In the latest trading session,, 0.82 million Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.73. With the company’s most recent per share price at $22.49 changing hands around $0.15 or 0.65% at last look, the market valuation stands at $15.61B. ARCC’s current price is a discount, trading about -6.0% off its 52-week high of $23.84. The share price had its 52-week low at $18.26, which suggests the last value was 18.81% up since then.
Analysts gave the Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.62. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 7 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended ARCC as a Hold, 5 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Ares Capital Corp’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.51.
Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) trade information
Instantly ARCC is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.53%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 2.72%, with the 5-day performance at 2.53% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) is 4.15% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 21.75, meaning bulls need a downside of -3.4% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, ARCC’s forecast low is 20 with 24 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -6.71% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 11.07% for it to hit the projected low.
Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 0.60% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 9 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 748.76M. 9 analysts are of the opinion that Ares Capital Corp’s revenue for the current quarter will be 757.49M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 755M and 775M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -0.83%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -2.26%.
The 2025 estimates are for Ares Capital Corp earnings to decrease by -13.22%.
ARCC Dividends
Ares Capital Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 8.54% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.92. It is important to note, however, that the 8.54% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 1.8963% or 11.68 million shares worth $243.43 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Apr 30, 2025 were VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck BDC Income ETF and Fidelity Securities Fund-Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund . With 13.07 shares estimated at $293.99 million under it, the former controlled 1.88% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Fidelity Securities Fund-Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund held about 0.36% of the shares, roughly 2.48 shares worth around $55.75 million.
