Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)
NASDAQ: ARCC · Real-Time Price · USD
21.49
-0.02 (-0.09%)
At close: Jun 20, 2025, 4:00 PM
21.51
+0.02 (0.09%)
After-hours: Jun 20, 2025, 7:57 PM EDT

Ares Capital Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts that cover Ares Capital stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $22.13, which forecasts a 2.98% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $21 and the highest is $24.

Price Target: $22.13 (+2.98%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Target Low Average Median High
Price $21 $22.13 $22 $24
Change -2.28% +2.98% +2.37% +11.68%
* Price targets were last updated on May 6, 2025.

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

Rating Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25
Strong Buy 111100
Buy 577766
Hold 122333
Sell 000000
Strong Sell 000000
Total 710101199

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Buy
Maintains
$24$23
Buy Maintains $24$23 +7.03% May 6, 2025
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Buy
Maintains
$22$21
Buy Maintains $22$21 -2.28% Apr 30, 2025
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Buy
Maintains
$23$22
Buy Maintains $23$22 +2.37% Apr 28, 2025
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Buy
Maintains
$25$22
Buy Maintains $25$22 +2.37% Apr 24, 2025
UBS
UBS
Hold
Maintains
$22$21
Hold Maintains $22$21 -2.28% Apr 17, 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 5.66%
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 Year FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Period Ending Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026 Dec 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%5.66%6.56%
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
-----10.3710.5910.69
No. Analysts
-----16164
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 202520262027
High 3.2B 3.6B 3.6B
Avg 3.1B 3.2B 3.5B
Low 2.9B 2.9B 3.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 202520262027
High
8.2%
16.6%
9.7%
Avg
2.8%
5.7%
6.6%
Low
-3.2%
-5.2%
2.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS 202520262027
High 2.17 2.18 2.09
Avg 2.07 2.03 2.01
Low 1.96 1.88 1.91

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 202520262027
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.