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After finishing at $21.82 in the prior trading day, Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC) closed at $21.75, down -0.32%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.32 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.76 million shares were traded. ARCC stock price reached its highest trading level at $21.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.63.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of ARCC by taking a closer look at its different 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 14824538112 and an Enterprise Value of 27757725696. As of this moment, Ares’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.19. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.96 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.284.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARCC is 0.83, which has changed by 0.084788084 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 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 $19.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.78%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.73M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5457380 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 681.59M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 676.15M. Insiders hold about 0.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 30.39% stake in the company. Shares short for ARCC as of 1740700800 were 16309592 with a Short Ratio of 3.45, compared to 1738281600 on 17340060. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16309592 and a Short% of Float of 2.4400001000000002.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, ARCC’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.92, compared to 1.92 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08799267The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.26.
