Ares Capital Corporation - Closed End Fund (ARCC) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- As for free cash flow, ARCC has greater average cash flow over the past 5.5 years than 3.45% US-listed dividend payers.
- If you care about predictable cash flow, note that ARCC reports less variability in its free cash flow than only 12.66% of the dividend stocks we're tracking.
- Currently, ARCC generates more cash flow over the 12 months prior than 8.83% of US dividend stocks.
- To help you reduce price risk in your dividend portfolio, here are the dividend stocks that are least correlated with ARCC's price: TAK, NWFL, PEGA, REYN and RKT.
ARCC Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $19.16 | $138.72 | 576.7% |
A technique commonly used by dividend investors to value dividend-issuing stocks is the Dividend Discount Model (DDM), which seeks to determine a fair share price based on the dividend provided by the company relative to a number of other company-specific factors. Regarding Ares Capital Corp, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a positive return of 576.7%. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of ARCC, investors may wish to consider are:
- Compared to other US stocks that pay a dividend, Ares Capital Corp's dividend yield of 8.2% is in the top 6.38%.
- If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Financial Services sector, Ares Capital Corp's expected return of 576.7% is higher than 91.44% of its fellow sector mates.
- Out of all stocks in our universe of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks, Ares Capital Corp bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 91.44% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
- In comparison to its fellow dividend issuing stocks in the Financial Services sector, ARCC's equity discount rate is less than 86.58% of those stocks.
ARCC Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-14 | Dividend | $0.48 | -- |
| 2023-06-14 | Dividend | $0.48 | -- |
| 2023-03-14 | Dividend | $0.48 | -5.88% |
| 2022-12-14 | Dividend | $0.51 | +10.87% |
| 2022-09-14 | Dividend | $0.46 | +2.22% |
| 2022-06-14 | Dividend | $0.45 | -- |
| 2022-03-14 | Dividend | $0.45 | +9.76% |
| 2021-12-14 | Dividend | $0.41 | -- |
| 2021-09-14 | Dividend | $0.41 | +2.50% |
| 2021-06-14 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2021-03-12 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2020-12-14 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2020-09-14 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2020-06-12 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2020-03-13 | Dividend | $0.40 | -4.76% |
| 2019-12-13 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2019-09-13 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2019-06-13 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2019-03-14 | Dividend | $0.42 | +7.69% |
| 2018-12-13 | Dividend | $0.39 | -- |
| 2018-09-13 | Dividend | $0.39 | +2.63% |
| 2018-06-14 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2018-03-14 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2017-12-14 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2017-09-14 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2017-06-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2017-03-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2016-12-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2016-09-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2016-06-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2016-03-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-12-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-09-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2015-06-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -11.63% |
| 2015-03-11 | Dividend | $0.43 | +13.16% |
| 2014-12-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2014-09-11 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2014-06-12 | Dividend | $0.38 | -11.63% |
| 2014-03-12 | Dividend | $0.43 | -- |
| 2013-12-12 | Dividend | $0.43 | +13.16% |
| 2013-09-12 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2013-06-12 | Dividend | $0.38 | -- |
| 2013-03-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | -11.63% |
| 2012-12-12 | Dividend | $0.43 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | Dividend | $0.43 | +16.22% |
| 2012-06-13 | Dividend | $0.37 | -- |
| 2012-03-13 | Dividend | $0.37 | +2.78% |
| 2011-12-13 | Dividend | $0.36 | +2.86% |
| 2011-09-13 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2011-06-13 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2011-03-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2010-12-13 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2010-09-13 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2010-06-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2010-03-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2009-12-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2009-09-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -- |
| 2009-06-11 | Dividend | $0.35 | -16.67% |
| 2009-03-12 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2008-12-11 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2008-09-11 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2008-06-12 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2008-03-13 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2007-12-12 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
| 2007-09-12 | Dividend | $0.42 | +2.44% |
| 2007-06-13 | Dividend | $0.41 | -- |
| 2007-03-15 | Dividend | $0.41 | -18.00% |
| 2006-12-13 | Dividend | $0.50 | +25.00% |
| 2006-09-13 | Dividend | $0.40 | +5.26% |
| 2006-06-13 | Dividend | $0.38 | +5.56% |
| 2006-03-22 | Dividend | $0.36 | +5.88% |
| 2005-12-20 | Dividend | $0.34 | -- |
| 2005-09-14 | Dividend | $0.34 | +6.25% |
| 2005-06-28 | Dividend | $0.32 | +6.67% |
| 2005-03-03 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2004-12-22 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
ARCC Dividends vs. Peers
ARCC's dividend yield currently ranks #35 of 60 vs. its peers in the Private Equity category.
Looking for More Information on ARCC dividends?
Want to do more research on Ares Capital Corp's dividends? Try the links below:Ares Capital Corp Common Stock (ARCC) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) - Dividend Investor
Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha