Financial Services
Live Price
Offline$12.52
-0.24% today
1Y Change
-10.20%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. (ARDC) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $300.00M. The stock last traded around $12.52 and down 10.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +10.1%, EPS growth of -42.2%, a dividend yield of 10.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +10.1%, EPS -42.2%, free cash flow +187.9% with operating margin 73.8% and ROIC 5.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 10.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.5 and price/sales 6.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ARDC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
ARDC is 31.06 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
ARDC had 11.30 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
ARDC beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
ARDC
-10.20%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.86%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-31.06 pts
Relative to SPY
ARDC Max Drawdown
-20.43%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for ARDC and SPY.
| Year | ARDC | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.98% | +6.71% | -10.69 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -6.40% | +11.19% | -17.59 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
10.76%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.01
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| May 19, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 | Mar 4, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Jan 21, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Nov 21, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Aug 20, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| May 20, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Apr 22, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Jan 22, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Oct 19, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Monthly |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Aug 21, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Jul 21, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 20, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| May 19, 2023 | May 22, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Apr 21, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Feb 17, 2023 | Feb 21, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Jan 20, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Monthly |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Monthly |
Next Step
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