What is B. Riley’s Forecast for Ares Capital Q2 Earnings?

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) – Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Ares Capital in a research note issued to investors on Monday, June 16th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams expects that the investment management company will post earnings per share of $0.50 for the quarter. B. Riley currently 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.97 EPS.

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

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

Ares Capital Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ARCC opened at $21.51 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $21.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $21.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02. Ares Capital has a twelve month low of $18.26 and a twelve month high of $23.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.49 and a beta of 0.68.

Ares Capital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. Ares Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 93.66%.

Institutional Trading of Ares Capital

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ARCC. Elequin Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of Ares Capital in the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Montag & Caldwell LLC bought a new stake in Ares Capital in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Ares Capital during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Continuum Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in Ares Capital by 320.7% during the 1st quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 1,628 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 1,241 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Investment Management Corp VA ADV grew its position in shares of Ares Capital by 193.9% in the 1st quarter. Investment Management Corp VA ADV now owns 1,828 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 1,206 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 27.38% of the company’s stock.

About Ares Capital

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.