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Is Ares Capital Stock a Buy?

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One such stock that has been attracting a lot of attention is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , which at its current share price yields a massive 8.9%. Why does Ares Capital pay such a high dividend? It invests between $30 million and $500 million in debt and equity in each company. Should you invest in it today?

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Better High-Yield Buy: Hercules Capital or PennantPark?

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One type of business that income-focused investors might have come across is the business development company (BDC) , which invests in the debt and equity of middle-market companies. Should you invest $1,000 in Hercules Capital right now? About 96% of its debt portfolio is floating rate.

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Here's How Ares Capital Can Afford Its 10% Dividend Yield

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A yield trap can come about for a few reasons, including a burdensome debt load, a declining business, or an elevated dividend payout ratio. Sporting a whopping 10% dividend yield, investors may initially think that the business development company ( BDC ) Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a yield trap.

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3 Superb Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks With Yields North of 10% That Make for No-Brainer Buys Right Now

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Annaly Capital Management: 12.8% yield The first supercharged dividend stock that makes for a no-brainer buy is mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). Lastly, Annaly Capital Management predominantly invests in agency assets. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.4%

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3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now for a Lifetime of Passive Income

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AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) , Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and Realty Income (NYSE: O) have what it takes to deliver heaps of dividend payments to your portfolio in the years ahead. Ares Capital Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that offers a huge 9.3% dividend yield at recent prices.

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2 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy Now and Hold Forever

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Ares Capital Corporation: Ultra-high yield and mild growth Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it can avoid paying income taxes by delivering at least 90% of its earnings to investors as a dividend. At recent prices, Ares Capital offers a huge 10.1%

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3 Stocks That Cut You a Check Each Month

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Part of the stock's struggles come from higher interest rates and the impact that has had on commercial property values, which are valued based on capitalization (cap) rates -- a property's net-operating income divided by its current value. It had investments in 191 portfolio companies at the end of Q1.