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JULY 18, 2024

The company basically owns a portfolio of mortgages and makes money off the spread between the yield of its investments and the short-term funding costs to buy them. It locks in the spreads with hedges and then uses leverage to increase its returns. It's also grown its net-asset value (NAV) by 130% since 2007.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Most American shareholders see their quarterly payments fluctuate with currency exchange rates but the payout has grown every year, in British pounds, since 2007. Luckily for income-seeking investors, the noncash charges won't affect the company's ability to steadily raise its dividend commitment. At recent prices, it offers a 9.8%

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that provides financing for middle-market companies (businesses that generate between $10 million and $250 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) every year). Should you invest in it today?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The company's dividend yield of 9.49% would enable you to make well nearly $3,638 in passive income this year. Ares Capital offers such a high yield primarily because of its business structure. Of course, the company must generate plenty of income in the first place to have enough to pay dividends.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2023

But it's probably best that you try to understand what this company does before you just step aboard with your investing dollars. Ares is not a regular company Ares is what is known as a business development company , or BDC. Basically, that means that it makes loans to other companies.

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JULY 13, 2023

Investors can pick up shares of Stag Industrial at a current-year core FFO per-share ratio of just over 16, a decent value for the company's fundamentals. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of July 10, 2023 Kody Kester has positions in Main Street Capital and Stag Industrial. in the third quarter of 2023. .*

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Ares Capital ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). This, along with the company's diversified portfolio, means Ares Capital's investments are less risky -- which is good news for long-term investors. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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