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In the latest session, Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC) closed at $20.34 down -1.55% from its previous closing price of $20.66. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.67 million shares were traded. ARCC stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.8 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $20.2948.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Ares Capital Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Equal Weight to Overweight on December 02, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $23.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when Miller James Robert bought 40,000 shares for $23.32 per share. The transaction valued at 932,800 led to the insider holds 40,000 shares of the business.
Bates Ann Torre bought 6,000 shares of ARCC for $136,500 on Feb 11 ’25. The Director now owns 30,000 shares after completing the transaction at $22.75 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ARCC now has a Market Capitalization of 14027114496 and an Enterprise Value of 27032524800. As of this moment, Ares’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.66 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.041.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARCC is 0.75, which has changed by -0.013100445 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092895746 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARCC has reached a high of $23.84, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $18.26. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.76%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.69%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, ARCC has traded an average of 5.60M shares per day and 4584190 over the past ten days. A total of 684.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 679.04M. Insiders hold about 0.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 30.49% stake in the company. Shares short for ARCC as of 1744675200 were 18676922 with a Short Ratio of 3.34, compared to 1741910400 on 16967170. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 18676922 and a Short% of Float of 2.74.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for ARCC is 1.92, from 0.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.16.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) is currently drawing attention from 10.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.51, with high estimates of $0.52 and low estimates of $0.48.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.05 and $2.0 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.03. EPS for the following year is $2.02, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $2.15 and $1.92.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 8 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $750.98M this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $772.31M to a low estimate of $739M. As of the current estimate, Ares Capital Corp’s year-ago sales were $755MFor the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $761.8M. There is a high estimate of $787.13M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $736.12M.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ARCC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.08B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.95B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.02B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.99BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.17B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.41B and the low estimate is $2.93B.
