Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] is 6.10% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Ares Capital Corp [NASDAQ: ARCC] plunged by -$0.06 during the normal trading session on Thursday and reaching a high of $22.38 during the day while it closed the day at $22.25.

Ares Capital Corp stock has also loss -0.04% of its value over the past 7 days. However, ARCC stock has inclined by 1.18% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -3.76% and gained 6.10% year-on date.

The market cap for ARCC stock reached $15.69 billion, with 705.37 million shares outstanding and 697.91 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.64M shares, ARCC reached a trading volume of 3447589 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Ares Capital Corp [ARCC]:

B. Riley Securities have made an estimate for Ares Capital Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on July 30, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on February 06, 2025, representing the official price target for Ares Capital Corp stock.

ARCC stock trade performance evaluation

Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.04. With this latest performance, ARCC shares dropped by -1.68% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -3.76% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 1.64% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for ARCC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 44.34, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.24, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.27 for Ares Capital Corp [ARCC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 22.43, while it was recorded at 22.24 for the last single week of trading, and 22.07 for the last 200 days.

Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis

Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics

Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Ares Capital Corp [ARCC] stock

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Ares Capital Corp posted 0.58/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.59/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.01. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for ARCC.

Ares Capital Corp [ARCC]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $32.88%, or 33.07%% of ARCC stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ARCC stocks are: MORGAN STANLEY with ownership of 16.01 million shares, which is approximately 2.5991%. VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP, holding 11.68 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$243.43 million in ARCC stocks shares; and VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP, currently with $$138.68 million in ARCC stock with ownership which is approximately 1.0803%.

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