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Ares Management Corp

125.68

Jul 17 • 03:59PM ET +0.25 (0.20%)

125.67

Aftermarket • 07:18PM ET -0.01 (-0.01%)

Financial Asset Management USA Large NYSE

Peers: APO KKR BX BAM CG TPG OWL BLK BN AMP

| Held by: VTI SCHD VOO VO IVV SPY VUG XLF RSP VOT

Index	S&P 500
Market Cap	41.46B
Enterprise Value	59.98B
Income	476.55M
Sales	6.82B
Book/sh	11.38
Cash/sh	4.36
Dividend Est.	5.45 (4.34%)
Dividend TTM	4.94 (3.93%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 16, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	22.45% 22.87%
Payout	253.90%
Employees	4250
IPO	May 02, 2014

P/E	58.18
Forward P/E	17.08
PEG	0.78
P/S	6.08
P/B	11.04
P/C	28.83
P/FCF	-
EV/EBITDA	26.79
EV/Sales	8.80
Quick Ratio	0.47
Current Ratio	0.47
Debt/Eq	3.51
LT Debt/Eq	3.50
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	2.16
EPS next Y	7.36
EPS next Q	1.28
EPS this Y	24.49%
EPS next Y	24.15%
EPS next 5Y	21.96%
EPS past 3/5Y	26.37% 15.13%
Sales past 3/5Y	27.27% 31.26%
EPS Y/Y TTM	21.89%
Sales Y/Y TTM	46.89%
EPS Q/Q	779.73%
Sales Q/Q	30.26%
Earnings	Jul 31 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	-6.98% 2.34%

Insider Own	8.23%
Insider Trans	0.02%
Inst Own	93.84%
Inst Trans	-1.51%
ROA	2.08%
ROE	13.63%
ROIC	3.19%
Gross Margin	77.90%
Oper. Margin	29.13%
Profit Margin	6.99%
SMA20	5.54%
SMA50	1.55%
SMA200	-7.29%
Trades

Shs Outstand	221.96M
Shs Float	206.97M
Short Float	7.59%
Short Ratio	6.01
Short Interest	15.70M
52W High	195.26 -35.63%
52W Low	95.80 31.19%
Volatility	3.48% 4.33%
ATR (14)	5.05
RSI (14)	56.56
Beta	1.51
Rel Volume	0.74
Avg Volume	2.61M
Volume	1,946,062

Perf Week	3.18%
Perf Month	-6.89%
Perf Quarter	8.14%
Perf Half Y	-26.04%
Perf YTD	-22.24%
Perf Year	-31.39%
Perf 3Y	24.50%
Perf 5Y	105.94%
Perf 10Y	753.56%
Recom	1.75
Target Price	145.06
Prev Close	125.43
Price	125.68
Change	0.20%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Feb-09-26	Upgrade	Raymond James	Mkt Perform → Strong Buy	$157
Feb-06-26	Upgrade	Deutsche Bank	Hold → Buy
Dec-11-25	Resumed	UBS	Neutral	$201
Oct-14-25	Upgrade	Oppenheimer	Perform → Outperform	$180
Oct-03-25	Initiated	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform	$156
Jul-28-25	Initiated	Raymond James	Mkt Perform
May-15-25	Downgrade	Oppenheimer	Outperform → Perform
Apr-16-25	Upgrade	Oppenheimer	Perform → Outperform	$159
Apr-08-25	Upgrade	Citizens JMP	Mkt Perform → Mkt Outperform	$165
Jan-27-25	Resumed	Barclays	Overweight	$224
Dec-20-24	Upgrade	Keefe Bruyette	Mkt Perform → Outperform	$166 → $202
Dec-12-24	Upgrade	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight	$212
Sep-12-24	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight	$156
Aug-27-24	Initiated	Redburn Atlantic	Neutral	$140
Jun-13-24	Downgrade	Deutsche Bank	Buy → Hold	$176 → $132
May-28-24	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Buy	$176
May-07-24	Initiated	TD Cowen	Buy	$154
Jan-09-24	Downgrade	Jefferies	Buy → Hold	$122
Oct-05-23	Initiated	Wolfe Research	Outperform	$133
Jul-10-23	Downgrade	Keefe Bruyette	Outperform → Mkt Perform	$99 → $98

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Jul-15-26 11:51AM	New York Yankees in Talks With Apollo Over $3 Billion Financing Deal (Bloomberg)
Jul-14-26 04:45PM	Ares Completes Acquisition of Whitestone REIT (Business Wire)
Jul-10-26 06:30AM	Ares Management Corporation Updates the Time of Its Earnings Conference Call for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Jul-07-26 02:05PM	Youth lacrosse costs families up to $25,000. This former pro player wants to change that. (Yahoo Finance)
01:21PM	BlackRock Sees Private Credit Taking Bigger Role in AI Buildout (Bloomberg)
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Jul-06-26 09:17AM	Software Markdowns at Mutual Funds Hint at Private Markets Pain (Bloomberg)
Jul-02-26 08:00PM	Investors Seek to Pull Nearly $16 Billion From Private-Credit Funds (The Wall Street Journal)
05:47PM	Midera Food Processing and Centrus Energy Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600 (PR Newswire)
03:15PM	Blue Owl Stock Rises as Exit Rush Eases (Barrons.com)
11:43AM	The Premier Lacrosse League is growing across every business unit as it raises $100 million, says its co-founder (Yahoo Finance)
11:43AM	Premier Lacrosse League raises $100 million as sport gears up for biggest moment in its history (Yahoo Finance)
07:00AM	ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION SCHEDULES EARNINGS RELEASE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Jul-01-26 04:15PM	Ares Acquisition Corporation III Announces Closing of Upsized $395 Million Initial Public Offering, Including Partial Exercise of Over-Allotment Option (Business Wire)
Jun-30-26 04:30PM	Ares Management Corporation Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2026 (PR Newswire)
10:27AM	Oppenheimer turns cautious on major U.S. banks, favors alternative asset managers (Investing.com)
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Jun-25-26 03:06PM	Ares caps withdrawals again at flagship $23 billion private credit fund (Reuters)
12:12PM	Ares Caps Private-Credit Fund Redemptions Again as 14% Seek Exits (Barrons.com)
08:14AM	Ares Private-Credit Redemption Requests Rise to $1.5 Billion (The Wall Street Journal)
07:10AM	Private Credits Big Arbitrage Trade Gains Backing From Advisers (Bloomberg)
Jun-19-26 04:23AM	BOE Unveils Doomsday Scenario for Private Markets Stress Test (Bloomberg)
Jun-18-26 09:00AM	Even More Investors Want Out of Private Credit (The Wall Street Journal)
06:30AM	Ares Appoints Brent Canada as Head of Infrastructure Debt (Business Wire)
Jun-15-26 11:23AM	Development of Parkside Commerce Center, a New Premier Class-A Industrial Facility, Launches in RTP (PR Newswire)
Jun-10-26 06:45AM	Ares Raises $12.7 Billion to Invest in Asset-Based Finance Through the Pathfinder Closed-End Strategy (Business Wire)
Jun-08-26 04:18PM	Private Capital Giants Chase Mexico's $500 Billion Pension Opportunity (GuruFocus.com)
12:18PM	June student housing deals near Texas A&M, University of Florida and more (Multifamily Dive)
07:30AM	ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL $1 BILLION COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM (PR Newswire)
Jun-04-26 09:00PM	The Anything-Goes Era in Private-Credit Lending Is Coming to an End (The Wall Street Journal) +6.01%
01:13PM	S&P 500's financial sector rallies as shares of Blackstone and KKR surge (MarketWatch)
09:58AM	Blackstone Fund Caps Withdrawals. Why Private-Credit Stocks Aren't Falling This Time. (Barrons.com)
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Jun-03-26 08:37AM	KKR, Blue Owl, and Blackstone Tumble. Why Private-Equity Jitters Are Back and Hitting the Stocks. (Barrons.com)
Jun-01-26 05:08AM	Shadow bank writes down loans to former Crystal Palace owner by 80pc (The Telegraph)
05:08AM	Shadow bank writedowns loans to former Crystal Palace owner by 80pc (The Telegraph)
May-30-26 03:00PM	Paramount Is Pulling Every Lever to Sell LBO Debt (Bloomberg)
May-29-26 04:30PM	Ares Management Corporation to Present at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference (ACCESSWIRE)
03:22PM	Ares Marks Eagle Football Debt To 16 Cents As MetLife Pushes Back (GuruFocus.com)
May-28-26 07:30PM	Ares Management Corporation to Present at the Goldman Sachs European Financials Conference (ACCESSWIRE)
May-26-26 09:28AM	Scion Group, Ares Management Corp. partner for $910M student housing buy (Multifamily Dive)
06:45AM	Ares Capital Corporation and Ares Strategic Income Fund Announce Increases in Size, Enhanced Terms and Extended Maturities for Bank-Led Revolving Credit Facilities (Business Wire)
May-21-26 01:30AM	6 High-Yielding BDCs Safe Enough for Dividend Investors (Barrons.com)
May-20-26 05:28PM	Scion Group & Ares Management Team Up to Buy $910M in Student Housing (Bloomberg)
May-15-26 06:26PM	Ares Management bulks up on credit funds in first quarter of 2026 (Reuters)
May-14-26 03:40PM	Europe's Regulators May Launch Private Credit Inquiry (Barrons.com)
May-13-26 04:30PM	Ares Management Corporation to Present at the Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference (ACCESSWIRE)
May-07-26 05:49PM	Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37% (TechCrunch)
03:12PM	Ares-Led Group Backs Apollo's GoodLife Investment With $800 Million Financing (GuruFocus.com)
06:55AM	Blue Owl Prepares First Fund to Buy Secondhand Private Credit (Bloomberg)
May-06-26 10:08AM	Apollo Sees Assets Top $1 Trillion for the First Time Ever (Bloomberg)
01:00AM	This Big Private-Credit Fund Is Riskier Than It Looks (Barrons.com)
May-04-26 04:45PM	Ares Capital Corporation Prices Public Offering of $800 Million 5.550% Unsecured Notes Due 2030 (Business Wire)
01:56PM	Ares CEO Michael Arougheti on AI implementation (CNBC TV)
10:23AM	GMR Solutions IPO targets $5 billion valuation (Quartz)
May-02-26 03:04AM	Ares Management Corp (ARES) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Fundraising and Robust ... (GuruFocus.com)
May-01-26 12:47PM	Ares Management Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
12:05PM	Private credit roundup: the ebb and flow of fresh investment (Reuters)
11:39AM	Ares Management Q1 2026 earnings miss, record fundraising (Quartz)
08:35AM	Ares Management Stock Jumps After Earnings. Private Credit Worries Remain. (Barrons.com)
06:59AM	Ares Management Revenue Rises on Record Fundraising (The Wall Street Journal)
06:30AM	Ares Management Announces First Quarter 2026 U.S. Direct Lending Origination Activity (ACCESSWIRE)
06:23AM	Ares Management: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
06:00AM	Ares Management Corporation Reports First Quarter 2026 Results (Business Wire)
Apr-29-26 06:30AM	Ares Appoints Peter Ogilvie as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy (Business Wire)
Apr-28-26 05:59PM	Ares Capital Posts a Profit After Accounting Gain (Barrons.com)
05:04PM	Ares Capital Corp's software valuations steady despite concerns (Reuters)
Apr-27-26 10:49AM	Platinum Equity and Ares Commercial Finance Provide Financing for Kingswood Capital Management's Acquisition of Daramic (PR Newswire)
Apr-24-26 04:09PM	Amazon-Backed X-Energy Climbs 27% After $1.02 Billion US IPO (Bloomberg)
10:32AM	Nuclear Energy IPO Set to Deliver Big Wins to Amazon and Ken Griffin (The Wall Street Journal)
02:30AM	It's Crunchtime for Private Credit as the Leading Funds Get Ready to Report Earnings (Barrons.com)
02:30AM	Insurers Are Lending to the Same Private-Credit Funds That Investors Are Rushing to Exit (Barrons.com)
Apr-23-26 08:11PM	Amazon-Backed Nuclear Firm X-Energy Raises $1.02 Billion in IPO (Bloomberg) -5.18%
08:30AM	JPMorgan Readies Fresh Private Credit Push After Needling Market (Bloomberg)
Apr-20-26 12:09PM	Private Credit Risks Linger Despite Broader Market Recovery. Here's How They Could Play Out. (Barrons.com)
Apr-17-26 03:00AM	Private Credit Is Scary. Get Those High Yields Without the Risk. (Barrons.com)
12:00AM	Wall Street banks start trading derivatives to bet on pain in private credit (Financial Times)
Apr-16-26 03:33PM	America's Next Great Business Oracle May Not Be American. Meet the Next Warren Buffett. (Barrons.com)
01:00AM	Still Looking for the Next Warren Buffett? We Found 'Him.' (Barrons.com)
Apr-15-26 03:04PM	Private Credit Looks Calm. Why Blackstone and Ares Stocks Are Starting to Climb. (Barrons.com) +5.92%
Apr-14-26 03:52AM	Nasdaq jumps but Dow inches up with Iran talks and earnings in focus (Proactive) +5.56%
03:17AM	FTSE 100 Live: Stocks search for direction as markets await new US-Iran talks (Proactive)
Apr-11-26 03:00PM	AI Juggernaut Rumbles on Even as Markets Whipsaw (Bloomberg)
Apr-10-26 12:45PM	Wall Street Builds New Tool to Bet Against Private Credit (The Wall Street Journal)
12:23PM	Ares Plans a Smaller Private Credit Fund With Less Leverage (Wealth Management)
Apr-09-26 06:14PM	A big week for fundraising has got opportunistic lenders excited (Pitchbook)
04:07PM	Dividend Stocks Merge In $1.7 Billion Deal; This One Rockets (Investor's Business Daily)
07:22AM	Whitestone REIT Stock Jumps 11%. It's Being Bought for $1.7 Billion by Ares Management. (Barrons.com)
06:41AM	Ares Management to Buy Whitestone REIT in $1.7 Billion Deal (The Wall Street Journal)
12:00AM	Investors sought to pull $20bn from private credit funds in first quarter (Financial Times)
Apr-08-26 09:00PM	E.G. Morse to Join Ares as Head of Asia Credit and Dinesh Goel and Gabriel Fong Appointed as Co-Heads of the Asia Special Situations Strategy (Business Wire)
07:50PM	Review & Preview: 'Big Money Will Be Made' (Barrons.com)
Apr-02-26 10:20AM	Blue Owl Limits Redemptions on Private Credit Funds After Massive Exit Requests (Bloomberg)
06:30AM	Ares Raises Combined $5.4 Billion for U.S. and Europe Value-Add Real Estate Strategies (Business Wire)
02:00AM	Alternative Assets Are Coming for Your 401(k). Do They Deserve the Hype? (Barrons.com)
Apr-01-26 04:30PM	Ares Management Corporation Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for the First Quarter Ending March 31, 2026 (ACCESSWIRE)
Mar-31-26 04:15PM	Ares Raises Over $9.8 Billion for Leading Opportunistic Credit Strategy (Business Wire)
Mar-30-26 04:21PM	These S&P 500 stocks are heading to their best quarters on record (MarketWatch)
11:05AM	Shares of hard-hit asset managers are seeing a bit of relief on Monday (MarketWatch)
Mar-29-26 09:00PM	Private Credit's Exposure to Ailing Software Industry Is Bigger Than Advertised (The Wall Street Journal)
Mar-27-26 05:37PM	Blue Owl, HPS Join Private Credit Funds Stung by February Losses (Bloomberg)
03:49PM	Oaktree Meets 100% Redemptions on $7.7B Fund, Allows 8.5% Withdrawals (GuruFocus.com)
11:53AM	Oaktree Meets Redemptions, Tests Private Credit Liquidity (GuruFocus.com)

Ares Management Corp. engages in the provision of investment and consultancy services. It operates through the following segments: Credit Group, Private Equity Group, Real Assets Group, Secondaries Group, and Other. The Credit Group segment includes the management of strategies across the liquid and illiquid spectrum, direct lending, and Asia-Pacific. The Private Equity Group segment involves the categorization of investment strategies as corporate, special opportunities, and Asia-Pacific. The Real Assets Group segment focuses on equity and debt strategies across infrastructure investments. The Secondaries Group segment consists of investment in secondary markets, alternative asset class strategies, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and credit. The company was founded by Michael J. Arougheti, David B. Kaplan, John H. Kissick, Antony P. Ressler, and Bennett Rosenthal in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

PartnerMr. Antony Peter Ressler

Co-FounderMr. Michael J. Arougheti

Partner & Co-PresidentMr. Blair Victor Jacobson

PartnerMr. Robert Kipp DeVeer III

Partner & Vice ChairmanMr. William Stephen Benjamin

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Olian Judy D.	Director	Feb 20 '26	Buy	124.43	480	59,726	29,734	Feb 24 06:50 PM
BHUTANI ASHISH	Director	Feb 06 '26	Buy	126.61	10,000	1,266,100	34,071	Feb 10 05:09 PM
Sagati Aghili Naseem	General Counsel	Feb 04 '26	Sale	134.92	3,921	529,032	326,889	Feb 06 06:00 PM
NASEEM SAGATI AGHILI	Officer	Feb 04 '26	Proposed Sale	131.60	3,921	516,004		Feb 04 04:36 PM
Sagati Aghili Naseem	General Counsel	Jan 22 '26	Sale	161.84	1,849	299,239	254,671	Jan 26 06:22 PM
NASEEM SAGATI AGHILI	Officer	Jan 22 '26	Proposed Sale	162.34	1,849	300,167		Jan 22 04:34 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Nov 26 '25	Sale	154.48	136,067	21,019,622	154,930	Dec 01 08:57 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Nov 28 '25	Sale	156.15	98,673	15,408,069	56,257	Dec 01 08:57 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Dec 01 '25	Sale	157.26	56,257	8,847,108	0	Dec 01 08:57 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Nov 25 '25	Sale	152.75	186,197	28,442,509	290,997	Nov 25 09:15 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Nov 24 '25	Sale	150.15	112,806	16,937,821	477,194	Nov 25 09:15 PM
ATTICUS ENTERPRISES LLC	Director	Nov 24 '25	Proposed Sale	147.43	590,000	86,983,700		Nov 24 04:27 PM
Sagati Aghili Naseem	General Counsel	Oct 01 '25	Sale	155.97	21,000	3,275,370	255,397	Oct 03 08:38 PM
NASEEM SAGATI AGHILI	Officer	Oct 01 '25	Proposed Sale	159.89	21,000	3,357,690		Oct 01 04:37 PM
Sagati Aghili Naseem	General Counsel	Sep 10 '25	Sale	178.40	21,000	3,746,321	276,397	Sep 12 07:34 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 10 '25	Sale	178.30	128,837	22,971,970	0	Sep 12 07:33 PM
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC	10% Owner	Sep 10 '25	Sale	1.13	13,000,000	14,710,800	41,197,491	Sep 11 04:31 PM
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC	10% Owner	Sep 09 '25	Sale	1.39	1,631,555	2,261,335	54,197,491	Sep 11 04:31 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Sep 10 '25	Proposed Sale	175.07	128,837	22,555,494		Sep 10 04:40 PM
NASEEM SAGATI AGHILI	Officer	Sep 10 '25	Proposed Sale	175.07	21,000	3,676,470		Sep 10 04:38 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 08 '25	Sale	175.78	170,341	29,942,945	230,237	Sep 09 09:42 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 09 '25	Sale	175.53	101,400	17,799,237	128,837	Sep 09 09:42 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Sep 09 '25	Proposed Sale	176.25	95,701	16,867,301		Sep 09 04:30 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 05 '25	Sale	177.05	176,784	31,300,367	400,578	Sep 05 08:37 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 04 '25	Sale	179.05	161,656	28,945,033	577,362	Sep 05 08:37 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 03 '25	Sale	176.76	126,499	22,359,617	739,018	Sep 05 08:37 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Sep 05 '25	Proposed Sale	180.05	300,000	54,015,000		Sep 05 04:38 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Sep 03 '25	Proposed Sale	179.78	300,000	53,934,000		Sep 03 04:33 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Sep 02 '25	Sale	178.61	177,929	31,780,770	865,517	Sep 02 08:27 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 29 '25	Sale	179.30	101,032	18,115,234	1,043,446	Sep 02 08:27 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Aug 29 '25	Proposed Sale	180.27	300,000	54,081,000		Aug 29 04:17 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 27 '25	Sale	180.23	171,686	30,943,111	1,252,852	Aug 28 08:05 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 28 '25	Sale	180.72	108,374	19,585,265	1,144,478	Aug 28 08:05 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Aug 27 '25	Proposed Sale	178.93	300,000	53,679,000		Aug 27 04:29 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 25 '25	Sale	178.19	44,760	7,975,789	0	Aug 26 09:39 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 26 '25	Sale	178.79	196,197	35,077,536	1,424,538	Aug 26 09:38 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 25 '25	Sale	178.08	112,522	20,037,464	1,620,735	Aug 26 09:38 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Aug 26 '25	Proposed Sale	178.13	196,197	34,948,572		Aug 26 04:26 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Aug 25 '25	Proposed Sale	181.07	112,522	20,374,359		Aug 25 04:38 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 22 '25	Sale	181.65	105,648	19,191,285	44,760	Aug 22 09:28 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 20 '25	Sale	178.39	97,880	17,461,120	213,848	Aug 22 09:28 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 21 '25	Sale	178.20	63,440	11,304,739	150,408	Aug 22 09:28 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 22 '25	Sale	181.65	105,394	19,144,739	1,733,257	Aug 22 09:28 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 20 '25	Sale	178.40	97,971	17,477,619	1,902,029	Aug 22 09:28 PM
RESSLER ANTONY P	Co-Founder & Exec. Chairman	Aug 21 '25	Sale	178.19	63,378	11,293,585	1,838,651	Aug 22 09:28 PM
TJ CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC	Director	Aug 20 '25	Proposed Sale	180.59	300,000	54,177,000		Aug 20 04:21 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 19 '25	Sale	182.74	136,516	24,946,638	311,728	Aug 19 08:49 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 18 '25	Sale	189.05	85,552	16,173,525	448,244	Aug 19 08:49 PM
Arougheti Michael J	Co-Founder and CEO	Aug 15 '25	Sale	188.69	56,204	10,604,893	533,796	Aug 19 08:49 PM
ATTICUS ENTERPRISES LLC	Director	Aug 18 '25	Proposed Sale	187.78	533,796	100,236,213		Aug 18 04:42 PM
ATTICUS ENTERPRISES LLC	Director	Aug 15 '25	Proposed Sale	190.45	56,204	10,704,052		Aug 15 04:24 PM

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Ares Capital Corp

19.17

Jul 17 • 03:59PM ET -0.04 (-0.21%)

19.18

Aftermarket • 07:57PM ET +0.01 (0.05%)

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Index	-
Market Cap	13.76B
Enterprise Value	28.96B
Income	1.15B
Sales	3.35B
Book/sh	19.59
Cash/sh	0.91
Dividend Est.	1.92 (10.02%)
Dividend TTM	1.92 (10.02%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 15, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	0.88% 3.71%
Payout	103.31%
Employees	4250
IPO	Oct 05, 2004

P/E	11.79
Forward P/E	9.97
PEG	-
P/S	4.11
P/B	0.98
P/C	21.01
P/FCF	12.82
EV/EBITDA	13.99
EV/Sales	8.65
Quick Ratio	1.43
Current Ratio	1.43
Debt/Eq	1.13
LT Debt/Eq	1.13
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	1.63
EPS next Y	1.92
EPS next Q	0.47
EPS this Y	-4.93%
EPS next Y	0.66%
EPS next 5Y	-2.32%
EPS past 3/5Y	15.98% 10.24%
Sales past 3/5Y	12.96% 18.46%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-20.45%
Sales Y/Y TTM	14.51%
EPS Q/Q	-64.07%
Sales Q/Q	29.96%
Earnings	Jul 29 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	-2.63% -1.93%

Insider Own	0.59%
Insider Trans	0.87%
Inst Own	35.04%
Inst Trans	-
ROA	3.90%
ROE	8.29%
ROIC	3.84%
Gross Margin	77.97%
Oper. Margin	61.86%
Profit Margin	34.37%
SMA20	3.75%
SMA50	2.57%
SMA200	-1.04%
Trades

Shs Outstand	718.00M
Shs Float	713.78M
Short Float	6.55%
Short Ratio	8.76
Short Interest	46.73M
52W High	23.42 -18.13%
52W Low	17.40 10.17%
Volatility	1.50% 1.72%
ATR (14)	0.32
RSI (14)	62.70
Beta	0.61
Rel Volume	1.27
Avg Volume	5.33M
Volume	6,788,868

Perf Week	2.08%
Perf Month	2.95%
Perf Quarter	2.08%
Perf Half Y	-8.19%
Perf YTD	-5.24%
Perf Year	-17.55%
Perf 3Y	-0.83%
Perf 5Y	-3.26%
Perf 10Y	35.48%
Recom	1.43
Target Price	20.73
Prev Close	19.21
Price	19.17
Change	-0.21%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jun-12-26	Downgrade	Wells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$19
Jul-30-25	Upgrade	B. Riley Securities	Neutral → Buy	$23.50
Feb-06-25	Downgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform
Dec-12-24	Upgrade	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight
Dec-02-24	Upgrade	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight	$23
Jan-08-24	Downgrade	B. Riley Securities	Buy → Neutral	$21
Jun-16-23	Initiated	B. Riley Securities	Buy	$20.50
Apr-18-23	Downgrade	Wells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$20 → $18
Apr-28-22	Upgrade	Hovde Group	Market Perform → Outperform
Apr-27-22	Upgrade	JP Morgan	Neutral → Overweight	$22
Mar-07-22	Initiated	Hovde Group	Market Perform	$22.50
Dec-03-21	Initiated	Janney	Buy	$22
Dec-10-20	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral
Dec-10-20	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Equal Weight	$16 → $17
Oct-27-20	Upgrade	Janney	Neutral → Buy
Apr-16-20	Upgrade	Raymond James	Mkt Perform → Outperform	$14
Apr-13-20	Upgrade	BofA/Merrill	Neutral → Buy	$16
Apr-02-20	Upgrade	Compass Point	Neutral → Buy	$13
Nov-12-19	Initiated	RBC Capital Mkts	Outperform	$20
Oct-22-19	Downgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform

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Jul-02-26 07:00AM	ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION SCHEDULES EARNINGS RELEASE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Jun-08-26 07:30AM	ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL $1 BILLION COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM (PR Newswire)
Jun-01-26 05:08AM	Shadow bank writes down loans to former Crystal Palace owner by 80pc (The Telegraph)
05:08AM	Shadow bank writedowns loans to former Crystal Palace owner by 80pc (The Telegraph)
May-31-26 02:25AM	Will private credit infect public markets? (Investing.com)
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May-26-26 06:45AM	Ares Capital Corporation and Ares Strategic Income Fund Announce Increases in Size, Enhanced Terms and Extended Maturities for Bank-Led Revolving Credit Facilities (Business Wire)
May-11-26 05:46AM	Apollo in Talks to Sell $3 Billion Fund, Report Says. What It Says About Private Credit Fears. (Barrons.com)
May-06-26 01:00AM	This Big Private-Credit Fund Is Riskier Than It Looks (Barrons.com)
May-04-26 04:45PM	Ares Capital Corporation Prices Public Offering of $800 Million 5.550% Unsecured Notes Due 2030 (Business Wire)
May-01-26 12:05PM	Private credit roundup: the ebb and flow of fresh investment (Reuters)
05:30AM	How Private-Credit Funds Keep Debt Off Their Balance Sheets (The Wall Street Journal)
Apr-29-26 03:08AM	Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Market Volatility with ... (GuruFocus.com)
Apr-28-26 05:59PM	Ares Capital Posts a Profit After Accounting Gain (Barrons.com)
05:04PM	Ares Capital Corp's software valuations steady despite concerns (Reuters)
04:49PM	Ares Capital Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
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12:33PM	Ares BDC Defaults Climb as Yields Fall (The Wall Street Journal)
07:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation Announces March 31, 2026 Financial Results and Declares Second Quarter 2026 Dividend of $0.48 Per Share (Business Wire)
06:21AM	Ares Capital: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
Apr-24-26 02:30AM	It's Crunchtime for Private Credit as the Leading Funds Get Ready to Report Earnings (Barrons.com)
Apr-22-26 02:02PM	Thoma Bravo nears agreement to turn software firm Medallia over to creditors, sources say (Reuters)
05:30AM	A Moment of Truth: Which Private-Credit Funds Believe Their Own Balance Sheets? (The Wall Street Journal)
Apr-07-26 08:21PM	Brokers Suggest Investing in Ares Capital (ARCC): Read This Before Placing a Bet (Quartz)
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Apr-01-26 10:55AM	Trapped in a Private Credit Fund? Here's What You Can Do. (Barrons.com)
07:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release For The First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026 (ACCESSWIRE)
Mar-26-26 05:36PM	Investors in Private Credit Funds Are Fretting About One Type of Loan Payment (Barrons.com)
Mar-25-26 11:48AM	Ares Caps Redemptions as Private Credit Pressures Build (Barrons.com)
Mar-20-26 10:09AM	Sea change in private credit delivers long-awaited spread widening (Pitchbook)
Mar-18-26 03:01PM	The 'Watchlist' of Private Credit Loans Showing Stress Is Growing. What It Means. (Barrons.com)
Mar-17-26 03:46PM	Software Loans Went From Catnip to Kryptonite. Where Are They Now? (Barrons.com)
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Mar-13-26 08:57AM	'PIK' Loans Are the Market's Latest Concern. What They Are and Why They Matter. (Barrons.com)
Mar-12-26 04:00PM	A New Sign of Stress in the Shaky Private Credit Market (Barrons.com)
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Mar-03-26 09:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It (Zacks)
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Feb-27-26 05:57PM	Stocks' Season of Discontent Could Linger Well Past Winter. Plus, Picks Among BDCs. (Barrons.com)
12:56PM	Main Street Capital Q4 Earnings Beat, Shares Fall as Expenses Rise Y/Y (Zacks)
Feb-26-26 10:33AM	Private Credits Great Divide: Imminent Crisis or No Big Deal (Bloomberg)
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Feb-25-26 09:44AM	Can Higher Cash Collections Boost PRA Group's Q4 Earnings? (Zacks)
07:45AM	AI disruption and private credit: what is the risk scenario? (Investing.com)
06:00AM	2 Dividend Stocks Yielding 10%+ at Rock-Bottom Levels; Truist Says Buy (TipRanks)
Feb-23-26 06:56AM	Just Four Dividend Stocks Transform $400,000 Into $2,500 a Month Retirement Income (24/7 Wall St.)
Feb-22-26 03:33PM	Last weeks slump in asset-manager stocks was driven by private-credit fears. Heres whats worrying investors. (MarketWatch)
Feb-21-26 08:30AM	This week's slump in asset-manager stocks was driven by private-credit fears. Here's what's worrying investors. (MarketWatch)
Feb-20-26 09:00AM	Investors Heavily Search Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC): Here is What You Need to Know (Zacks)
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Feb-19-26 04:26PM	Blue Owl Move to Curb Redemptions at Private-Credit Fund Hits Alt Manager Stocks (Barrons.com)
Feb-11-26 10:17AM	Red-Hot Jobs Report Will Delay Fed Rate Cuts Lock In These 5 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Giants (24/7 Wall St.)
Feb-09-26 09:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know (Zacks)
Feb-08-26 09:38AM	How the Software Panic Hit Private Creditand Why Some BDC Stocks Might Be Worth Buying (Barrons.com)
Feb-06-26 05:30AM	Private Markets' AI Panic: When 'Recurring Revenue' Isn't (The Wall Street Journal)
Feb-05-26 08:19AM	ARCC's Q4 Earnings Meet, Stock Up on Higher Total Investment Income (Zacks)
Feb-04-26 06:52PM	Ares Capital Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
06:08PM	Ares BDC says software loan book remains healthy amid AI fears (Pitchbook)
06:02PM	Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Portfolio Performance and ... (GuruFocus.com)
01:48PM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript (Motley Fool)
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07:15AM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Matches Q4 Earnings Estimates (Zacks)
07:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation Announces December 31, 2025 Financial Results and Declares First Quarter 2026 Dividend of $0.48 Per Share (Business Wire)
06:21AM	Ares Capital: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
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Feb-02-26 12:58PM	Is Ares Capital Stock Worth Owning Ahead of Q4 Earnings? (Zacks)
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Jan-31-26 02:30AM	The Exit Rush Is Over for Nontraded BDCs. Cash Keeps Coming Into Private Credit. (Barrons.com)
Jan-30-26 04:00PM	Ares Capital Corporation Announces Tax Reporting Information for Calendar Year 2025 (Business Wire)
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Jan-23-26 09:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It (Zacks)
Jan-22-26 03:09AM	Jim Cramer on Ares Capital: "I Want to Be Very Careful There" (Insider Monkey)
Jan-20-26 06:00PM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Stock Moves -1.24%: What You Should Know (Zacks)
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Jan-14-26 05:50PM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Note (Zacks)
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09:30AM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Is Considered a Good Investment by Brokers: Is That True? (Zacks)
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Jan-12-26 09:00AM	Investors Heavily Search Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC): Here is What You Need to Know (Zacks)
Jan-08-26 11:31AM	ARCC vs. HTGC: Which BDC Stock Is Positioned Better for Growth? (Zacks)
Jan-07-26 05:50PM	Ares Capital (ARCC) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know (Zacks)
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Jan-06-26 09:30AM	Amalgamated Financial (AMAL) Soars 5.0%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock? (Zacks)
07:00AM	Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 (ACCESSWIRE)

Ares Capital Corp. is a specialty finance company focused on providing direct loans and other investments in private middle market companies in the United States. It focuses on investing in high-quality businesses that require capital to support growth and expansion, with the objective of generating current income and potential capital appreciation through its lending and investment activities. The company was founded on April 16, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Co-ChairmanMr. Mitchell Scott Goldstein CPA

Co-Chairman of Board of Directors & Co-Head of Ares Credit GroupMr. Michael Lewis Smith

Executive VP & DirectorMr. Michael J. Arougheti

CEO & Co-Head of U.S. Direct LendingMr. Kort Schnabel

President & Co-Head of U.S. Direct LendingMr. James Miller

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
MARKOWICZ JANA	Chief Operating Officer	Feb 09 '26	Buy	19.20	15,000	288,000	25,176	Feb 10 04:30 PM
Lem Scott C	CFO and Treasurer	Feb 06 '26	Buy	19.29	5,186	100,038	39,463	Feb 09 09:05 PM
HENSON MARY BETH	Director	Feb 05 '26	Buy	19.14	4,000	76,560	31,913	Feb 09 04:40 PM
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT	Chief Executive Officer	Feb 05 '26	Buy	19.13	12,500	239,125	40,500	Feb 09 04:39 PM
SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT	Chief Executive Officer	Oct 31 '25	Buy	20.39	13,000	265,070	28,000	Nov 03 06:15 PM

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