At the time of writing, Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] stock is trading at $20.61, up 0.19%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ARCC shares have gain 3.26% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.98%, 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 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 a 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Ares Capital Corp fluctuated between $18.26 and $23.84. 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 $20.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.35% based on the average ARCC price forecast.
Analyzing the ARCC fundamentals
According to Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ:ARCC], the company’s sales were 3.24B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 35.42% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.66% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.55%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.59%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.57%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.04.
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 20.38 points at the first support level, and at 20.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 20.84, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.07.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ:ARCC] has a current ratio of 2.21. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.55, the price to book ratio is 1.03 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.35.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Miller James Robert, Co-President, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 40000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Bates Ann Torre completed a deal on Feb 11 ’25 to buy 6000.0 shares.
