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Ares Capital Corporation

Financial Services · Asset Management

$19.95

Up+$0.07 (+0.35%)

Updated Aug 29, 2026, 3:40 PM

SID Score

6.7/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

54/100

Neutral

Market cap
13.37B
P/E ratio
10.02
Dividend yield
12.03%
52-week range
$17.40 – $22.51
Volume
4.04M
Avg. volume
5.96M

Price performance

ARCC price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

ARCC closed at $19.95 after 21 trading sessions, up 6.34% for the selected period.

Last close
$19.95
Period change
+6.34%
Period low
$18.76
Period high
$20.19
Daily close
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ARCC OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 28, 2026$19.88$19.98$19.84$19.954.04M
Aug 27, 2026$19.92$20.00$19.85$19.883.81M
Aug 26, 2026$19.93$19.999$19.885$19.902.1M
Aug 25, 2026$20.075$20.08$19.86$19.932.91M
Aug 24, 2026$19.95$20.07$19.83$20.053.15M
Aug 21, 2026$19.81$20.04$19.80$19.923.32M
Aug 20, 2026$19.80$19.9225$19.73$19.783.03M
Aug 19, 2026$19.79$19.95$19.755$19.802.89M
Aug 18, 2026$19.66$19.75$19.59$19.672.68M
Aug 17, 2026$19.90$19.90$19.5701$19.643.35M
Aug 14, 2026$20.08$20.15$19.85$19.873.99M
Aug 13, 2026$19.94$20.225$19.90$20.195.59M
Aug 12, 2026$19.97$19.98$19.735$19.873.68M
Aug 11, 2026$19.97$20.14$19.87$19.974.56M
Aug 10, 2026$19.88$20.00$19.74$19.984.83M
Aug 7, 2026$19.60$20.03$19.56$20.015.87M
Aug 6, 2026$19.40$19.69$19.37$19.624.23M
Aug 5, 2026$19.62$19.64$19.21$19.323.63M
Aug 4, 2026$19.20$19.72$19.115$19.656.83M
Aug 3, 2026$18.88$19.20$18.87$19.174.66M
Jul 31, 2026$18.82$18.89$18.71$18.763.93M

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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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Consensus
Average target
$22.33
Implied upside
Analysts
ARCC recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 30, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsOutperform
Jul 30, 2026Truist SecuritiesBuy
Jul 2, 2026JP MorganOverweight
Jun 12, 2026Wells FargoEqual-Weight
Apr 29, 2026RBC CapitalOutperform
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SeekingAlpha · Aug 4, 2026

Ares Capital Is Stronger Than You Think

Ares Capital's net investment income performs much better than in the case of some of its peers. Check out why ARCC stock is a strong buy.

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