Ares Capital (Ares Capital) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 4.00% (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Ares Capital 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Ares Capital's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Ares Capital's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Ares Capital was 76.90% per year. The lowest was -5.70% per year. And the median was 1.70% per year.

Ares Capital's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00. As of today, Ares Capital's Dividend Yield % is 0.00%.

Good Sign:

Ares Capital Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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Competitive Comparison of Ares Capital's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ares Capital's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Ares Capital's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ares Capital's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ares Capital's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Ares Capital 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Ares Capital (NYSE:AFC) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Ares Capital's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	0	/	0
	=	N/A

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Ares Capital was 1.47. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.91.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Ares Capital was 17.52%. The lowest was 7.31%. And the median was 9.18%.

Good Sign:

Ares Capital Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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Ares Capital (Ares Capital) Business Description

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Address

245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10167

Website

https://www.arescapitalcorp.com

Ares Capital Corp is a United States-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing primarily in U.S. middle-market companies with investment opportunities as well as in larger companies. Its portfolio comprises of first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, and mezzanine debt (subordinated unsecured loan), which may include equity components that are diversified by industry and sector. The company may invest in preferred and common equity investments to a lesser proportion. Its revenue mainly consists of interest and dividend income received from the investment made.