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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company that lends to and invests in mid-sized private companies across industries such as software, healthcare, industrials and media. It provides growth capital, leveraged buyout financing, mezzanine debt, rescue financing and refinancing, usually taking a lead or agent role and often a board seat.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ARCC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45%” (2026-09-24)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where ARCC appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +2.3% week · +6.1% month · −1.0% quarter · +9.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.50 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ARCC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.50 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Ares Capital Corporation moved 0.50% on average · correlation 0.25 · higher than 45% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.79 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.56% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.10% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ARCC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Ares Capital Corporation

ARCC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company that lends to and invests in mid-sized private companies across industries such as software, healthcare, industrials and media. It provides growth capital, leveraged buyout financing, mezzanine debt, rescue financing and refinancing, usually taking a lead or agent role and often a board seat. It works through offices covering different US regions and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Where it sits in the stack
Ares Capital sits in the Financial Services sector of our universe, in the Asset Management industry group; it is not part of our index. It behaves as a lender to the middle market rather than as a supplier inside any build-out chain the diary tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names from the United States, including Brookfield Asset Management, TPG, PJT Partners, Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; the market also compares it with Blackstone Secured Lending Fund as a fellow business development company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, with quality its strongest module and momentum its weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not yet appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether the credit quality of its middle-market loan book holds as conditions change, since its score currently leans on quality strength while momentum lags.

Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 46/100 composite (momentum 62, quality 67, valuation 57) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: upgrade by UBS, 2026-10-29

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ARCC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Upgrade UBS — Neutral → Buy Upgraded to Buy from Neutral 2026-10-29

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 10.10%, quarterly · last 0.48 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What ARCC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.92 USD per share · a 10.10% yield on the 2026-11-03 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-03
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.44 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.48 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.92 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.26 bn USD 101% of earnings
  • Share count +12.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 1.26 bn USD · 111% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

Quick answers

What is Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)?

Ares Capital Corporation trades as ARCC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is ARCC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Ares Capital Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

What is Ares Capital Corporation's Closelooknet composite score?

46 out of 100, with momentum 62, quality 67 and valuation 57 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ARCC trade against its moving averages?

Ares Capital Corporation trades 0.7% below its 50-day and 1.9% above its 200-day moving average (1.6% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Ares Capital Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Asset Management · US), Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) sits 6.0% below its 52-week high, 0.7% below its 50-day average; TPG Inc (TPG) is 28.7% below, Barings BDC Inc (BBDC) is 6.3% below, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) is 1.5% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to ARCC in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Ares Capital Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Ares Capital Corporation had a beta of 0.50 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 45% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.56% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Ares Capital Corporation?

Ares Capital Corporation appears in 1 Closelooknet piece as of 2026-11-04, most recently Midday 10: AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45% (2026-09-24). What Closelooknet said most recently: Private-credit lenders lower but calm: OBDC (-1.6%), Ares Capital (-0.91%), BXSL (-0.73%); the neoclouds mixed: Applied Digital (-2.53%), TeraWulf (-2.11%), Core Scientific (-1.57%), CoreWeave (-0.93%), Nebius $239.80 (+5.82%) (Midday 10, 2026-09-24). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Ares Capital Corporation do?

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company that lends to and invests in mid-sized private companies across industries such as software, healthcare, industrials and media. It provides growth capital, leveraged buyout financing, mezzanine debt, rescue financing and refinancing, usually taking a lead or agent role and often a board seat. It works through offices covering different US regions and is headquartered in Los Angeles. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names from the United States, including Brookfield Asset Management, TPG, PJT Partners, Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; the market also compares it with Blackstone Secured Lending Fund as a fellow business development company. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Ares Capital Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Ares Capital sits in the Financial Services sector of our universe, in the Asset Management industry group; it is not part of our index. It behaves as a lender to the middle market rather than as a supplier inside any build-out chain the diary tracks. It carries a Closelooknet score, with quality its strongest module and momentum its weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not yet appeared in the diary's editions or quotes. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Ares Capital Corporation pay a dividend?

Ares Capital Corporation has paid 1.92 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 10.10% on the 2026-11-03 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.48 USD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.26 bn USD in dividends, 111% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 12.0% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Ares Capital Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Ares Capital Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a upgrade by UBS on 2026-10-29 (Neutral → Buy). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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