$ARCC (-1,68%)

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) reported fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of the previous year and missed Wall Street estimates.

The company's profit amounted to 357 million dollars, or 0.55 dollars per share. This compares with a profit of 413 million dollars or 0.70 dollars per share in the previous year.

Excluding special items, Ares Capital Corp. reported adjusted earnings of $0.55 per share for the period.

On average, analysts had expected earnings of 0.58 dollars per share. Analyst estimates generally exclude special items.

Ares Capital Corp. earnings at a glance (GAAP):

-Profit: $357 million vs. $413 million last year. -EPS: 0.55 dollars compared to 0.70 dollars in the previous year.

Ares Capital $ARCC (-1,68%) has been on my shopping list for a long time and now I've treated myself to a bite.

The expectations are manageable, because I don't see high price gains now. Rather a boring stock for the long bank.....

2024

Portfolio value (performance neutral)

Target 52 000€ -> +18 000€

Achieved 62 300€ -> +28 300€

Target 2025 -> 77 000€

Gross dividend

Target 1000€

Achieved 1018€

expected 2025 -> 1290€+

Daily allowance

Target 12 000€

Reached 13 300€

I would like to reach €15,000 by the end of 2025.

As I have an annual commute of 22,000 km, I'll have to buy a new car in 4 - 5 years' time if my current one no longer works.

In addition, several positions were sold in Q3 - Q4 ($O (-1,2%)
$BATS (-0,23%)
$SIX2 (-0,49%)
$ARCC (-1,68%)
$CVS (-4,71%)
$UNP (-3,82%)$NESN (+0%) ) and the focus was also placed on higher growth and dividend growth.

In principle, I have nothing against $UNP (-3,82%) but I see the growth opportunities at $CP (-2,28%) higher as well as a higher profit margin as soon as the acquisition of Kansas City has been optimally integrated into the company in order to work more efficiently.

Portfolio feedback requested

I (early 50s, so still a good 15 years to work on the portfolio) would like to hear your opinion. I've been with Trade Republic since January, mainly because of the 4%. But then I started saving a few ETFs, then buying and selling a few shares. So I played around. At the moment my portfolio has three or rather four different parts. Let's put it this way, the family treasury has given me around €10k to play with. The rest remains in call money.

Of this 10K I would like to have a part to play, individual stocks, §IWDA, other ETFs that are close to me because of my work, XRP.

But that's not my topic here.

I want to build a dividend portfolio. Reduce working hours or improve pension, we'll see where the journey takes me. For now, I would reinvest all payouts.

The composition from December would look like this:

$MCD (-1,72%) 15%

$EXSH (-0,44%) 9%

$MAIN (-4,26%) 9%

$ARCC (-1,68%) 9%

$HTGC (-4,13%) 9%

$O (-1,2%) 9%

$CSWC (-3,9%) 5%

$PFE (-1,7%) 5%

$KAP (-3,94%) 5%

$JEGP (-1,33%) 5%

$TGT (+0,12%) 3,5%

$GAIN (-3,89%) 5%

$QYLE (-2,57%) 5%

$VHYL (-1,85%) 1%

What do you think about the composition? Should something go in/out?

My aim would be to distribute the monthly distributions evenly. I'll have to play around with the ratios a bit.

My problem is that the months of January, February, April and May look too poor. What would you suggest that pays out in these months?

Roast me!