Ares Capital Corporation

Day range

$18.51 – $18.78

Open

$18.65

Prev close

$18.64

Volume

2.88M

Market cap

$13.38B

Shares out

718.02M

P/E

13.94

P/S

5.15

P/B

0.96

P/FCF

—

ROE

6.9%

ROA

3.1%

Debt/Equity

1.14

Div yield

9.93%

As of Oct 23, 2026

• Debt issuanceSep 15, 2026

  The Seventh Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company's issuance, offer and sale of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.250% notes due 2033 (the "Notes"). The Notes will mature on September 15, 2033 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company's option.

• Special meeting resultsAug 14, 2026

  On August 13, 2026, Ares Capital Corporation (the "Company") held its special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting")... The proposal to authorize the Company, with the approval of its board of directors, to sell or otherwise issue shares of its common stock at a price below its then current net asset value per share subject to certain limitations (including, without limitation, that the number of shares issued does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding shares of common stock) was approved, based on the following votes: FOR 287,240,274, AGAINST 70,093,164, ABSTAIN 14,771,898.

• Dividend declarationJul 29, 2026

  On July 29, 2026, the registrant announced the declaration of a third quarter 2026 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable on September 30, 2026 to stockholders of record as of September 15, 2026.

• Debt issuanceJul 22, 2026

  The notes offered in the ADL CLO 1 Reset Transaction were issued by ADL CLO 1 pursuant to an amended and restated indenture and security agreement...include (i) $267.0 million of Class A-1-R Senior Floating Rate Notes due July 25, 2038...bear interest at Term SOFR plus 1.46%; (ii) $24.5 million of Class A-2-R Senior Floating Rate Notes due July 25, 2038...bear interest at Term SOFR plus 1.70%; (iii) $45.5 million of Class B-R Senior Floating Rate Notes due July 25, 2038...bear interest at Term SOFR plus 1.90%; and (iv) an additional $7.1 million of additional Subordinated Notes due July 25, 2038.

• Credit facilityJun 22, 2026

  On June 18, 2026, Ares Capital Corporation (the "Registrant") and ARCC FB Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant ("AFB LLC"), entered into a Tenth Amendment (the "BNP Funding Facility Amendment") to the Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated June 11, 2020, as amended (the "BNP Funding Facility"), with BNP Paribas and each of the other parties thereto. The BNP Funding Facility Amendment, among other things, (a) increased the total commitments under the BNP Funding Facility by $200 million, from $1.265 billion to $1.465 billion and (b) modified certain concentration limitations and the advance rate applicable to certain collateral loans.

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Days to cover

8.6

Short interest

40.55M

Avg volume

4.73M

As of Sep 30, 2026 · reported to FINRA twice monthly.

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