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ARCC · Ares Capital Corp

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$19.87 -0.32 (-1.58%) At close · Aug 14
Market Cap
$14.30B
Shares
718.02M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 14 short interest

as of Aug 14
41,037,272 -0.3% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
71/100
Short interest 5.7% of shares — P78 Days to cover 9.2 — P87 Price vs VWAP +5.4% — P68 Short-volume trend +4.0% — P66 Short interest change -9.1% — P30 Worst FTD 0.09% of shares — P75

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-31). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Aug 25
2026-07-31 41,180,886 45,290,769 -4,109,883 9.15
2026-07-15 45,290,769 46,730,429 -1,439,660 10.02
2026-06-30 46,730,429 45,953,484 +776,945 8.01
2026-06-15 45,953,484 40,982,983 +4,970,501 8.94
2026-05-29 40,982,983 40,123,974 +859,009 8.60
2026-05-15 40,123,974 42,575,726 -2,451,752 7.76
2026-04-30 42,575,726 42,709,787 -134,061 6.79
2026-04-15 42,709,787 39,970,691 +2,739,096 6.21
2026-03-31 39,970,691 40,327,502 -356,811 5.41
2026-03-13 40,327,502 29,328,894 +10,998,608 4.08
2026-02-27 29,328,894 22,043,281 +7,285,613 3.27
2026-02-13 22,043,281 16,944,547 +5,098,734 2.55
2026-01-30 16,944,547 17,935,728 -991,181 3.14
2026-01-15 17,935,728 17,416,960 +518,768 4.17
2025-12-31 17,416,960 19,926,700 -2,509,740 3.26
2025-12-15 19,926,700 19,288,413 +638,287 4.80
2025-11-28 19,288,413 18,896,506 +391,907 4.04
2025-11-14 18,896,506 17,321,164 +1,575,342 5.42
2025-10-31 17,321,164 14,939,623 +2,381,541 3.04
2025-10-15 14,939,623 15,964,975 -1,025,352 1.88
2025-09-30 15,964,975 17,285,251 -1,320,276 2.79
2025-09-15 17,285,251 16,405,266 +879,985 4.38
2025-08-29 16,405,266 17,506,970 -1,101,704 5.79
2025-08-15 17,506,970 15,504,209 +2,002,761 5.04
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