not generating enough earnings to sustain the current dividend level, raising concerns about sustainability. The recent price movements show volatility, and while the stock has shown some resilience, the long-term fundamentals are mixed. Investors should consider the high risk associated with the stock and the potential for dividend cuts. The options market suggests a cautious approach, with both bullish and bearish positions present.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.066838
AutoETS0.067437
MSTL0.069124
AutoTheta0.090203

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 52%
H-stat 3.37
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.387
Excess Kurtosis -0.41
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 111.908
Revenue per Share 4.366
Market Cap 13,703,464,960
Trailing P/E 10.26
Forward P/E 9.90
Beta 0.63
Profit Margins 42.56%
Website https://www.arescapitalcorp.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment. Puts are heavily positioned at strikes below the current price, suggesting some short-term bearishness. However, calls are also showing activity at higher strikes, indicating potential for upward movement. The high open interest and implied volatility at various strikes suggest uncertainty and speculation about future price direction.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.69% 9.88% 10.88% 11.94%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-13 0.480000 2.687570
2025-12-15 0.480000 2.427860
2025-09-15 0.480000 2.368455
2025-06-13 0.480000 2.395823
2025-03-14 0.480000 2.477341
2024-12-13 0.480000 2.486173
2024-09-13 0.480000 2.706108
2024-06-14 0.480000 2.728882
2024-03-14 0.480000 2.888255
2023-12-14 0.480000 2.993992
2023-09-14 0.480000 3.136750
2023-06-14 0.480000 3.346669
2023-03-14 0.480000 3.567883
2022-12-14 0.510000 3.718810
2022-09-14 0.460000 3.383850
2022-06-14 0.450000 3.628032
2022-03-14 0.450000 3.352862
2021-12-14 0.410000 3.091458
2021-09-14 0.410000 3.136901
2021-06-14 0.400000 3.173847
2021-03-12 0.400000 3.441065
2020-12-14 0.400000 3.998651
2020-09-14 0.400000 4.689992
2020-06-12 0.400000 4.646312
2020-03-13 0.400000 4.821923
2019-12-13 0.420000 4.125157
2019-09-13 0.420000 4.102979
2019-06-13 0.420000 4.512719
2019-03-14 0.420000 4.779856
2018-12-13 0.390000 4.876219
2018-09-13 0.390000 4.633725
2018-06-14 0.380000 4.739947
2018-03-14 0.380000 5.210076
2017-12-14 0.380000 5.219491
2017-09-14 0.380000 5.400082
2017-06-13 0.380000 5.308634
2017-03-13 0.380000 5.175794
2016-12-13 0.380000 5.577727
2016-09-13 0.380000 6.070417
2016-06-13 0.380000 6.699087
2016-03-11 0.380000 7.017290
2015-12-11 0.380000 7.007418
2015-09-11 0.380000 6.959546
2015-06-11 0.380000 6.606994
2015-03-11 0.430000 7.303088
2014-12-11 0.380000 7.180976
2014-09-11 0.380000 6.837657
2014-06-12 0.380000 6.837750
2014-03-12 0.430000 7.730788
2013-12-12 0.430000 7.982299
2013-09-12 0.380000 7.200560
2013-06-12 0.380000 7.768337
2013-03-13 0.380000 7.239951
2012-12-12 0.430000 8.828658
2012-09-12 0.430000 8.982754
2012-06-13 0.370000 8.983841
2012-03-13 0.370000 8.478888
2011-12-13 0.360000 9.325855
2011-09-13 0.350000 9.808860
2011-06-13 0.350000 8.815688
2011-03-11 0.350000 8.435199
2010-12-13 0.350000 8.677050
2010-09-13 0.350000 9.721967
2010-06-11 0.350000 11.499277
2010-03-11 0.350000 11.489506
2009-12-11 0.350000 13.795438
2009-09-11 0.350000 16.924326
2009-06-11 0.350000 22.497367
2009-03-12 0.420000 65.536030
2008-12-11 0.420000 43.532914
2008-09-11 0.420000 22.751269
2008-06-12 0.420000 23.661028
2008-03-13 0.413793 21.732734
2007-12-12 0.413793 19.361533
2007-09-12 0.413793 19.514577
2007-06-13 0.403941 16.949780
2007-03-15 0.403941 16.583023
2006-12-13 0.492611 20.570148
2006-09-13 0.394089 18.573741
2006-06-13 0.374384 18.767479
2006-03-22 0.354680 17.191662
2005-12-20 0.334975 17.604544
2005-09-14 0.334975 17.132698
2005-06-28 0.315271 15.716937
2005-03-03 0.295567 15.547022
2004-12-22 0.295567 14.327580
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.92
dividendYield 10.22
exDividendDate 2026-03-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.92
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.10223641
lastDividendValue 0.48
lastDividendDate 2026-03-13
dividendDate 2026-03-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.056281388
Address1 1,800 Avenue of the Stars
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 23.84
All Time Low 3.12
Ask 21.59
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,648,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 8,021,716
Average Volume 8,021,716
Average Volume10Days 6,648,450
Beta 0.627
Bid 18.89
Bid Size 5
Board Risk 9
Book Value 19.942
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 19.085
Current Ratio 0.561
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 19.24
Day Low 18.89
Debt To Equity 111.908
Display Name Ares Capital
Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Dividend Rate 1.92
Dividend Yield 10.22
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,392,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,392,000
Earnings Growth -0.249
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.179
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,379,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,379,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,379,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 9.434
Enterprise Value 28,792,469,504
Eps Current Year 1.93727
Eps Forward 1.92686
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.86
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 310 432 8632
Fifty Day Average 18.639
Fifty Day Average Change 0.44599915
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.023928277
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -5.6281385
Fifty Two Week High 23.42
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.335001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18509825
Fifty Two Week Low 17.4
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.6849995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.096839055
Fifty Two Week Range 17.4 - 23.42
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,096,983,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 8.94
Forward Eps 1.92686
Forward P E 9.904716
Free Cashflow 689,249,984
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 3,052,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0055
Held Percent Institutions 0.35274
Implied Shares Outstanding 718,022,845
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Last Dividend Value 0.48
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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 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 invest 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.
Long Name Ares Capital Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 13,703,464,960
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_9771238
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 1,299,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 13,484,469,029
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 18.9
Operating Cashflow -1,716,999,936
Operating Margins 0.75284
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 1.0323
Peg Ratio 3.7176
Phone 310-201-4100
Previous Close 18.78
Price Eps Current Year 9.851491
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.95702535
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.489995
Profit Margins 0.42562
Quick Ratio 0.461
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.57143
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.3049984
Regular Market Change Percent 1.6240596
Regular Market Day High 19.24
Regular Market Day Low 18.89
Regular Market Day Range 18.89 - 19.24
Regular Market Open 18.9
Regular Market Previous Close 18.78
Regular Market Price 19.085
Regular Market Time 1,776,450,504
Regular Market Volume 4,276,173
Return On Assets 0.0473
Return On Equity 0.09388
Revenue Growth 0.045
Revenue Per Share 4.366
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 718,022,845
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0557
Shares Short 39,970,691
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 29,328,894
Short Name Ares Capital Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0559
Short Ratio 4.93
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ARCC
Target High Price 26.0
Target Low Price 19.0
Target Mean Price 21.80769
Target Median Price 22.0
Total Cash 715,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.996
Total Debt 16,023,000,064
Total Revenue 3,052,000,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.92
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.10223641
Trailing Eps 1.86
Trailing P E 10.260752
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 20.47595
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.3909512
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.06793097
Type Disp Equity
Volume 4,276,173
Website https://www.arescapitalcorp.com
Zip 90,067-4733