ARCC
Ares Capital Corporation
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY
Financial Services
DELAYED
Last price
19.94
▲ 0.16 (0.81%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
19.78
Prev close
19.78
Day high
20.04
Day low
19.80
Volume
3.32M
Market cap
$14.30B
P/E (TTM)
14.87
52W range
17.40 – 22.51
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
+0.25%
+1.6%
1M
+7.04%
+3.3%
3M
+6.30%
+3.2%
6M
+4.02%
-7.0%
YTD
-1.53%
-13.8%
1Y
-10.63%
-30.6%
3Y
+3.16%
-71.0%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$14.30B
Enterprise value$29.76B
Revenue (TTM)$3.11B
Gross profit$3.11B
EBITDA—
Net income$960.00M
EPS (TTM)$1.34
Free cash flow$759.50M
Total cash$398.00M
Total debt$15.85B
Book value / share$19.35
Shares outstanding718.02M
Float—
Short % of float5.76%
Dividend yield9.64%
Beta (5Y)0.62
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E14.87
Forward P/E10.31
PEG ratio3.72
Price / sales—
Price / book1.03
EV / revenue9.58
EV / EBITDA—
Gross margin100.00%
Operating margin75.65%
Profit margin30.91%
Return on equity6.88%
Return on assets4.94%
Debt / equity114.12
Current ratio0.61
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $3.05B | $2.99B | $2.61B | $2.10B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $1.30B | $1.52B | $1.52B | $600.00M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $1.30B | $1.52B | $1.52B | $600.00M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.47 | 0.47 | -0.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.48 | 0.47 | -2.5% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.50 | 0.50 | +0.4% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.50 | 0.50 | -0.7% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.48 | 14 | $776.38M | -0.7% |
| Next quarter | 0.48 | 14 | $788.50M | -0.6% |
| Current year | 1.91 | 13 | $3.09B | +1.4% |
| Next year | 1.93 | 14 | $3.19B | +3.1% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$20.62
High target$23.00
Low target$19.00
Implied upside3.39%
Analyst count13
ConsensusNONE
Strong buy / Buy4 / 7
Hold3
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.56%
Held by institutions35.92%
Institutions holding915
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
4.01M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 26 | MARKOWICZ JANA Chief Operating Officer |
BUY | 15.00K | $288.00K | Direct |
| Feb 6, 26 | LEM SCOTT C Chief Financial Officer |
BUY | 5.19K | $100.04K | Direct |
| Feb 5, 26 | HENSON MARY BETH Director |
BUY | 4.00K | $76.56K | Direct |
| Feb 5, 26 | SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 12.50K | $239.13K | Direct |
| Feb 5, 26 | SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 12.50K | $239.13K | Direct |
| Oct 31, 25 | SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 13.00K | $265.07K | Direct |
| Mar 3, 25 | MILLER JAMES ROBERT President |
BUY | 40.00K | $932.80K | Direct |
| Feb 18, 25 | AROUGHETI MICHAEL J Officer and Director |
STOCK | 300.17K | $0 | Direct |
| Feb 11, 25 | BATES ANN TORRE Director |
BUY | 6.00K | $136.50K | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
AROUGHETI MICHAEL J |
Officer and Director | 2.02M | Stock Gift |
BATES ANN TORRE |
Director | 38.00K | Purchase |
HENSON MARY BETH |
Director | 31.91K | Purchase |
LEM SCOTT C |
Chief Financial Officer | 39.46K | Purchase |
MARKOWICZ JANA |
Chief Operating Officer | 25.18K | Purchase |
MILLER JAMES ROBERT |
President | 40.00K | Purchase |
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT |
Chief Executive Officer | 40.50K | Purchase |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
19.87
+0.36% from price
SMA 20
19.53
+1.97% from price
SMA 50
18.96
+5.05% from price
SMA 100
18.85
+5.78% from price
SMA 200
19.30
+3.21% from price
EMA 12
19.73
+1.05% from price
EMA 26
19.47
+2.43% from price
EMA 50
19.20
+3.84% from price
RSI (14)
60.3
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.27
Hist -0.01
ATR (14)
0.33
1.64% of price
Realised vol 30D
18.1%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
20.45
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
18.62
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
18.96 vs 19.30
Trend bias
Above 200
+3.21%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.67
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.43
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
18.1%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-22.4%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-26.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.33
1.64% of price
Beta (reported)
0.62
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.20
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
1.60
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
19.00
-4.6% from spot
ATM implied vol
15.3%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+6.4%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
1.08K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
219
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
20.00
8.22K contracts
Heaviest put OI
17.00
13.67K contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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