Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)
NASDAQ: ARCC · Real-Time Price · USD
22.40
+0.01 (0.04%)
At close: Aug 4, 2025, 4:00 PM
22.48
+0.08 (0.36%)
Pre-market: Aug 5, 2025, 4:08 AM EDT

Ares Capital Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts that cover Ares Capital stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $23, which forecasts a 2.68% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $22 and the highest is $24.

Price Target: $23.00 (+2.68%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$22$23$23$24
Change-1.79%+2.68%+2.68%+7.14%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ares Capital stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

RatingMar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25
Strong Buy110011
Buy776666
Hold233322
Sell000000
Strong Sell000000
Total10119999

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
JMP Securities
JMP Securities
Buy
Maintains
$22$23
BuyMaintains$22$23+2.68%Jul 31, 2025
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Buy
Maintains
$22$23
BuyMaintains$22$23+2.68%Jul 30, 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Buy
Maintains
$22$23
BuyMaintains$22$23+2.68%Jul 30, 2025
B. Riley Securities
B. Riley Securities
Strong Buy
Upgrades
$23$24
Strong BuyUpgrades$23$24+4.91%Jul 30, 2025
UBS
UBS
Hold
Maintains
$22$23
HoldMaintains$22$23+0.45%Jul 16, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
3.08B
from 2.99B
Increased by 2.84%
Revenue Next Year
3.25B
from 3.08B
Increased by 5.53%
EPS This Year
2.07
from 2.44
Decreased by -15.04%
EPS Next Year
2.03
from 2.07
Decreased by -2.07%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
1.51B1.82B2.10B2.61B2.99B3.08B3.25B3.46B
Revenue Growth
-1.11%20.45%15.17%24.71%14.38%2.84%5.53%6.69%
EPS
1.143.511.192.682.442.072.032.01
EPS Growth
-38.62%207.90%-66.07%124.71%-8.87%-15.04%-2.07%-0.99%
Forward PE
-----10.8111.0411.15
No. Analysts
-----16164
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue202520262027
High3.2B3.6B3.6B
Avg3.1B3.2B3.5B
Low2.9B2.9B3.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth202520262027
High
8.2%
16.6%
9.8%
Avg
2.8%
5.5%
6.7%
Low
-3.2%
-5.2%
2.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS202520262027
High2.172.182.09
Avg2.072.032.01
Low1.961.881.91

EPS Growth

EPS Growth202520262027
High
-10.9%
5.4%
3.0%
Avg
-15.0%
-2.1%
-1.0%
Low
-19.6%
-9.4%
-5.8%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.