Growth of $100
Green is what an investor who reinvested every payout would have; red is the price alone. The gap between them is the income. If the red line keeps falling, the payouts are partly your own money coming back.
Was the payout earned?
Over the last year ARCC paid 10.0% but returned +5.2% in total, so about 35% of the payout was earned; the rest came back out of the fund's own value (its price fell).
| Earned % (3 months) | -77% |
| Earned % (1 year) | 35% |
| Earned % (full history, up to 5 yrs) | 79% |
Earned % = total return ÷ payouts. 100% means every dollar paid out was earned; below 100% means part of it came from the fund's own value. This is an economic measure based on market price, not the tax label on the payout.
Where the DT Score comes from
Total 48.8 / 100 · rank #170 of 420. How the score works
Risk
| Sortino ratio (1Y) | -0.02 |
| Sharpe ratio (1Y) | -0.01 |
| Steadiness vs S&P 500 | 71% |
| Beta to S&P 500 | 0.54 |
| Correlation to S&P 500 | 0.39 |
| Max drop (1Y) | -14.6% |
| Max drop (up to 5 yrs) | -21.8% |
| Trend | Mixed |
| History | 5.0 yrs |
Vs. BIZD (what it's built on)
| Upside capture | 87% |
| Downside capture | 84% |
| Capture ratio | 1.03 |
| Beta | 0.90 |
| Correlation | 0.91 |
| Tracking | – |
On days BIZD rose, ARCC caught 87% of the gain; on days it fell, ARCC took 84% of the loss.
Payout history
Each bar is one payout (last 20 shown). Pays Quarterly.
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | $0.4800 |
| 2026-06-15 | $0.4800 |
| 2026-03-13 | $0.4800 |
| 2025-12-15 | $0.4800 |
| 2025-09-15 | $0.4800 |
| 2025-06-13 | $0.4800 |
| 2025-03-14 | $0.4800 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.4800 |
| 2024-09-13 | $0.4800 |
| 2024-06-14 | $0.4800 |
| 2024-03-14 | $0.4800 |
| 2023-12-14 | $0.4800 |
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| Fund | Category | Fwd rate | 12m yield | 1Y total ret. | Earned % 1Y | Upside capt. | Downside capt. | Tracking | DT Score | Momentum | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC Capital Southwest | BDC | 10.0% | 11.0% | +26.7% | 205% | 84% | 65% | – | 72 | 38 | Downtrend |
| TRIN Trinity Capital | BDC | 11.5% | 12.4% | +38.9% | 253% | 92% | 63% | – | 70 | 70 | Uptrend |
| GAIN Gladstone Investment | BDC | 6.5% | 6.5% | +13.8% | 205% | 77% | 63% | – | 69 | 28 | Downtrend |
| GLAD Gladstone Capital | BDC | 10.1% | 10.2% | +11.7% | 112% | 101% | 91% | – | 67 | 84 | Uptrend |
| MAIN Main Street Capital | BDC | 12.1% | 8.1% | +7.8% | 96% | 109% | 100% | – | 62 | 70 | Uptrend |
| MSIF MSC Income Fund | BDC | 10.5% | 10.4% | +15.6% | 122% | 97% | 83% | – | 62 | 79 | Mixed |
| BBDC Barings BDC | BDC | 12.0% | 12.0% | +7.6% | 60% | 93% | 84% | – | 59 | 36 | Downtrend |
| BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | BDC | 12.8% | 12.8% | +4.7% | 33% | 100% | 95% | – | 51 | 76 | Mixed |
| FDUS Fidus Investment | BDC | 10.2% | 10.9% | +5.4% | 45% | 87% | 80% | – | 48 | 83 | Uptrend |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending | BDC | 10.6% | 11.8% | +3.5% | 14% | 102% | 97% | – | 38 | 79 | Uptrend |
About ARCC
| Issuer | Ares Management |
| Structure | BDC |
| Category | BDC |
| Strategy | Lends to private companies; income from interest, paid out >=90% as RIC |
| Underlying | Middle-market senior secured/unitranche loans |
| Exposure | BDCs |
| Index linkage | No - active |
| Pays | Quarterly |
| Expense ratio | – |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Uses leverage | Yes |
| Upside capped | No |
| Rate sensitivity | High |
| Return of capital common | Sometimes |
| Tax notes | Distributions mostly ordinary income (not QDI); interest-related dividends partly excluded from 199A; 1099-DIV. |
Research notes: Largest BDC. Q3 2026 (reported late Oct): core EPS/NII $0.46 vs regular dividend $0.48 (not covered); NAV $19.31 (from $19.94 YE2025); non-accruals 2.4% cost / 1.4% FV (up from 1.8%/1.2%). Q4 dividend $0.48 payable 2026-12-29. Historically pays specials. Yield/price-to-NAV not captured live (approx 1.0x NAV late 2025, ~9.7% yield then).
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