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Added to YB: 2026-07-20

Pitch date: 2026-07-16

ARCC [bullish]

Ares Capital Corporation

Author Info

Alpha Talon Investment Research is a Hong Kong–based private family office deploying only proprietary capital across biotech, value turnarounds, and catalyst-driven shorts, focused on intrinsic value, regulatory odds, and mispriced fundamentals. Sign up for the newsletter.

Company Info

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in growth capital, acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies.

Market Cap

$13.8B

Pitch Price

N/A

Price Target

30.00

Dividend

9.99%

EV/EBITDA

N/A

P/E

11.85

EV/Sales

9.45

Sector

Capital Markets

Category

dividend

Show full summary:
Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC): A Wonderful Lending Business at a Fair Price

ARCC: Largest US BDC, $29.5B portfolio, 607 cos, 264 sponsors, ~60% first lien. 12% annualized TSR since 2004 IPO, <0.10% first lien loss rate. Q1'26 NII $0.55 vs $0.48 div (115% cover), NAV $19.62, 1.13x leverage, 10.3% yield. $30 PT (~38% upside) + ~10% div = 14-18% CAGR 5yr.

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