Peers · Financial Services
Alternatives to ARCC
6 stocks in the same financial services sector with similar yield and safety profiles to ARCC (9.62% yield, 3.8/10 safety).
The closest alternative to ARCC in our universe is GLAD — nearly identical yield (9.69% vs 9.62% for ARCC) and a 3.0/10 safety score compared to ARCC's 3.8/10. Across all 6 peers, yields range from 2.92% to 16.36% and safety scores range from 1.9 to 8.3/10.
Switching from ARCC to a peer is not always straightforward — a higher yield peer often carries a lower safety score, and vice versa. The table below ranks each alternative by how closely it matches ARCC on both dimensions simultaneously, so you can see the full yield-vs-safety tradeoff at a glance.
Closest matches
| Ticker | Yield | Safety | How it differs from ARCC |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLAD · Gladstone Capital Corporation | 9.69% | 3.0/10 · Risky | 0.8 safety-score gap (riskier) |
| GAIN · Gladstone Investment Corporation | 6.17% | 6.3/10 · Mixed | 3.45% yield gap (lower) |
| MAIN · Main Street Capital Corporation | 5.65% | 5.6/10 · Mixed | 3.97% yield gap (lower) |
| PFLT · PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. | 16.36% | 1.9/10 · Risky | 6.74% yield gap (higher) |
| BNS · Bank of Nova Scotia | 3.68% | 7.8/10 · Solid | 5.94% yield gap (lower) |
| MET · MetLife, Inc. | 2.92% | 8.3/10 · Strong | 6.70% yield gap (lower) |
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