Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) specializes in providing direct loans and investing in the private equity and debt of middle-market companies. It focuses
Ares Capital
Ares Capital is a specialty finance company that operates as a business development company specializing in direct lending to middle-market companies. The firm provides flexible debt and equity financing solutions to private middle-market businesses across diverse industries, including healthcare, software, services, and commercial and professional services. Managed by an affiliate of Ares Management Corporation, the company primary focus is on first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, and subordinated debt, alongside select equity investments. Ares Capital supports management buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and growth capital needs for companies predominantly located in North America.
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Products and/or services of Ares Capital
- First Lien Senior Secured Loans: Debt financing positioned at the top of a capital structure with primary security interest over borrower assets. These loans generate interest income from floating-rate obligations issued to middle-market corporate borrowers across North America.
- Second Lien Senior Secured Loans: Subordinated debt instruments secured by secondary liens on corporate assets. These facility structures offer higher yields than first lien positions while maintaining backed security rights over corporate borrowers seeking buyout or expansion capital.
- Subordinated Debt Investments: Unsecured and junior debt structures providing growth financing to middle-market enterprises. Investments generate fixed or floating interest yields and frequently include equity co-investments, warrants, or payment-in-kind interest components to enhance capital returns.
- Preferred Equity Investments: Non-controlling equity positions issued with dividend preferences over common stock. Capital allocations support buyout transactions, balance sheet recapitalizations, and strategic acquisition activities for private middle-market businesses operating across defensive industry sectors.
- Common Equity Co-investments: Direct equity minority stakes structured alongside debt financing packages. These investments provide long-term capital appreciation potential through joint ownership in established private middle-market portfolio companies across software, healthcare, and industrial services.
- Senior Direct Lending Solutions: Comprehensive customized credit facilities providing single-source financing solutions for sponsor-backed middle-market businesses. Transaction structures accommodate acquisition financing, refinancings, and working capital facilities for US-based commercial enterprises across multiple business cycles.
Ares Capital executive team
- Mr. Mitchell Scott Goldstein CPACo-Chairman, Partner & Co-Head of Ares Credit Group
- Mr. Bennett RosenthalCo-Founder, Director, Partner & Chairman of Private Equity Group
- Mr. Michael J. AroughetiExecutive VP & Director
- Mr. Kort SchnabelCEO, Partner & Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending
- Mr. James MillerPresident
- Mr. Scott C. LemCFO & Treasurer
- Ms. Jana MarkowiczChief Operating Officer
- Mr. Won Jae ChoChief Accounting Officer
- Mr. John W. StilmarPartner & Co-Head of Public Markets Investor Relations
- Ms. Lisa A. MorganChief Compliance Officer