Compare Stocks: EPD, MPLX, and ARCC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ARCC Ares Capital	$19.94 -0.6%	$18.96	$17.40 ▼ $22.51	$14.31B	0.56	6.09 million shs	1.50 million shs
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$38.27 -0.2%	$37.70	$30.01 ▼ $40.17	$82.63B	0.49	4.05 million shs	1.15 million shs
MPLX Mplx	$58.50 +0.1%	$57.75	$47.80 ▼ $60.95	$59.31B	0.48	1.75 million shs	507,506 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ARCC Ares Capital	+0.65%	+2.09%	+6.76%	+6.54%	-10.17%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	+0.69%	-0.59%	-0.84%	+0.06%	+20.38%
MPLX Mplx	+0.08%	-1.26%	-0.54%	+3.35%	+15.28%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ARCC Ares Capital	$19.94 -0.6%	$18.96	$17.40 ▼ $22.51	$14.31B	0.56	6.09 million shs	1.50 million shs
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$38.27 -0.2%	$37.70	$30.01 ▼ $40.17	$82.63B	0.49	4.05 million shs	1.15 million shs
MPLX Mplx	$58.50 +0.1%	$57.75	$47.80 ▼ $60.95	$59.31B	0.48	1.75 million shs	507,506 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ARCC Ares Capital	+0.65%	+2.09%	+6.76%	+6.54%	-10.17%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	+0.69%	-0.59%	-0.84%	+0.06%	+20.38%
MPLX Mplx	+0.08%	-1.26%	-0.54%	+3.35%	+15.28%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ARCC Ares Capital	2.73	Moderate Buy	$20.40	2.33% Upside
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	2.50	Moderate Buy	$40.00	4.53% Upside
MPLX Mplx	2.64	Moderate Buy	$63.20	8.03% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest EPD, MPLX, and ARCC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2026	MPLX Mplx	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$60.00 ➝ $64.00
8/18/2026	EPD Enterprise Products Partners	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$40.00 ➝ $41.00
8/13/2026	MPLX Mplx	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (A-)
8/12/2026	MPLX Mplx	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$60.00 ➝ $66.00
8/11/2026	EPD Enterprise Products Partners	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/6/2026	MPLX Mplx	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$59.00 ➝ $63.00
8/5/2026	MPLX Mplx	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$61.00 ➝ $63.00
8/3/2026	EPD Enterprise Products Partners	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$39.00 ➝ $38.00
7/30/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$22.00 ➝ $21.00
7/30/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $20.00
7/29/2026	MPLX Mplx	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform

(Data available from 8/25/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ARCC Ares Capital	$3.05B	4.69	$2.01 per share	9.92	$19.94 per share	1.00
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$52.60B	1.57	$3.92 per share	9.75	$14.13 per share	2.71
MPLX Mplx	$11.69B	5.07	$6.21 per share	9.42	$14.31 per share	4.09

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ARCC Ares Capital	$1.30B	$1.35	14.77	10.28	N/A	30.91%	9.80%	4.50%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$5.81B	$2.88	13.29	11.81	1.25	10.79%	20.67%	7.93%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
MPLX Mplx	$4.91B	$4.65	12.58	12.47	5.53	35.75%	32.83%	10.98%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest EPD, MPLX, and ARCC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MPLX Mplx	$1.06	$1.06	N/A	$1.06	$3.14 billion	$3.13 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	ARCC Ares Capital	$0.4731	$0.47	-$0.0031	$0.24	$770.19 million	$768.00 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$0.7480	$0.84	+$0.0920	$0.84	$13.69 billion	$18.27 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ARCC Ares Capital	$1.92	9.63%	+3.71%	142.22%	N/A
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	$2.24	5.85%	+3.95%	77.78%	28 Years
MPLX Mplx	$4.30	7.35%	+7.51%	92.47%	9 Years

Latest EPD, MPLX, and ARCC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	quarterly	$0.48	10.26%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	9/30/2026
7/7/2026	EPD Enterprise Products Partners	quarterly	$0.56	5.88%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/14/2026
7/28/2026	MPLX Mplx	quarterly	$1.0765	7.31%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/14/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ARCC Ares Capital	1.14	1.28	1.28
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	1.00	0.93	0.66
MPLX Mplx	1.71	0.89	0.83

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ARCC Ares Capital	27.38%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	26.07%
MPLX Mplx	24.25%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ARCC Ares Capital	0.50%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	32.60%
MPLX Mplx	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ARCC Ares Capital	2,550	718.02 million	714.43 million	Optionable
EPD Enterprise Products Partners	8,000	2.16 billion	1.46 billion	Optionable
MPLX Mplx	5,762	1.01 billion	N/A	Optionable

EPD, MPLX, and ARCC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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Royal Bank Of Canada Raises Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) Price Target to $64.00

August 23 at 2:20 AM | americanbankingnews.com

FY2026 EPS Estimates for Mplx Lifted by US Capital Advisors

August 23 at 1:43 AM | americanbankingnews.com

MPLX Set for Stronger 2027 Growth as Projects Ramp, RBC Says

August 21, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Royal Bank Of Canada Analyst Says

August 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

US Capital Advisors Increases Earnings Estimates for Mplx

August 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 20, 2026 | fool.com

Energy Income Partners LLC Acquires Shares of 5,380,295 Mplx Lp $MPLX

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 18, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

MPLX LP 2025 K-3 tax packages now available on company website

August 17, 2026 | prnewswire.com

SOLITUDE PIPELINE SYSTEM REACHES FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION TO TRANSPORT GAS FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE GULF COAST

August 17, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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August 13, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Mplx Lp (NYSE:MPLX) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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MPLX (MPLX) Completes $2 Billion Debt Offering And Eyes More Acquisitions

August 11, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

MPLX LP prices $2.25 billion senior notes offering

August 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

MPLX LP prices $2.25 billion senior notes offering

August 10, 2026 | prnewswire.com

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EPD, MPLX, and ARCC Company Descriptions

Ares Capital NASDAQ:ARCC

$19.93 -0.12 (-0.57%)

As of 01:36 PM Eastern

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.

Enterprise Products Partners NYSE:EPD

$38.26 -0.10 (-0.25%)

As of 01:37 PM Eastern

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. It operates in four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The NGL Pipelines & Services segment offers natural gas processing and related NGL marketing services. It operates natural gas processing facilities located in Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming; NGL pipelines; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL and related product storage facilities; and NGL marine terminals. The Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment operates crude oil pipelines; and crude oil storage and marine terminals, which include a fleet of approximately 250 tractor-trailer tank trucks that are used to transport crude oil. It also engages in crude oil marketing activities. The Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment operates natural gas pipeline systems to gather, treat, and transport natural gas. It leases underground salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Napoleonville, Louisiana; owns an underground salt dome storage cavern in Wharton County, Texas; and markets natural gas. The Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment operates propylene fractionation facilities, including propylene fractionation units and propane dehydrogenation facilities, and related marketing activities; butane isomerization complex and related deisobutanizer operations; and octane enhancement, isobutane dehydrogenation, and high purity isobutylene production facilities. It also operates refined products pipelines and terminals; and ethylene export terminals; and provides refined products marketing and marine transportation services. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Mplx NYSE:MPLX

$58.50 +0.04 (+0.07%)

As of 01:36 PM Eastern

MPLX LP engages in the operation of midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets, and distribution fuels services. It operates through the Crude Oil and Products Logistics and Natural Gas and NGL Services segments. The Crude Oil and Products Logistics segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil, asphalt, refined petroleum products, and water. The Natural Gas and NGL Services segment gathers, processes, and transports natural gas, and gathers, transports, fractionates, stores, and markets natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company was founded on March 27, 2012 and is headquartered in Findlay, OH.

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