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As of close of business last night, Ares Capital Corp’s stock clocked out at $22.36, up 0.58% from its previous closing price of $22.23. In other words, the price has increased by $0.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.76 million shares were traded. ARCC stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.365 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $22.1135.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of ARCC’s stock, we examine 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:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. 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 15304929280 and an Enterprise Value of 28167329792. As of this moment, Ares’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.16, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.50. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.13. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.421.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARCC is 0.82, which has changed by 0.09661603 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 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 -1.96%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.52%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that ARCC traded 4.62M shares on average per day over the past three months and 4489690 shares per day over the past ten days. 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 30.40% stake in the company. Shares short for ARCC as of 1741910400 were 16967170 with a Short Ratio of 3.67, compared to 1739491200 on 17407566. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16967170 and a Short% of Float of 2.5.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.92, ARCC has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.92. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08636977The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.26.
