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Ares Capital Corporation

Financial Services · Asset Management

$18.74

Up+$0.29 (+1.57%)

Updated Oct 9, 2026, 8:41 AM

SID Score

5.7/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

51/100

Neutral

Market cap
13.37B
P/E ratio
10.02
Dividend yield
12.81%
52-week range
$17.40 – $21.14
Volume
3.87M
Avg. volume
5.96M

Price performance · ARCC

ARCC price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 8, 2026

ARCC closed at $18.74 after 21 trading sessions, down 4.78% for the selected period.

Last close
$18.74
Period change
-4.78%
Period low
$18.45
Period high
$19.80
Daily close
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ARCC OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 8, 2026$18.39$18.775$18.37$18.743.87M
Oct 7, 2026$18.575$18.62$18.295$18.455.45M
Oct 6, 2026$18.85$18.87$18.60$18.644.9M
Oct 5, 2026$18.895$19.075$18.79$18.824.26M
Oct 2, 2026$19.23$19.2793$18.78$18.865.11M
Oct 1, 2026$19.09$19.25$18.95$19.167.68M
Sep 30, 2026$19.40$19.43$19.10$19.105.86M
Sep 29, 2026$19.17$19.48$19.13$19.364.64M
Sep 28, 2026$19.19$19.2299$19.03$19.133.99M
Sep 25, 2026$19.155$19.22$19.01$19.203.85M
Sep 24, 2026$19.20$19.20$18.95$19.134.64M
Sep 23, 2026$19.365$19.365$19.14$19.155.49M
Sep 22, 2026$19.50$19.515$19.34$19.364.16M
Sep 21, 2026$19.45$19.585$19.395$19.445.4M
Sep 18, 2026$19.635$19.635$19.33$19.404.88M
Sep 17, 2026$19.495$19.825$19.495$19.655.33M
Sep 16, 2026$19.35$19.555$19.20$19.375.14M
Sep 15, 2026$19.326$19.4599$19.30$19.374.03M
Sep 14, 2026$19.75$19.895$19.71$19.806.17M
Sep 11, 2026$19.78$19.86$19.665$19.744.32M
Sep 10, 2026$19.66$19.74$19.51$19.684.31M

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Overview

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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
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ARCC recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 1, 2026UBSNeutral—
Jul 30, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsOutperform—
Jul 30, 2026Truist SecuritiesBuy—
Jul 2, 2026JP MorganOverweight—
Jun 12, 2026Wells FargoEqual-Weight—
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Yahoo · Oct 2, 2026

Is Ares Capital (ARCC) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

The average brokerage recommendation (ABR) for Ares Capital (ARCC) is equivalent to a Buy. The overly optimistic recommendations of Wall Street analysts make the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric questionable. So, is it worth buying the stock?

Yahoo · Oct 2, 2026

ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION SCHEDULES EARNINGS RELEASE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

Ares Capital Corporation ("Ares Capital") (NASDAQ: ARCC) announced today that it will report earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026 on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 prior to the opening of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Ares Capital invites all interested persons to attend its webcast/conference call at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the same day to discuss its third quarter ended September 30, 2026 financial results.

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