Ares Capital Corporation Stock News

This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields 4.3%, w...

Ares Capital has maintained or increased its dividend for the past 16 years. Main Street Capital has paid a sustainable and steadily rising monthly dividend since its IPO in 2007.

Investors love dividend stocks, especially those with ultra-high yields, because they provide a substantial passive income stream and offer significant total return potential.

I present a 20-stock model retirement portfolio targeting a balanced 5.6% yield, emphasizing both income and dividend growth. My approach avoids "sucker yields" by focusing on quality, sustainable payouts rather than chasing unsustainable high-yield stocks. The portfolio is diversified across BDCs, REITs, energy, and growth names, with allocations reflecting risk, yield, and income stability.

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Ares Capital offers an especially juicy dividend. Energy Transfer has an impressive track record of increasing its distribution each quarter.

Ares Capital's investment yield spread is likely to compress further as falling rates drag asset yields faster than funding costs, putting additional pressure on net investment income margins in 2026. Dividend coverage metrics can deteriorate as core EPS coverage hovers near 1x, but a large taxable income spillover pool meaningfully reduces the risk of a dividend cut in 2026. Macro M&A volumes ...

BDC net investment income levels are declining as the Fed lowers rates. Despite lower base rates, I see no reason to rotate out of the BDC sector. In the article I detail how BDCs have outperformed the S&P 500 and high yield credit even in prolonged low-rate environments.