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Is Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) a buy or sell?
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What is the conclusion?
Right now our advanced algorithms say:
$1 invested is now $0.88 or -11.54%
(In 49 weeks 6 days 16 hours 32 minutes and 8 seconds .)
Do analysts agree?
We compare consensus targets with today's price.
Consensus target for Ares Capital Corporation is $22.33, which is $2.04 (10.05%) above the current price today's price.
Low target: $21.00 | High target: $23.50
Company snapshot
A quick overview of the business and its public profile.
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition recapitalization mezzanine debt restructurings rescue financing and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies It also makes growth capital and general refinancing It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing business services consumer products health care products and services and information technology service sectors The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants retail oil and gas and technology sectors It focuses on investments in Northeast MidAtlantic Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office the Midwest region from the Chicago office and the Western region from the Los Angeles office The fund typically invests between 20 million and 200 million and a maximum of 400 million in companies with an EBITDA between 10 million and 250 million It makes debt investments between 10 million and 100 million The fund invests through revolvers first lien loans warrants unitranche structures second lien loans mezzanine debt private high yield junior capital subordinated debt and noncontrol preferred and common equity The fund also selectively considers thirdpartyled senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions The fund prefers to be an agent andor lead the transactions in which it invests The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies
Website: https://www.arescapitalcorp.com
Rates and inflation backdrop
US inflation for September 2025 was 0.31%. Over the last 12 months, inflation is 3.02%. The 10-year yield is 4.12 and is down -0.1000 over the last 30 days.
Inflation sensitivity
Debt ratio: 0.00. Cash flow to debt ratio: 0.00. Net profit margin: 57.64%. Inflation risk score: low (0.30/1).
Dividend history check
Yes, Ares Capital Corporation pays dividends. Last payment was 2025-12-30 for holders on 2025-12-15. Over 87 payments between 2004 and 2025, total $35.07 with an average of $0.403 per share. Last dividend was $0.480.
Trading liquidity
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Ares Capital Corporation is $100.8M. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
10-year return check
On Ares Capital Corporation, 2015-12-31 had a stock price of $14.25. If you invested back then, your return now would be a profit of $6.04 per share or 42.39%.
Why this answer
We combine price momentum, volatility, and trend signals to simplify the decision to one word.
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Targets and sentiment are checked against the live quote.
We keep the output simple: buy, sell, or hold.
Analyst consensus
How Wall Street targets compare to today's price.