文章核心观点 - 华尔街分析师的推荐常被投资者用于决定买入、卖出或持有股票,但这些推荐的可靠性存在争议 [1] - 分析师的推荐存在积极偏差,往往不能有效指导投资者选择有潜力的股票 [2][3] - 使用Zacks Rank评级工具可能是一种更有效的方法来预测股价走势 [3][5] 行业分析 - Ares Capital目前的平均券商评级(ABR)为1.60,介于强烈买入和买入之间 [1] - 15家券商中有9家给予强烈买入评级,3家给予买入评级,占总评级的60%和20% [1] - 分析师的评级可能存在积极偏差,不应该单独依赖这些评级做出投资决策 [2][3] - Zacks Rank评级工具可能是一种更有效的方法来预测Ares Capital的股价走势 [3][5][7] 公司分析 - Ares Capital当前年度的盈利预测在过去一个月内保持不变 [7] - 分析师对公司盈利前景的稳定预期可能是公司股价短期内与大盘持平的合理原因 [7] - 基于上述因素,Ares Capital目前被评为Zacks Rank 3(Hold),投资者需谨慎对待其买入评级 [7]

Dividend stocks can offer a good alternative to growth opportunities during periods of market volatility.After a spectacular performance in 2023 and a roaring start to 2024, the capital markets have started to cool down as of late.Naturally, the recent selling activity can be attributed to a variety of factors including mixed job data, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook, and of course the upcoming presidential election. During times like these investors may opt to exit more growth-oriented opport ...

Richard Drury Ares Capital (ARCC) is a leading blue-chip business development company with a very impressive long-term track record. Data by YCharts On the other hand, while Oaktree Specialty Lending's (NASDAQ:OCSL) long-term track record is anything but impressive, since the company was taken over by Oaktree's management, it has managed to outperform the broader BDC space despite a recent sharp pullback in the stock price. Data by YCharts Additionally, it has delivered impressive dividend growth over t ...

YinYang In a turbulent landscape, where interest rates have risen sharply, and recession indicators have started to flash red, Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) has continued to weather the storm and slightly outperformed the S&P 500 (SPY) over the last 3 years. However, we do see a lot of headwinds toward Ares Capital as interest rate uncertainty kicks in with the Federal Reserve signaling to cut interest rates in the short term. This is happening against the backdrop of the end of the 40-year bull market in ...

LilliDay Introduction Although talks of a recession have picked up lately, I plan to continue to hold my Business Development Companies, so long as their fundamentals don't deteriorate. I'm a buy-and-hold investor who buys with the plan to hold for the long term. So, despite BDCs being considered riskier investments, I plan to hold if the economy does see a downturn in the coming months, same as I did when REITs were being slaughtered for the better part of two years. In this article, I discuss two BDCs ...

文章核心观点 - 近期股市下跌为投资者提供了以相对较低价格购买优质股票的机会 [3][4] - 投资者可以通过投资收益率较高的股票来提高被动收入 [1][2][5] 公司总结 Pfizer - Pfizer 拥有创新药品的专利保护,利润和股息增长稳定可靠 [6] - Pfizer 的 COVID-19 产品销售下降,但公司将大量收入投入到管线开发中,如收购 Seagen 公司 [7][8] - Pfizer 目前拥有多个处于III期临床试验的新药,未来有望继续提高股息 [9][10] PennantPark Floating Rate Capital - 作为一家业务发展公司(BDC),PennantPark 主要向中型企业提供贷款,获得较高收益 [11][12][13] - 尽管经济下行可能影响借款企业还款能力,但PennantPark 历史上一直能维持或提高股息 [14][15] Ares Capital - Ares Capital 作为最大的上市BDC之一,股息支付记录良好,近年来股息增长60% [16][17] - 即使在经济下行压力下,Ares Capital 的借款企业EBITDA也能覆盖利息支出1.6倍,股息较为稳定 [18][19]

tadamichi In this article, we discuss the latest quarterly results from the Business Development Company Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC). We have covered previous releases regularly, the last here. We maintain a Hold rating on the name as the fundamentals and valuation have remained stable. ARCC trades at a 9.2% dividend yield and has a core earnings yield of 11.73%. Its price trades at a 6% premium to book, in line with the average in our coverage, though above the median. The company delivered a solid 2.9% ...

PM ImagesWeeks like this are exactly why I love diversification. We started the week out strong after Meta Platforms (META) announced earnings, then headed into a Fed meeting where Fed Chair Powell left the door open for a rate cut in September. This was immediately followed by what I consider a misinterpretation by the market on Amazon's (AMZN) earnings and an unemployment number that kicked recession fears into high gear. We ended the week with the DOW falling -610.71, the S&P 500 retracing by -100.12 ...

Dimitri Otis Performance assessment I had a 'Strong Sell' rating in my last coverage of Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) to reflect a high confidence view that the stock would lag the broader S&P500 (SPY) (SPX) market index. The active return on this view has been +0.95% so far: Performance since Author's last article on Ares Capital (Seeking Alpha, Author's Last Article on Ares Capital) Thesis update After Q2 FY24 results, I am changing my stance to a more neutral view: Investment activity has been strong ...

Making passive income should be easy with these great stocks.Let your money work for you. You've probably heard that said multiple times over the years, but it's still good advice.One of the best ways to put your money to work is through dividend stocks. Some can make your money work especially hard for you. Investing $100,000 in these seven high-yield dividend stocks could generate over $7,000 in annual passive income.1. Ares CapitalAres Capital (ARCC -2.59%) is a leading business development company (BDC) ...