Ares CapitalARCC
ARCC
About: Ares Capital Corp is a United States-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing primarily in first lien senior secured loans (including unitranche loans, which are loans that combine both senior and subordinated debt, generally in a first lien position) and second lien senior secured loans. In addition to senior secured loans, the company also invests in subordinated loans and preferred equity, it also makes common equity investments.
Employees: 3,200
0
Funds holding %
of 7,428 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
25% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 326 | Existing positions reduced: 260
23% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 75 | Existing positions closed: 61
0.14% more ownership
Funds ownership: 31.65% [Q1] → 31.79% (+0.14%) [Q2]
0% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.8B [Q1] → $4.79B (-$6.37M) [Q2]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 818 [Q1] → 809 (-9) [Q2]
17% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 18 [Q1] → 15 (-3) [Q2]
61% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $58.5M | Put options by funds: $152M
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$23
2%
upside
Avg. target
$23
4%
upside
High target
$24
6%
upside
5 analyst ratings
4 positive
80%
1 neutral
20%
0 negative
0%
JMP Securities Brian McKenna | 4%upside $23 | Market Outperform Maintained | 31 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea | 4%upside $23 | Overweight Maintained | 30 Jul 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Paul Johnson | 4%upside $23 | Outperform Maintained | 30 Jul 2025 |
B. Riley Securities Bryce Rowe | 6%upside $24 | Buy Upgraded | 30 Jul 2025 |
UBS Doug Harter | 2%upside $23 | Neutral Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 33 articles about ARCC published over the past 30 days
Positive
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