secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001287750-24-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Capital reports Q1 GAAP EPS $0.76, Core EPS $0.59; declares $0.48 dividend
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- GAAP net income $449M ($0.76/share) vs $278M ($0.52) a year ago; Core EPS $0.59 vs $0.57.
- Net investment income $325M ($0.55/share) vs $318M ($0.60); portfolio at fair value $23.1B.
- Q2 2024 dividend $0.48/share, payable June 28 to holders of record June 14.
- Net asset value per share $19.53, a record; leverage ratio net of cash 0.95x.
- New investment commitments in Q1 $3.6B, 88% first lien; post-quarter additional $1.2B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/0001287750-24-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/arcc-20240501.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-24-000026

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