ARCC

Ares Capital Corporation Common Stock (ARCC)

Stock · NASDAQ · Finance

$18.72as of 10/16/2026

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October 4, 2026

Ares Capital Sets Q3 Earnings Date Amid Dividend Focus. Ares Capital has scheduled its third-quarter earnings release for the period ending September 30, 2026. The stock is currently drawing attention from income-focused investors due to its 9.65% dividend yield. With an average analyst target of $20.77, the company remains a key subject in recent discussions on high-yield financial stocks.

Active signals

Support level
$18.53
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services

What ARCC's price did in the 20 trading sessions after each past signal, compared with any 20-session window over the same period.

SignalTimesMedian 20-session returnHigher after 20 sessions
Volume Spike29+1.5%52%
Bollinger Band Breakdown23+2.4%74%
200-Day Moving Average TouchActive now24+1.3%67%
Bollinger Band Breakout21+1.3%81%
Any 20-session window (baseline)+1.1%62%

Computed by MarketWall from daily closing prices since May 18, 2022. Returns are close-to-close and don't include dividends. Past results describe what happened before; they are not a forecast and not investment advice.

About ARCC

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in growth capital, 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 sports, media & entertainment, industrials & business services, infrastructur…

Sector
Finance
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services

Fundamentals

1-day range
$18.69$19.02
Market cap
$14.09B
P/E (trailing)
13.90
P/E (forward)
9.68
EPS (trailing)
$1.35
Dividend yield
9.65%
Beta
0.66
Avg. volume
4.36M
Ex-dividend date
September 15, 2026
Dividend pay date
September 30, 2026
52-week range
$17.4$21.14
Next earnings: October 27, 2026 · EPS estimate $0.48confirmed

Forecasts

13 analyst ratings

Buy 80%
Hold 20%
Sell 0%
1-year price forecast
High
$23
+22.9%
Median
$21
+12.2%
Low
$19
+1.5%

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P/E shows — for peers not currently carrying a live signal of their own.

Latest news

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held
248.85M
Total value held
$4.16B
Institutional holders
802
Top holders this quarter
  • Unknown16.35M
  • Unknown14.34M
  • Unknown10.89M
  • Unknown10.50M
  • Unknown9.14M
  • Unknown7.55M
  • Unknown7.31M
  • Unknown5.98M
  • Unknown4.49M
  • Unknown4.19M

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