ARCC Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 87.96% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 57%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.26% beat Capital Southwest's return on equity of 8.74%.

Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.75, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand Capital Southwest has an analysts' consensus of $22.25 which suggests that it could grow by 7.23%. Given that Capital Southwest has higher upside potential than Ares Capital, analysts believe Capital Southwest is more attractive than Ares Capital.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.354% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Capital Southwest has a beta of 0.956, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 4.417%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.73%. Capital Southwest offers a yield of 12.24% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share. Ares Capital pays 74.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Capital Southwest pays out 177.56% of its earnings as a dividend. Ares Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Capital Southwest's is not.

Ares Capital quarterly revenues are $274M, which are larger than Capital Southwest quarterly revenues of $30.8M. Ares Capital's net income of $241M is higher than Capital Southwest's net income of $17.6M. Notably, Ares Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.73x while Capital Southwest's PE ratio is 14.12x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ares Capital is 9.54x versus 9.76x for Capital Southwest. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 87.96% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 89.55%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.26% beat FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 7.97%.

Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.75, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand FS KKR Capital has an analysts' consensus of $20.19 which suggests that it could fall by -5.28%. Given that Ares Capital has higher upside potential than FS KKR Capital, analysts believe Ares Capital is more attractive than FS KKR Capital.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.354% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.981, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 1.913%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.73%. FS KKR Capital offers a yield of 13.13% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share. Ares Capital pays 74.84% of its earnings as a dividend. FS KKR Capital pays out 172.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Ares Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but FS KKR Capital's is not.

Ares Capital quarterly revenues are $274M, which are larger than FS KKR Capital quarterly revenues of $134M. Ares Capital's net income of $241M is higher than FS KKR Capital's net income of $120M. Notably, Ares Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.73x while FS KKR Capital's PE ratio is 11.22x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ares Capital is 9.54x versus 9.90x for FS KKR Capital. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 87.96% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 69.23%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.26% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity of 11.6%.

Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.75, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand Hercules Capital has an analysts' consensus of $20.06 which suggests that it could grow by 15.06%. Given that Hercules Capital has higher upside potential than Ares Capital, analysts believe Hercules Capital is more attractive than Ares Capital.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.354% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Hercules Capital has a beta of 0.979, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 2.136%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.73%. Hercules Capital offers a yield of 10.9% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. Ares Capital pays 74.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Hercules Capital pays out 115.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Ares Capital's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Hercules Capital's is not.

Ares Capital quarterly revenues are $274M, which are larger than Hercules Capital quarterly revenues of $72.7M. Ares Capital's net income of $241M is higher than Hercules Capital's net income of $50.3M. Notably, Ares Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.73x while Hercules Capital's PE ratio is 13.11x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ares Capital is 9.54x versus 9.31x for Hercules Capital. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Rand Capital has a net margin of 87.96% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 96.31%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.26% beat Rand Capital's return on equity of 19.93%.

Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.75, signalling upside risk potential of 3.46%. On the other hand Rand Capital has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Ares Capital has higher upside potential than Rand Capital, analysts believe Ares Capital is more attractive than Rand Capital.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.354% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Rand Capital has a beta of 0.317, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 68.348%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.73%. Rand Capital offers a yield of 9.87% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share. Ares Capital pays 74.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Rand Capital pays out 52.6% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Ares Capital quarterly revenues are $274M, which are larger than Rand Capital quarterly revenues of $2.7M. Ares Capital's net income of $241M is higher than Rand Capital's net income of $2.6M. Notably, Ares Capital's price-to-earnings ratio is 10.73x while Rand Capital's PE ratio is 3.89x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ares Capital is 9.54x versus 3.02x for Rand Capital. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.