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NASDAQ · ARCC
Ares Capital Corporation
Financial Services · Asset Management
$20.07
Up+$0.12 (+0.60%)
Updated Sep 1, 2026, 5:28 AM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 13.37B
- P/E ratio
- 10.02
- Dividend yield
- 11.96%
- 52-week range
- $17.40 – $22.51
- Volume
- 4.83M
- Avg. volume
- 5.96M
Price performance
ARCC price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
ARCC closed at $20.07 after 21 trading sessions, up 4.69% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $20.07
- Period change
- +4.69%
- Period low
- $19.17
- Period high
- $20.19
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $20.00 | $20.23 | $19.99 | $20.07 | 4.83M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $19.88 | $19.98 | $19.84 | $19.95 | 4.04M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $19.92 | $20.00 | $19.85 | $19.88 | 3.81M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $19.93 | $19.999 | $19.885 | $19.90 | 2.1M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $20.075 | $20.08 | $19.86 | $19.93 | 2.91M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $19.95 | $20.07 | $19.83 | $20.05 | 3.15M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $19.81 | $20.04 | $19.80 | $19.92 | 3.32M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $19.80 | $19.9225 | $19.73 | $19.78 | 3.03M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $19.79 | $19.95 | $19.755 | $19.80 | 2.89M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $19.66 | $19.75 | $19.59 | $19.67 | 2.68M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $19.90 | $19.90 | $19.5701 | $19.64 | 3.35M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $20.08 | $20.15 | $19.85 | $19.87 | 3.99M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $19.94 | $20.225 | $19.90 | $20.19 | 5.59M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $19.97 | $19.98 | $19.735 | $19.87 | 3.68M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $19.97 | $20.14 | $19.87 | $19.97 | 4.56M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $19.88 | $20.00 | $19.74 | $19.98 | 4.83M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $19.60 | $20.03 | $19.56 | $20.01 | 5.87M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $19.40 | $19.69 | $19.37 | $19.62 | 4.23M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $19.62 | $19.64 | $19.21 | $19.32 | 3.63M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $19.20 | $19.72 | $19.115 | $19.65 | 6.83M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $18.88 | $19.20 | $18.87 | $19.17 | 4.66M |
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Company profile
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 in first lien senior secured loans (including unitranche loans, which are loans that combine both senior and subordinated debt, generally in a first lien position) and second lien senior secured loans. In addition to senior secured loans, the company also invests in subordinated loans and preferred equity, it also makes common equity investments.
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- —
- Average target
- $22.33
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 2, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
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