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Ares Capital Corporation · NASDAQ
Price: $19.25 · Annual div: $1.92/share · Frequency: quarterly · Payout ratio: 50% · Ex-div: TBD
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$10,000 in ARCC → $10.58M in 10 years · $0.08/month
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.
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Real after-tax yield depends on where you live and how you hold ARCC.
| Account/Country | Tax Rate | After-tax Yield | Real Yield | $10K Annual Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Roth IRA / 401k | 0% | 9.97% | 7.17% | $997 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) ✓ | 15% | 8.47% | 5.67% | $847 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (20%) | 20% | 7.98% | 5.18% | $798 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK ISA | 0% | 9.97% | 7.17% | $997 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK Taxable | 8.75% | 9.10% | 6.30% | $910 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 TFSA | 0% | 9.97% | 7.17% | $997 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 CA Taxable | 25% | 7.48% | 4.68% | $748 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 Super (pension) | 15% | 8.47% | 5.67% | $847 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 AU Taxable | 30% | 6.98% | 4.18% | $698 / yr |
| 🇩🇪 DE Taxable | 26.375% | 7.34% | 4.54% | $734 / yr |
| 🇫🇷 FR Taxable | 30% | 6.98% | 4.18% | $698 / yr |
Real yield = after-tax yield minus US CPI of 2.8%. 12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators). Click any row to select. US withholding tax (30%, reducible by treaty) applies to non-US residents holding US stocks in taxable accounts.
12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators).
Based on current dividend of $1.92/share/yr · 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) · static projection (no growth assumed).
ARCC pays quarterly — 4 times per year. Next ex-div: TBD.
How ARCC compares to typical Financial Services averages.
Benchmarks: S&P 500 sector averages (2024–2026). Sources: Morningstar, Bloomberg, NAREIT. 5Y CAGR for ARCC sourced from FMP /financial-growth endpoint — real data, not estimates.
When executives buy their own stock, it's a signal they believe in the dividend's sustainability.
| Insider | Title | Type | Date | Shares | Price | Total Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy | 2026-02-09 | 15,000 | $19.20 | $288.0K | ||
| Buy | 2026-02-06 | 5,186 | $19.29 | $100.0K | ||
| Buy | 2026-02-05 | 4,000 | $19.14 | $76.6K | ||
| Buy | 2026-02-05 | 12,500 | $19.13 | $239.1K | ||
| Buy | 2025-10-31 | 13,000 | $20.39 | $265.1K | ||
| Buy | 2025-03-03 | 40,000 | $23.32 | $932.8K | ||
| G-Gift | 2025-02-18 | 300,172 | — | — | ||
| Buy | 2025-02-11 | 6,000 | $22.75 | $136.5K | ||
| Buy | 2023-05-02 | 15,000 | $17.84 | $267.6K | ||
| Buy | 2023-03-16 | 3,000 | $17.44 | $52.3K |
Insider transactions sourced from SEC Form 4 filings via Financial Modeling Prep. See disclaimer.
Analyst consensus price target via FMP. Not a guarantee of future performance. Past analyst accuracy varies.
Altman Z-Score predicts bankruptcy risk. Piotroski F-Score measures financial strength across 9 criteria. High scores → lower dividend cut risk. Data via FMP financial statements.
Insiders are net buyers — historically a positive signal for dividend sustainability. Last purchase: 2026-02-09
Dividend yields, payout ratios, and financial metrics are sourced from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) and cross-referenced with SEC EDGAR filings. Data is cached and updated every 24 hours via our nightly refresh. DRIP projections are forward-looking estimates, not guarantees.
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