Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.59% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $20.17. Over the past 52 weeks, ARCC has traded in a range of $18.26-$23.84.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 5.60%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -14.30%. With a float of $711.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $716.00 million.
Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Asset Management Industry. The insider ownership of Ares Capital Corp is 0.63%, while institutional ownership is 32.39%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 31 ’25, was worth 265,070. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 13,000 shares at a rate of $20.39, taking the stock ownership to the 28,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 03 ’25, when Company’s Co-President bought 40,000 for $23.32, making the entire transaction worth $932,800. This insider now owns 40,000 shares in total.
Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 0.55 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 0.58) by -0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -14.30% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -6.07% during the next five years compared to 5.60% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Ares Capital Corp’s (ARCC) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.21. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 11.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.99, a number that is poised to hit 0.50 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.95 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Ares Capital Corp (ARCC)
Looking closely at Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC), its last 5-days average volume was 4.92 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 4.71 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 67.47%.
During the past 100 days, Ares Capital Corp’s (ARCC) raw stochastic average was set at 37.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 38.17% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.27 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.31 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $20.28, while its 200-day Moving Average is $21.27. However, in the short run, Ares Capital Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $20.41. Second resistance stands at $20.53. The third major resistance level sits at $20.67. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $20.15, it is likely to go to the next support level at $20.01. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $19.89.
Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 14.52 billion has total of 715,727K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,990 M in contrast with the sum of 1,522 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 782,000 K and last quarter income was 404,000 K.
