ARCC - Ares Capital - Stock Forecast

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ARCC is currently covered by 10 analysts with an average price target of $24.91. This is a potential upside of $3 (13.69%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $21.91.

Ares Capital's activity chart (see below) currently has 74 price targets and 84 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of ARCC is 70.27% BUY and 29.73% HOLD.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 83.66% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 596 days.

Highest price target for ARCC is $24, Lowest price target is $21, average price target is $22.11.

Most recent stock forecast was given by KENNETH LEE from RBC on 06-May-2025. First documented stock forecast 31-Oct-2016.

Best performing analysts who are covering ARCC - Ares Capital:

Henry Coffey Robert Dodd Arren Cyganovich Devin Ryan Michael Ramirez Casey Alexander Melissa Wedel Kenneth Lee Richard Shane Finian O'shea

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of ARCC, 26 are a BUY (70.27%), 11 are a HOLD (29.73%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Time (Days) For PT To Be Met

Performance score

Kenneth Lee (RBC)

Buy

$23

$1.09 (4.97%)

$24

13 days ago
(06-May-2025)

4/6 (66.67%)

$2.28 (11.00%)

616

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Finian O'shea (WELLS FARGO)

Buy

$21

$-0.91 (-4.15%)

$22

19 days ago
(30-Apr-2025)

10/11 (90.91%)

$0.34 (1.65%)

457

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Melissa Wedel (JPMORGAN)

Buy

$22

$0.09 (0.41%)

$24.5

25 days ago
(24-Apr-2025)

2/4 (50%)

$0.9 (4.27%)

607

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Robert Dodd (RAYMOND JAMES)

Hold

$20.5

3 months 13 days ago
(06-Feb-2025)

10/10 (100%)

$4.96 (31.92%)

976

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Timothy O'shea (BMO)

Buy

$24

$2.09 (9.54%)

$23

3 months 20 days ago
(29-Jan-2025)

4/5 (80%)

$0.82 (3.54%)

173

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What is ARCC (Ares Capital) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 596 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 83.66

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on ARCC (Ares Capital) with a proven track record?

HENRY COFFEY

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on ARCC (Ares Capital)?

Henry Coffey works at WEDBUSH and has 28 price targets and 11 ratings on ARCC

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on ARCC (Ares Capital)?

Timothy O'shea with highest potential upside - $2.09

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on ARCC (Ares Capital)?

Finian O'shea with lowest potential downside - -$0.91

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