Q1 Earnings Forecast for Ares Capital Issued By B. Riley

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Ares Capital in a research note issued on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams forecasts that the investment management company will post earnings of $0.50 per share for the quarter. B. Riley has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ares Capital’s current full-year earnings is $2.19 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Ares Capital’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.97 EPS.

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The investment management company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.04). Ares Capital had a return on equity of 11.05% and a net margin of 43.50%. The business had revenue of $599.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $769.32 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.59 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on Ares Capital from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Ares Capital from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Ares Capital from $24.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Ares Capital from $24.50 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on Ares Capital from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.00.

Ares Capital Stock Performance

ARCC opened at $21.51 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $21.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.94. Ares Capital has a 1 year low of $18.26 and a 1 year high of $23.84. The company has a market capitalization of $14.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.49 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.40.

Institutional Trading of Ares Capital

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Modern Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Ares Capital by 1.6% during the first quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 61,614 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $1,365,000 after buying an additional 986 shares during the last quarter. Intrua Financial LLC increased its position in Ares Capital by 15.2% during the first quarter. Intrua Financial LLC now owns 17,980 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $398,000 after buying an additional 2,377 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC increased its position in Ares Capital by 3.0% during the first quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 3,627,990 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $80,396,000 after buying an additional 104,339 shares during the last quarter. Rollins Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Ares Capital by 10.2% during the first quarter. Rollins Financial Advisors LLC now owns 138,139 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $3,061,000 after buying an additional 12,838 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fortis Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in Ares Capital by 7.1% during the first quarter. Fortis Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,517 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $410,000 after buying an additional 1,232 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 27.38% of the company’s stock.

Ares Capital Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. Ares Capital’s dividend payout ratio is currently 93.66%.

Ares Capital Company Profile

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.