ARCC vs. GBDC, MFIC, OCSL, EPD, FSK, HTGC, MAIN, TSLX, AMP, and STT
Should you be buying Ares Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Capital include Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), FS KKR Capital (FSK), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), and State Street (STT).
Ares Capital vs. Its Competitors
Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Golub Capital BDC. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golub Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.30%. Given Golub Capital BDC's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Golub Capital BDC is more favorable than Ares Capital.
Ares Capital has a net margin of 43.50% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 35.50%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 11.05% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.
Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 138.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 21 more articles in the media than Golub Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ares Capital and 6 mentions for Golub Capital BDC. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.07 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ares Capital beats Golub Capital BDC on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARCC) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff