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Ares Capital (STU:9A2) Dividends per Share : €1.76 (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Ares Capital Dividends per Share?

Ares Capital's dividends per share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.43. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was €1.76. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.77. As of today, Ares Capital's Dividend Yield % is 8.33%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Ares Capital Corp is 0.74, which seems too high.

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.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Ares Capital Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ares Capital's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Ares Capital Dividends per Share Chart

Ares Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.44 1.32 1.43 1.65 1.76

Ares Capital Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Dividends per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.45 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.43

Competitive Comparison of Ares Capital's Dividends per Share

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ares Capital's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ares Capital's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ares Capital's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Ares Capital Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Ares Capital  (STU:9A2) Dividends per Share 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 Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=0.432/ 0.559
=0.77

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.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Ares Capital Corp is 0.74, which seems too high.

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

Ares Capital Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4800002024-12-132024-12-132024-12-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.901000
USD 0.4800002024-09-132024-09-132024-09-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.901000
USD 0.4800002024-06-142024-06-142024-06-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.929000
USD 0.4800002024-03-142024-03-152024-03-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.920000
USD 0.4800002023-12-142023-12-152023-12-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.917000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Ares Capital's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.19264/21.08
=10.40 %

Current Share Price is €21.08.
Ares Capital's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €2.19264.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Ares Capital was 17.52%. The lowest was 7.31%. And the median was 9.25%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Ares Capital Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10167
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.

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