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Ares Capital Q3 2012 In Review
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Ares Capital Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7
Ares Capital Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 27 • 1 Comment
Ares Capital Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
Ares Capital Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 8, 2012 • 2 Comments
Ares Capital Management Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Ares Capital Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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Ares Capital Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Mar 2, 2009 • 3 Comments
Ares Capital Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 25, 2008
Ares Capital Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Mon, May 26, 2008 • 1 Comment

Ares Capital Corporation Declares Second Quarter 2013 Dividend of $0.38 Per Share and Announces March 31, 2013 Financial Results

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Ares Capital Corporation Declares First Quarter 2013 Dividend of $0.38 Per Share and Announces December 31, 2012 Financial Results

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GE Capital and Ares Capital Increase Available Capital to Senior Secured Loan Program to $9 Billion

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Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012

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Senior Secured Loan Program Closes $625 Million in Commitments During the Third Quarter of 2012

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Ares Capital Corporation Prices $40 Million of Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes

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Ares Capital Corporation Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend of $0.38 Per Share and an Additional Dividend of $0.05 Per Share and Announces September 30, 2012 Financial Results

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Ares Capital Corporation Prices $200 Million of Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes

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Ares Capital Corporation Announces Private Offering of Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes

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Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2012

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Ares Capital Corporation Prices Public Offering of $175.0 Million 5.875% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2022

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Ares Capital Corporation Closes Public Offering of Common Stock Including Option to Purchase Additional Shares

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Company Description

Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, is a specialty finance company that is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company We have elected to be regulated as a business development company or a "BDC" under the Investment Company Act of 940, or the "Investment Company... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: Diversified Investments

Country: United States

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Tuesday, May 7, 9:17 AM Ares Capital (ARCC) declares $0.38/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 8.38%. For shareholders of record June 14. Payable June 28. Ex-div date June 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, May 7, 8:11 AM More on Ares Capital (ARCC) Q1 earnings: Core EPS of $0.38 unchanged Y/Y. NAV of $15.98 vs. $16.04 on Dec. 31, current stock price of $18.14. $410M of new commitments in Q1. Weighted average yield on all investments of 9.9% vs. 10.5% a year ago. CC at 12 ET. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, May 7, 8:03 AM Ares Capital (ARCC): Q1 EPS of $0.38 misses by $0.01. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, May 7, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC 2 Comments [Earnings]
Monday, May 6, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, May 6, 4:28 PM Ares Capital (ARCC) promotes President Michael Arougheti to CEO. He has been president of the firm since the 2004 IPO and a director since 2009. The company also brings on 4 executives from investment adviser Ares Capital Management to officer roles within Ares Capital. (PR) Comment! [Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, May 2, 12:59 PM American Capital (ACAS +1.9%) gets a little love from Wells Fargo after yesterday's post-earnings swoon. The stock trades at a massive discount to its BDC brethren - 0.74x NAV compared to 1.08x for the group - likely because of its policy of buying back shares instead of paying a dividend. Did ACAS have credit issues during the financial crisis? Yes, but no more so than MCGC which trades at book. "Market irrationality," say the analysts. 6 Comments [Financials, Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, April 24, 9:02 AM Already having a nice week after a positive mention in Barron's over the weekend, Ares Capital (ARCC) gains 1.3% premarket after JPMorgan ups the stock to Buy with $18.50 price target. Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Monday, April 22, 10:46 AM A selection of BDCs (HTGC, GBDC, NMFC, ARCC, FSC) are on the rise after a weekend Barron's article suggests high-yield fans (HYG, JNK) receiving around a 5% yield might consider a bit of "valuation arbitrage." BDCs yielding north of 8% loan money to non-IG companies, but their paper is better-protected than junk bonds. Rising recognition of this could narrow the gap, suggests Wells' Jonathan Bock. BIZD +1.2%. 4 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, April 3, 8:59 AM Ares Capital (ARCC) prices its 16.65M share secondary at an undisclosed price, but the shares are -2.4% premarket to $17.58, giving a fairly good idea. The underwriters retain an option to purchase about 2.5M more shares. Together with the option (should it be exercised), the offering adds about 7.6% to the float. (PR) 2 Comments [Financials, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 2, 5:09 PM Ares Capital (ARCC) announces a 16.65M share public offering, with an additional option to purchase up to an additional 2,497,500 shares. The company expects to use the net proceeds to repay part of its debt facility, as well as other general corporate purposes, including investing in its portfolio companies. Shares -2.7% AH. 1 Comment [Financials, On the Move]
Tuesday, March 26, 10:36 AM Investors may want to take profits in BDCs, says Wells Fargo, downgrading the sector to Hold. New investment yields are near historic lows despite higher leverage multiples and a spike in covenant-lite deals, says Wells, a risky combination. Individual downgrades: AINV, PSEC, BKCC, TICC, HRZN, PNNT, TCRD, MCC. A few upgrades make the mix: HTGG, GBDC, ARCC, NMFC. 14 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, February 28, 11:21 AM Billed as a private equity ETF, the newly listed PEX owns no Blackstone, KKR, or Fortress. The top U.S. holdings - ARCC, ACAS, PSEC, AINV, FSC - will be well-known to fans of BDCs though. 9 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, February 27, 8:59 AM Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) declares $0.38/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 8.37%. For shareholders of record Mar. 15. Payable Mar. 29. Ex-div date Mar. 13. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, February 27, 8:14 AM More on Ares Capital (ARCC) Q4 earnings: Core EPS of $0.45, down from $0.47 a year ago. Net asset value/share of $16.04, up 4.6% Y/Y. Net commitments of -$94.4M during quarter. Weighted average yield of investments of 11.4%, down from 12.1% a year ago. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Wednesday, February 27, 8:03 AM Ares Capital (ARCC): Q4 EPS of $0.45 beats by $0.04. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]

Michael Bryant
Monsanto ($MON), Chuy's ($CHUY), Ares Capital ($ARCC), Global Payments ($GPN), & G-III Apparel ($GIII) rose Wednesday on unusual volume.
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$ARCC BDCs continue to be the proxy for what's right about financials, "simplicity"
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Paul Zimbardo
Which Financial Dividends Are Best? http://seekingalpha.com/a/r1nf $ARCC $ARR $FSC $KFN $MFA #Dividends #Stocks #News #Income #Investing
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Joseph P. Porter: FSC is paying ~ 10% yld. Pays monthly, which is nice.
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$NCT $ARCC and $STWD are the best yielding and most recommended financial stocks + http://stks.co/bIFV + $DB $SLM and $PUK are my favorites
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Paul Zimbardo
Which High Yield Ex-Dividends Are Safe? seekingalpha.com/article/857691 $ARCC $DTE $FB $GRMN $HRB $MDLZ $MO $NDAQ $NWE $NYX $PM $PSEC $SJR
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ZetaKap
3 High-Yield, Low-Debt Financial Dividend Stocks Backed By Analysts http://bit.ly/RygX0L $ARCC $HTS $KFN @ZetaKap
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Whipsawed last night night, something l never do since th days of Peter Lynch at Fidelity. Shorted 11K position in ARCC bought all Phizer.
8/18/12
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jvix
ARCC secondary. I'm not as familiar with this one. Buy? What do you think?
8/17/12
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firstinsnow: Have had this for 4 quarters, I don't expect a lot more growth, just good dividends.
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ZetaKap
3 High Profit, High Yield Financial Stocks With Analyst Confidence http://bit.ly/NjNkOc $ARCC $TCRD $GRP @ZetaKap
7/9/12
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Tax-Regulation Changes May Prove Positive for BDCs; Analyst Discusses $ARCC, $GBDC, $PNNT - http://su.pr/1ebYF4
7/3/12
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Paul Zimbardo
Which Financial Dividends Are Best? http://seekingalpha.com/a/r1nf $ARCC $ARR $FSC $KFN $MFA #Dividends #Stocks #News #Income #Investing
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Joseph P. Porter: FSC is paying ~ 10% yld. Pays monthly, which is nice.
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Michael Bryant
Monsanto ($MON), Chuy's ($CHUY), Ares Capital ($ARCC), Global Payments ($GPN), & G-III Apparel ($GIII) rose Wednesday on unusual volume.
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jvix
ARCC secondary. I'm not as familiar with this one. Buy? What do you think?
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firstinsnow: Have had this for 4 quarters, I don't expect a lot more growth, just good dividends.
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ZetaKap
3 Undervalued High-Yield Mid-Cap Dividend Stocks Analysts Rate As Buy Or Better http://bit.ly/JipUsJ $ARCC $IVR $MFA @ZetaKap
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madav1138: IVR in my IRA, long
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Weathered Oak
Buys: APOL, ARCC, ATVI, BRK.B, TAP http://bit.ly/GDzW7m
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Weathered Oak: You wouldn't believe how many games of Monopoly I had to play to get here.
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