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Michael Kort Schnabel bought $239k of ARCC

Chief Executive Officer at ARES CAPITAL CORP. 12,500 shares at an average of $19.13, traded Feb 5, 2026, filed Feb 9, 2026.

Conviction score
73
Value
$239k
12,500 shares
Holdings after
40,500
+45% from before
From 52-week low
+6%
low $16.38, close $17.40
From 52-week high
-15%
high $20.58, as of Feb 5, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $239k at market
    +13
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 45%
    +6
  • Price context
    6% above the 52-week low; 15% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • Cluster
    4 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -5.1%, 3m -1.5%, 6m +8.1%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ARCCOct 12, 2026 · close 18.63
Since filing Feb 9, 2026: +3.3%SPY +13.0% · excess -9.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001104659-26-012110, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 5, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+12,500$19.13$239k40,500Feb 9, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at ARES CAPITAL CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
59Moderate
ARCCbuy 4
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Jana Markowicz
Chief Operating Officer
$288k
15,000 shares
+147%
55Moderate
ARCCbuy 4
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Mary Beth Henson
director
$77k
4,000 shares
+14%
60Notable
ARCCbuy 4
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Scott C Lem
CFO and Treasurer
$100k
5,186 shares
+15%
73Notable
ARCCbuy 4
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Michael Kort Schnabel
Chief Executive Officer
$239k
12,500 shares
+45%
48Moderate
ARCCbuy
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Michael Kort Schnabel
Chief Executive Officer
$265k
13,000 shares
+87%
52Moderate
ARCCbuy
ARES CAPITAL CORP
James Robert Miller
Co-President
$933k
40,000 shares
-
32Weak
ARCCbuy
ARES CAPITAL CORP
Ann Torre Bates
director
$137k
6,000 shares
+25%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Michael Kort Schnabel bought $239k of ARCC | InsiderTell