Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] stock is trading at $19.52, down -0.81%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ARCC shares have lost -3.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.41%, and not 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 July 30, 2025, when B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $23.50 for it. Previously, Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on February 06, 2025. On December 12, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to an Overweight but stick to its price target of $23 on December 02, 2024. B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $21 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 08, 2024. B. Riley Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 16, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $20.50. In a note dated April 18, 2023, Wells Fargo downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $20 to $18.
Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] stock has fluctuated between $18.26 and $23.84 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $22.33 within the next 12 months. Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ: ARCC] shares were valued at $19.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.4% based on the average ARCC price forecast.
Analyzing the ARCC fundamentals
Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ:ARCC] reported sales of 3.24B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 35.42%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.44%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.6%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.58%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.03.
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 19.39 points at the first support level, and at 19.26 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.65, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.78.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ares Capital Corp’s Current Ratio is 2.21. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 2.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.31, the price to book ratio is 0.98 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.81.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Oct 31 ’25 when 13000.0 shares were purchased. Co-President, Miller James Robert completed a deal on Mar 03 ’25 to buy 40000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Bates Ann Torre bought 6000.0 shares on Feb 11 ’25.
