Ares Capital (ARCC) Stock Insights

ARCC price $18.53 +0.02 +0.11%

Ticker
ARCC
Price
$18.53
Change
+0.02 +0.11%
Market cap ?
$13.30B
P/E ?
15.17
Forward P/E ?
9.72
Dividend yield ?
10.37%
Beta ?
0.66
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Stocklytics score
44
Value
50
Quality
49
Growth
33

Stocklytics score rationale: value 50, quality 49, growth 33.

Financials

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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) operates as a Business Development Company (BDC), delivering diverse financing solutions predominantly to middle-market enterprises. The firm's expertise lies in facilitating various corporate actions, including funding acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. It also extends mezzanine debt, assists with corporate restructurings, and provides crucial rescue financing…

Fair value

ARCC fair value $11.20. Price $18.53. Price is 65% above fair value.

Above fair value, and more expensive than usual. A larger premium than on 95% of days in the past 5 years.

Fair value is an estimate of what one share is worth if future cash flows arrive as modeled. It is not a forecast of the share price. How discounted cash flow works.

Calculated with a 10-year free-cash-flow discount. Starting free cash flow 1.75B. Growth 0.00%. When analyst earnings forecasts are available, free cash flow in those years is forecast earnings times the company's usual conversion of earnings into free cash flow, kept between 60% and 130%. Years with fewer than 3 analyst estimates are left out. Growth then fades in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10, starting from the last well-covered year's growth, or from the pace across those years when the final year slows sharply, kept between 0% and 20%. Without those forecasts, year-1 growth is analyst revenue growth for the next full fiscal year, or 5-year historical revenue growth when that forecast is missing, held for five years, then fading in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10. Terminal growth 3.00%. Discount rate 8.70% (beta 0.8). Beta is kept between 0.8 and 2.0, which on its own would make the discount rate 8.7% to 15.3%. The rate is then capped at 12%. A cap is used because a discount above 12% pushes higher-beta stocks further from the price. The discount rate stays at least 5 percentage points above terminal growth. Shares 718.02M. Net debt 15.07B. The earnings value is next-12-months earnings per share, or trailing earnings when that forecast is missing, times the median P/E of the company's industry. That median uses listed stocks worth at least $10 billion with a positive P/E of 100 or below, and the industry needs at least eight of them. Otherwise the sector median is used when that group also has at least eight, then the market median of those large companies. The multiple used is the lower of that median and 1.25 times the stock's own 10-year median P/E, then kept between 8 and 30. If the stock has no 10-year median, the peer median is kept between 8 and 30. Fair value is the average of the cash-flow value and the earnings value when both exist. Card and credit companies use the earnings value only, because changes in customer receivables distort free cash flow. Model uncertainty is high when fair value is more than 60% from the price, or when most of the cash-flow value sits after year 10.

Model uncertainty high for this stock

Compare ARCC

Earnings

DateEPS actualEPS estimateRevenueRevenue estimate
2027-02-03—0.49—785.92M
2026-10-270.460.48763.00M776.34M
2026-07-290.470.47768.00M770.19M
2026-04-280.470.48763.00M778.00M
2026-02-040.500.50793.00M793.02M
2025-10-280.500.50655.00M768.06M
2025-07-290.500.51579.00M748.83M
2025-04-290.500.53446.00M763.62M
2025-02-050.550.58759.00M785.40M
2024-10-300.580.60613.00M770.45M
2024-07-300.610.58532.00M715.33M
2024-05-010.590.60639.00M703.85M
2024-02-070.630.59707.00M681.90M
2023-10-240.590.58660.00M647.38M
2023-07-250.580.57489.00M622.05M
2023-04-250.570.59429.00M630.08M
2023-02-070.630.57342.00M581.56M
2022-10-250.500.50249.00M511.85M
2022-07-260.520.43230.00M464.12M
2022-04-260.420.47375.00M484.61M
2022-02-090.520.50505.00M472.19M
2021-10-260.470.45444.00M427.10M
2021-07-280.530.43585.00M427.10M
2021-04-280.430.42516.00M385.13M
2021-02-100.540.40476.00M355.87M
2020-10-270.390.38532.00M483.92M
2020-08-040.390.38368.00M341.03M
2020-05-050.410.43-518.00M387.00M
2020-02-120.460.45295.00M377.61M
2019-10-300.480.46257.00M370.88M
2019-07-300.490.44276.00M338.59M
2019-04-300.480.42287.00M326.38M
2019-02-120.450.41214.00M314.33M
2018-10-310.450.40272.00M304.00M
2018-08-010.390.39322.00M333.00M
2018-05-020.390.37311.00M308.87M
2018-02-130.380.37300.00M298.92M
2017-11-020.360.35204.00M285.83M
2017-08-020.340.36258.00M300.71M
2017-05-030.320.38212.00M326.56M

Dividends

Yield 10.36%. Payout ratio 1.72%. Frequency Quarterly.

Safety score 68/100 · Moderate. Payout ratio is 2% of earnings. Dividends use most of free cash flow. Dividends were paid in 23 separate years. Yield is 10.4%, high enough that the payout may be hard to keep.

Ex-dateDividendRecordPaymentFrequency
2026-09-15$0.482026-09-152026-09-30Quarterly
2026-06-15$0.482026-06-152026-06-30Quarterly
2026-03-13$0.482026-03-132026-03-31Quarterly
2025-12-15$0.482025-12-152025-12-30Quarterly
2025-09-15$0.482025-09-152025-09-30Quarterly
2025-06-13$0.482025-06-132025-06-30Quarterly
2025-03-14$0.482025-03-142025-03-31Quarterly
2024-12-13$0.482024-12-132024-12-30Quarterly
2024-09-13$0.482024-09-132024-09-30Quarterly
2024-06-14$0.482024-06-142024-06-28Quarterly
2024-03-14$0.482024-03-152024-03-29Quarterly
2023-12-14$0.482023-12-152023-12-28Quarterly
2023-09-14$0.482023-09-152023-09-29Quarterly
2023-06-14$0.482023-06-152023-06-30Quarterly
2023-03-14$0.482023-03-152023-03-31Quarterly
2022-12-14$0.512022-12-152022-12-29Special
2022-09-14$0.462022-09-152022-09-30Special
2022-06-14$0.452022-06-152022-06-30Special
2022-03-14$0.452022-03-152022-03-31Special
2021-12-14$0.412021-12-152021-12-30Quarterly
2021-09-14$0.412021-09-152021-09-30Quarterly
2021-06-14$0.402021-06-152021-06-30Quarterly
2021-03-12$0.402021-03-152021-03-31Quarterly
2020-12-14$0.402020-12-152020-12-30Quarterly
2020-09-14$0.402020-09-152020-09-30Quarterly
2020-06-12$0.402020-06-152020-06-30Quarterly
2020-03-13$0.402020-03-162020-03-31Quarterly
2019-12-13$0.422019-12-162019-12-27Quarterly
2019-09-13$0.422019-09-162019-09-30Quarterly
2019-06-13$0.422019-06-142019-06-28Quarterly
2019-03-14$0.422019-03-152019-03-29Quarterly
2018-12-13$0.392018-12-142018-12-28Quarterly
2018-09-13$0.392018-09-142018-09-28Quarterly
2018-06-14$0.382018-06-152018-06-29Quarterly
2018-03-14$0.382018-03-152018-03-30Quarterly
2017-12-14$0.382017-12-152017-12-29Quarterly
2017-09-14$0.382017-09-152017-09-29Quarterly
2017-06-13$0.382017-06-152017-06-30Quarterly
2017-03-13$0.382017-03-152017-03-31Quarterly
2016-12-13$0.382016-12-152016-12-30Quarterly
2016-09-13$0.382016-09-152016-09-30Quarterly
2016-06-13$0.382016-06-152016-06-30Quarterly
2016-03-11$0.382016-03-152016-03-31Quarterly
2015-12-11$0.382015-12-152015-12-31Quarterly
2015-09-11$0.382015-09-152015-09-30Quarterly
2015-06-11$0.382015-06-152015-06-30Quarterly
2015-03-11$0.432015-03-132015-03-31Quarterly
2014-12-11$0.382014-12-152014-12-31Quarterly
2014-09-11$0.382014-09-152014-09-30Quarterly
2014-06-12$0.382014-06-162014-06-30Quarterly
2014-03-12$0.432014-03-142014-03-31Quarterly
2013-12-12$0.432013-12-162013-12-31Quarterly
2013-09-12$0.382013-09-162013-09-30Quarterly
2013-06-12$0.382013-06-142013-06-28Quarterly
2013-03-13$0.382013-03-152013-03-29Quarterly
2012-12-12$0.432012-12-142012-12-28Quarterly
2012-09-12$0.432012-09-142012-09-28Quarterly
2012-06-13$0.372012-06-152012-06-29Quarterly
2012-03-13$0.372012-03-152012-03-30Quarterly
2011-12-13$0.362011-12-152011-12-30Quarterly
2011-09-13$0.352011-09-152011-09-30Quarterly
2011-06-13$0.352011-06-152011-06-30Quarterly
2011-03-11$0.352011-03-152011-03-31Quarterly
2010-12-13$0.352010-12-152010-12-31Quarterly
2010-09-13$0.352010-09-152010-09-30Quarterly
2010-06-11$0.352010-06-152010-06-30Quarterly
2010-03-11$0.352010-03-152010-03-31Quarterly
2009-12-11$0.352009-12-152009-12-31Quarterly
2009-09-11$0.352009-09-152009-09-30Quarterly
2009-06-11$0.352009-06-152009-06-30Quarterly
2009-03-12$0.422009-03-162009-03-31Quarterly
2008-12-11$0.422008-12-152009-01-02Quarterly
2008-09-11$0.422008-09-152008-09-30Quarterly
2008-06-12$0.422008-06-162008-06-30Quarterly
2008-03-13$0.422008-03-172008-03-31Quarterly
2007-12-12$0.422007-12-142007-12-31Quarterly
2007-09-12$0.422007-09-142007-09-28Quarterly
2007-06-13$0.412007-06-152007-06-29Quarterly
2007-03-15$0.412007-03-192007-03-30Quarterly
2006-12-13$0.502006-12-152006-12-29Quarterly

Insider trades

DateInsiderActionSharesPriceValue
2026-02-09MARKOWICZ JANABuy15.00K$19.20288.00K
2026-02-06Lem Scott CBuy5.19K$19.29100.04K
2026-02-05HENSON MARY BETHBuy4.00K$19.1476.56K
2026-02-05SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTBuy12.50K$19.13239.12K
2025-10-31SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTBuy13.00K$20.39265.07K
2025-09-30Fitzgerald IanOther0——
2025-03-03Miller James RobertBuy40.00K$23.32932.80K
2025-02-18Arougheti Michael JSell300.17K——
2025-02-11Bates Ann TorreBuy6.00K$22.75136.50K
2024-10-24Miller James RobertOther0——
2024-10-24Miller James RobertOther0——
2024-02-15Cho Paul Won JaeSell0——
2023-05-02SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTBuy15.00K$17.84267.60K
2023-03-16ROLL PENELOPE FBuy3.00K$17.4452.32K
2023-03-15ROLL PENELOPE FBuy3.00K$17.5052.50K
2023-01-18MARKOWICZ JANASell0——
2022-12-31Rosenthal BennettOther0——
2022-12-23Rosenthal BennettSell125.00K——
2022-10-20SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTOther———
2022-10-20SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTOther0——
2022-09-14ROLL PENELOPE FBuy2.50K$19.0447.60K
2022-08-31HENSON MARY BETHBuy9.00K$19.77177.93K
2022-08-03ROLL PENELOPE FBuy25.00K$19.77494.25K
2022-07-21ARES MANAGEMENT LLCOther0——
2022-06-15McKeever Steven B.Buy2.77K$17.9549.81K
2022-06-14Arougheti Michael JBuy300.00K$17.755.33M
2022-06-01HENSON MARY BETHBuy5.00K$19.6298.10K
2022-05-19Smith Michael LewisBuy54.00K$18.641.01M
2022-03-14HENSON MARY BETHBuy6.00K$20.05120.30K
2022-03-04HENSON MARY BETHOther0——
2021-12-14ROLL PENELOPE FSell25.80K$19.96515.07K
2020-12-31deVeer R. KippOther0——
2020-11-23ROLL PENELOPE FSell7.00K$16.54115.78K
2020-10-30Bloomstein Joshua MBuy3.00K$13.7541.25K
2020-10-28Arougheti Michael JBuy10.00K$13.92139.20K
2020-10-28Bloomstein Joshua MBuy2.00K$13.8227.64K
2020-10-28deVeer R. KippBuy75.00K$13.981.05M
2020-10-16deVeer R. KippBuy225.00K——
2020-10-16deVeer R. KippSell225.00K——
2020-09-14Smith Michael LewisBuy35.00K$14.25498.75K
2020-09-11SIEGEL ERIC BBuy1.82K$14.5026.33K
2020-09-11PARKS MICHAEL KBuy2.50K$14.5836.45K
2020-09-09PARKS MICHAEL KBuy5.00K$14.1070.50K
2020-08-19Rosen Robert LBuy5.00K$14.1770.85K
2020-08-18Rosen Robert LBuy2.50K$14.3835.95K
2020-08-18PARKS MICHAEL KBuy2.00K$14.2328.46K
2020-08-17Rosen Robert LBuy2.50K$14.2235.55K
2020-08-17PARKS MICHAEL KBuy3.00K$14.3142.93K
2020-06-12PARKS MICHAEL KBuy2.00K$14.6229.24K
2020-06-11PARKS MICHAEL KBuy2.00K$14.7129.42K
2020-05-06ROLL PENELOPE FBuy500$13.286.64K
2020-03-13McKeever Steven B.Buy1.80K$13.7124.68K
2020-03-12McKeever Steven B.Buy3.38K$14.5749.17K
2020-03-12ROLL PENELOPE FBuy1.00K$14.3414.34K
2019-12-05McKeever Steven B.Buy3.00K$18.7556.25K
2019-11-21PARKS MICHAEL KSell0——
2019-11-01BARTLETT STEVEBuy542$18.399.97K
2019-10-31BARTLETT STEVEBuy14.18K$18.35260.15K
2019-08-14McKeever Steven B.Buy5.42K$18.4299.93K
2019-08-06ROLL PENELOPE FBuy2.00K$18.3636.72K
2019-08-01Kelly Daniel G JrBuy6.00K$18.44110.64K
2019-06-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$18.003.60K
2019-06-10Kelly Daniel G JrBuy4.50K$18.0181.05K
2019-05-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.773.55K
2019-05-15Torre Bates AnnBuy4.00K$17.6170.44K
2019-05-15Torre Bates AnnBuy5.72K$17.61100.82K
2019-05-13McKeever Steven B.Buy5.64K$17.5298.81K
2019-04-22BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.323.46K
2019-03-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.953.39K
2019-02-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.123.42K
2019-01-22BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.173.23K
2018-12-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.403.08K
2018-12-14deVeer R. KippBuy50.00K$16.02801.00K
2018-11-20ROLL PENELOPE FSell6.00K$16.76100.56K
2018-11-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.083.42K
2018-10-22BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.303.26K
2018-09-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.183.44K
2018-09-12SIEGEL ERIC BBuy6.00K$17.30103.80K
2018-09-12SIEGEL ERIC BBuy990$17.3217.15K
2018-08-29Torre Bates AnnBuy9.00K$17.44156.96K
2018-08-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.363.47K
2018-05-21BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.593.32K
2018-04-23BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.023.20K
2018-03-26BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.963.19K
2018-03-15Arougheti Michael JBuy25.00K$15.60390.00K
2018-02-26BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.893.18K
2018-02-15ROLL PENELOPE FBuy3.00K$15.8147.43K
2018-01-23BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.213.24K
2017-12-21BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.733.15K
2017-11-21BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.323.26K
2017-11-03Arougheti Michael JBuy8.37K$15.85132.59K
2017-10-25BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.603.32K
2017-09-25BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.773.15K
2017-08-24BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.123.22K
2017-07-24BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.483.30K
2017-06-22BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.213.24K
2017-03-16BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$17.293.46K
2016-12-20BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$16.003.20K
2016-11-21BARTLETT STEVEBuy200$15.783.16K
2016-11-04Kelly Daniel G JrBuy7.50K$15.33114.97K

Institutional holders

Latest filed quarter: Q2 2026.

Institutions holding: 817, holders -22 vs prior quarter. Ownership 33.87%.

HolderSharesChangeChange %Value
MORGAN STANLEY17.02M668.63K+4.09%315.44M
UBS GROUP AG13.78M-537.74K-3.76%255.32M
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP13.31M2.42M+22.22%246.56M
STRS OHIO10.66M157.09K+1.50%197.48M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/8.94M-200.26K-2.19%165.57M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO7.85M156.11K+2.03%145.32M
GENERALI ASSET MANAGEMENT SPA SGR7.55M00.00%139.86M
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC6.51M535.29K+8.96%120.54M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP5.89M-1.42M-19.44%109.07M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN4.44M-49.50K-1.10%82.22M
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC4.12M346.23K+9.17%76.39M
LPL FINANCIAL LLC4.03M-9.04K-0.22%74.66M
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC3.87M335.20K+9.48%71.71M
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC3.55M99.57K+2.89%65.75M
ADVISORS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC3.41M-526.94K-13.39%63.14M
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC3.37M-67.71K-1.97%62.40M
EVERCORE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC3.01M-113.70K-3.64%55.73M
OMERS ADMINISTRATION CORP2.91M72.54K+2.56%53.87M
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC2.78M170.69K+6.53%51.57M
SOUND INCOME STRATEGIES, LLC2.77M102.80K+3.86%51.26M
ROCKEFELLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.2.69M401.77K+17.54%49.89M
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA2.68M8.09K+0.30%49.61M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP2.67M1.30M+94.76%49.41M
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP2.64M2.14K+0.08%48.94M
BLACKROCK, INC.2.45M50.23K+2.10%45.34M

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Ares Capital (ARCC) Stock Insights

ARCC$18.53+0.02 +0.11%

$13.30B

Market Cap

15.17

P/E

9.72

Forward P/E

44

Score

Price History