secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001287750-23-000033
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Capital Q2 GAAP EPS $0.61 vs $0.22 YoY; core EPS $0.58; declares $0.48 dividend
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- GAAP net income per share $0.61 vs $0.22 in Q2 2022; core EPS $0.58 vs $0.46.
- Net investment income $314M ($0.57/sh), up from $257M ($0.52/sh) YoY.
- Weighted average yield on debt at amortized cost rose to 12.2% from 11.6% YoY.
- Q3 2023 dividend of $0.48/sh declared, payable Sept 29, 2023 – 56th consecutive steady/increased quarterly dividend.
- New investment commitments of $1.2B in Q2; stock buyback authorization increased to $1.0B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775023000033/0001287750-23-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775023000033/arcc-20230725.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-23-000033

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