Ares Capital Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Ares Capital stock have an average target of 20.39, with a low estimate of 19 and a high estimate of 22. The average target predicts an increase of 12.09% from the current stock price of 18.19.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$19	$20.39	$20.5	$22
Change	+4.45%	+12.09%	+12.70%	+20.95%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ares Capital stock from 14 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26	Jun '26
Strong Buy	8	8	8	8	8	7
Buy	4	4	4	4	4	4
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	14	14	14	14	14	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Finian O'Shea Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Downgrades $20 → $19	Hold	Downgrades	$20 → $19	+4.45%	Jun 12, 2026
Paul Johnson KBW	KBW	Buy Reiterates $21	Buy	Reiterates	$21	+15.45%	Jun 10, 2026
Derek Hewett Bank of America Securities	Bank of America Securities	Buy Reiterates $22 → $21	Buy	Reiterates	$22 → $21	+12.70%	Apr 30, 2026
Sean-Paul Adams B. Riley Securities	B. Riley Securities	Buy Reiterates $22 → $20	Buy	Reiterates	$22 → $20	+9.95%	Apr 29, 2026
Kenneth Lee RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $22 → $21	Buy	Maintains	$22 → $21	+15.45%	Apr 29, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.11B

from 3.05B

1.99%

from 3.05B

Revenue Next Year

3.21B

from 3.11B

3.02%

from 3.11B

EPS This Year

1.93

from 2.01

-3.94%

from 2.01

EPS Next Year

1.93

from 1.93

-0.24%

from 1.93

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.82B	2.10B	2.61B	2.99B	3.05B	3.11B	3.21B
Revenue Growth	20.45%	15.17%	24.71%	14.38%	2.07%	1.99%	3.02%
EPS	3.51	1.19	2.68	2.44	1.86	1.56	1.92
EPS Growth	207.90%	-66.07%	124.71%	-8.87%	-23.81%	-16.09%	23.15%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.66	9.47
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	3.2B	3.4B
Avg	3.1B	3.2B
Low	3.0B	3.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	5.8%	9.9%
Avg	2.0%	3.0%
Low	-1.1%	-4.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.05	1.98
Avg	1.93	1.93
Low	1.88	1.83

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	2.0%	2.6%
Avg	-3.9%	-0.2%
Low	-6.5%	-5.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.