At the time of writing, Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] stock is trading at $23.47, up 0.51%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ARCC shares have gain 3.37% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.25%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ: ARCC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 06, 2025, when Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Previously, Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight on December 12, 2024. On December 02, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $23 on the stock. B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $21 on January 08, 2024. B. Riley Securities initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $20.50 as its price target on June 16, 2023. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on April 18, 2023, and downed its price target to $18. In a note dated April 28, 2022, Hovde Group upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Ares Capital Corp fluctuated between $19.32 and $23.84. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21.6 within the next 12 months. Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ: ARCC] shares were valued at $23.47 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -7.97% based on the average ARCC price forecast.
Analyzing the ARCC fundamentals
According to Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ:ARCC], the company’s sales were 2.99B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 7.40% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.94% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.86%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.58%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.55%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.09.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 23.29 points at the first support level, and at 23.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 23.58, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.70.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.27, the price to book ratio is 1.18 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.62.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bates Ann Torre, Director, that happened on Feb 11 ’25 when 6000.0 shares were purchased.
