CSIO yields 0.67% · ARCC yields 10.82%● Live data
📍 ARCC pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, CSIO + ARCC cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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CSIO invests primarily in a concentrated portfolio of US and international infrastructure companies. Security selection is based on a value-oriented, bottom-up research process, evaluating firms on financial strength, management quality, industry positioning, and valuation metrics such as price/earnings, price/cash flow, dividend yield, and earnings growth. Eligible company exposure ranges from utilities, energy transport, communications networks, transportation systems, social infrastructure, and related suppliers, with up to 25% allocated to emerging markets. While CSIOs focus is common stocks, the fund may also hold preferred securities, hybrids, PIPEs, REIT-structured infrastructure assets, IPOs, and up to 20% in fixed-income securities. The fund does not target specific ESG outcomes but considers relevant ESG factors when assessing opportunities. Derivatives and currency hedging may be used mainly for risk management purposes.
Full CSIO Calculator →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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