Ares Capital Earnings: What Investors Should Watch | Wall St. Cheat ...

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) will report earnings before markets open on Tuesday, May 7th. Ares Capital Corporation is a closed-end management investment company. The Company seeks to generate both income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments by primarily investing in U.S. middle market companies.

Here is your Cheat Sheet to Ares Capital Earnings:

Earnings Expectations: Analysts expect earnings of $0.40 per share on revenues of $194.78 million.

Analyst Trends:

Analysts have a more negative outlook for the company?s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter?s earnings has fallen from a profit of $0.42 to a profit $0.41. For the current year, the average estimate is a profit of $1.65, which is worse than the estimate ninety days ago.

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Earnings Trends:

Here?s how Ares Capital has been performing on an annual basis:

Fiscal Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Revenue ($) in millions	240.46	245.27	483.40	634.49	748.02
Diluted EPS ($)	-1.56	1.99	3.91	1.56	2.21

Next, our CHEAT SHEET investing framework asks us to drill down to the recent quarterly data:

Quarter	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenue ($) in millions	187.12	167.74	177.56	190.57	212.16
Diluted EPS ($)	0.5759	0.49	0.41	0.59	0.7049

Past Performance:
Ares Capital has beat analyst estimates 3 times in the past four quarters. Shareholders could expect a boost if the company beats estimates.

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