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ARCC

Ares Capital Corporation Common Stock

Finance · ·

$19.62

▲ $0.30 (+1.6%)

Market Cap

$14.09B

Day Range

$19.37 - $19.69

52-Week Range

$17.40 - $22.76

Beta

—

Next Earnings

26.10.2026

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-12.4% (1Y)

Investor Score
55/ 100C
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈72BTechnical
💰46D+Fundamental
🚀38FGrowth
💎60C+Valuation
📰50C-News
🏦50C-Quality
⚠️58CRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🟢 Bullish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 ATR: 1.8% of price
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 62.6 — healthy positive momentum

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -23.8%
  • 🔴 Net income growth: -14.7%
  • 🔴 -2.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴 %K 92.1 — overbought
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): 9.1% — weak

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟡 Conservative leverage🟢 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟡 Mixed

Everyone's writing about Ares Capital Corporation Common Stock. News trend score: 50. Reason: The mix of positive and negative articles is balanced — 6 vs. 6 out of the last 20 articles.

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News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (7 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSI — RSI 62.6 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🔴Stochastic — %K 92.1 — overbought
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 16.1 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -2.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger Bands — Price is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (105%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 3.5%
  • 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.03

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Distribution

A pattern consistent with an early/mid distribution phase — a trading range after an advance with declining volume.

Medium confidence

$17.72

Range Bottom

$19.72

Range Top

50

Trading Days in Range

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟡Trading range identified — The stock is trading in a 11.3% range (between 17.72 and 19.72) over 50 trading days.
  • 🔴The range follows an uptrend — Under the Wyckoff method, a trading range following an advance is a natural candidate for a Distribution phase — smart money selling to the last buyers.
  • 🟢Trading volume in the range is declining — Declining volume across the range suggests supply (in accumulation) or demand (in distribution) is being exhausted — usually a sign the range is nearing its end.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟡 Range

The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

In a range, the method doesn't give a single directional stop point — the market currently lacks a clear direction, consider waiting for a breakout from the range.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

—

Operating Margin

—

Net Margin

—

EBITDA Margin

—

Efficiency

ROE

9.1%

ROA

4.2%

ROIC

—

EPS

$1.86

Balance Sheet

Cash

$638.00M

Total Debt

$15.99B

Current Ratio

—

Debt/Equity

1.12

Conclusions

  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 9.1% — weak
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 4.2% — weak
  • 🟡Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 1.12

🚀 Growth

Revenue

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Conclusions

  • 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -23.8%
  • 🔴Net income growth — Net income growth: -14.7%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
15.6.2026$0.480
13.3.2026$0.480
15.12.2025$0.480
15.9.2025$0.480
13.6.2025$0.480
14.3.2025$0.480
13.12.2024$0.480
13.9.2024$0.480
14.6.2024$0.480
14.3.2024$0.480
14.12.2023$0.480
14.9.2023$0.480

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.

Book Value per Share

$20.48

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$20.48

Conclusions

  • 🟢Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $20.48
  • 🟢P/E — P/E: 10.5

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 6 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 6 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
MARKOWICZ JANAOpen Market Purchase9.2.202625,176+15,000$19.20
Lem Scott COpen Market Purchase6.2.202639,463+5,186$19.29
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTOpen Market Purchase5.2.202640,500+12,500$19.13
HENSON MARY BETHOpen Market Purchase5.2.202631,913+4,000$19.14
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTOpen Market Purchase5.2.202640,500+12,500$19.13
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORTOpen Market Purchase31.10.202528,000+13,000$20.39

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

↓-3.1%

45,290,769 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 46,730,429 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

↑+12.0%

60.1% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 53.7% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 6 positive, 8 neutral, 6 negative out of the last 20 articles.