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 $22.83, signalling upside risk potential of 6.05%. On the other hand Capital Southwest has an analysts' consensus of $22.33 which suggests that it could grow by 8.15%. 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 0.684, which suggesting that the stock is 31.615% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Capital Southwest has a beta of 0.951, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 4.9%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.92%. Capital Southwest offers a yield of 11.77% 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 10.50x while Capital Southwest's PE ratio is 14.05x. 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 9.34x versus 9.71x 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 $22.83, signalling upside risk potential of 6.05%. On the other hand FS KKR Capital has an analysts' consensus of $20.19 which suggests that it could fall by -4.61%. 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 0.684, which suggesting that the stock is 31.615% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.973, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 2.657%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.92%. FS KKR Capital offers a yield of 13.23% 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 10.50x while FS KKR Capital's PE ratio is 11.14x. 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 9.34x versus 9.83x 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 $22.83, signalling upside risk potential of 6.05%. On the other hand Hercules Capital has an analysts' consensus of $20.11 which suggests that it could grow by 11.85%. 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 0.684, which suggesting that the stock is 31.615% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Hercules Capital has a beta of 0.939, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.135%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.92%. Hercules Capital offers a yield of 10.57% 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 10.50x while Hercules Capital's PE ratio is 13.52x. 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 9.34x versus 9.60x 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 $22.83, signalling upside risk potential of 6.05%. 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 0.684, which suggesting that the stock is 31.615% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Rand Capital has a beta of 0.302, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 69.841%.

Ares Capital has a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share corresponding to a yield of 8.92%. Rand Capital offers a yield of 10.77% 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 10.50x 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 9.34x versus 2.83x for Rand Capital. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.