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| Industry | Financial, Private equity |
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| Fate | Merged into Ares Capital Corporation |
| Founded | 1986 (1986) |
| Defunct | January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03) |
| Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
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Key people
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Malon Wilkus, CEO & Chairman |
| Products | closed-end fund, Leveraged buyouts, Mezzanine capital |
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Number of employees
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392 |
| Website | AmericanCapital.com |
American Capital, Ltd. was an American publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager. American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originated, underwrote and managed investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance and structured products. American Capital managed $10 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers. Founded in 1986 and publicly traded between 1997 and 2017, American Capital had six offices in the U.S. and Europe.
Through its private equity and leveraged finance business, American Capital participated in management and employee buyouts either by providing mezzanine and senior debt financing for buyouts led by private equity firms or by providing capital directly to companies through a 'One Stop Buyout' in which it funded senior debt, mezzanine and equity and was the controlling shareholder. American Capital and its affiliates invested from $10 million to $600 million per company in North America and €10 million to €300 million per company in Europe.
American Capital owned and managed European Capital, a fund with €0.9 billion of assets. European Capital invests in management and employee buyouts either by providing mezzanine and senior debt financing for buyouts led by private equity firms or by providing capital directly to companies through a 'One Stop Buyout' in which it funds senior debt, mezzanine and equity and is the controlling shareholder.
Since its 1997 IPO through to September 2015, American Capital had invested $37 billion in over 730 companies, including well-known companies such as AAMCO, Bumble Bee Seafoods, Bushnell Outdoor Products, Camelbak, Euro-Pro, Evenflo Company, Gibson Guitars, Piper Aircraft, Riddell and Rug Doctor.
Through its asset management business, American Capital managed publicly traded American Capital Senior Floating (NASDAQ: ACSF) and seven private funds.
American Capital had six offices in New York, Chicago, Annapolis, London, Paris with its home office in Bethesda, MD.
On January 3, 2017, American Capital completed its merger with Ares Capital Corporation.
| Period | Date | Adjusted Actuals EPS | GAAP EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 2022-10-24 | Future report Set alerts | |
| Q2 2022 | 2022-07-25 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
| Q1 2022 | 2022-05-02 | 0.72 | 0.72 |
| Q4 2021 | 2022-01-31 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Q3 2021 | 2021-10-25 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Q2 2021 | 2021-07-26 | 0.76 | 0.76 |
| Q1 2021 | 2021-04-26 | 0.76 | 0.76 |
| Q4 2020 | 2021-01-25 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Q3 2020 | 2020-10-26 | 0.81 | 1.15 |
| Q2 2020 | 2020-07-27 | 0.58 | 1.24 |
| 2016-07-09 | Downgrade | Nomura Holdings Inc. | Hold | |
| 2016-07-08 | Downgrade | Nomura | Buy to Neutral | $21.00 |
| 2016-06-29 | Upgrade | Bank of America | Underperform to Neutral | |
| 2016-06-29 | Upgrade | Bank of America Corp. | Underperform to Neutral | |
| 2016-05-23 | Upgrade | Wunderlich | Hold to Buy | $19.50 to $23.00 |
| 2016-04-27 | Reiterated Rating | Maxim Group | Buy | $23.00 to $22.00 |
| 2016-04-27 | Lower Price Target | RBC Capital | Outperform | $23.00 to $22.00 |
| 2016-04-27 | Lower Price Target | Royal Bank Of Canada | Outperform | $23.00 to $22.00 |
| 2016-03-22 | Lower Price Target | Nomura | $23.00 to $21.00 | |
| 2016-03-22 | Lower Price Target | Nomura Holdings Inc. | $23.00 to $21.00 | |
| 2016-02-09 | Lower Price Target | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $20.50 to $20.00 |
| 2016-02-09 | Lower Price Target | Deutsche Bank AG | Hold | $20.50 to $20.00 |
| 2016-02-04 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | $20.70 to $20.25 |
| 2015-12-16 | Downgrade | Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight to Underweight | $21.00 to $18.00 |
| 2015-12-08 | Reiterated Rating | Compass Point | Buy | $19.00 to $18.00 |
| 2015-12-03 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Outperform | $25.00 to $23.50 |
| 2015-12-03 | Reiterated Rating | Credit Suisse | Outperform | $25.00 to $24.00 |
| 2015-12-03 | Reiterated Rating | Credit Suisse Group AG | Outperform | $25.00 to $24.00 |
| 2015-11-08 | Upgrade | Cantor Fitzgerald | Hold to Buy | |
| 2015-11-01 | Reiterated Rating | Compass Point | Buy | $22.00 to $21.00 |
| 2015-10-28 | Lower Price Target | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $21.50 to $20.50 |
| 2015-10-28 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $22.00 to $20.70 | |
| 2015-10-28 | Lower Price Target | RBC Capital | Outperform | $24.00 to $23.00 |
| 2015-10-27 | Downgrade | Wunderlich | Buy to Hold | $21.00 to $19.50 |
| 2015-08-13 | Upgrade | Compass Point | Neutral to Buy | $22.00 |
| 2015-08-12 | Upgrade | Nomura | Neutral to Buy | $21.00 to $23.00 |
| 2015-08-03 | Lower Price Target | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $23.00 to $21.50 |
| 2015-08-03 | Lower Price Target | RBC Capital | Outperform | $26.00 to $24.00 |
| 2015-07-30 | Reiterated Rating | Wunderlich | Buy | $21.00 |
| 2015-07-29 | Lower Price Target | Barclays | Equal Weight | $23.00 to $20.00 |
| 2015-07-29 | Lower Price Target | Barclays PLC | Equal Weight | $23.00 to $20.00 |
| 2015-07-07 | Upgrade | Wells Fargo & Co. | Market Perform to Outperform | |
| 2015-07-07 | Upgrade | Wells Fargo | Market Perform to Outperform | |
| 2015-06-23 | Reiterated Rating | Wunderlich | Buy | $21.00 |
| 2015-06-17 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Neutral to Underperform | $20.00 to $16.00 |
| 2015-05-11 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $19.50 to $18.50 |
| 2015-04-29 | Set Price Target | Compass Point | Hold | $24.00 |
| 2015-04-28 | Lower Price Target | Wunderlich | Buy | $26.50 to $23.00 |
| 2015-02-03 | Set Price Target | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $24.30 to $24.50 |
| 2015-02-02 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $25.00 to $23.50 |
| 2015-01-30 | Initiated Coverage | Nomura | Neutral | |
| 2015-01-12 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo & Co. | Outperform to Market Perform | |
| 2015-01-12 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo | Outperform to Market Perform | |
| 2014-11-07 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $18.50 to $21.00 |
| 2014-10-29 | Reiterated Rating | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | $26.00 to $25.50 |
| 2014-10-20 | Downgrade | JMP Securities | Outperform to Market Perform | |
| 2014-07-31 | Reiterated Rating | Citigroup Inc. | Neutral | $21.00 to $23.00 |
| 2014-07-31 | Boost Price Target | Compass Point | $24.00 to $25.00 | |
| 2014-07-31 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $24.50 to $26.00 | |
| 2014-07-30 | Boost Price Target | RBC Capital | Outperform | $26.00 to $27.00 |
| 2014-07-29 | Upgrade | Wunderlich | Hold to Buy | $23.50 to $26.50 |
| 2014-07-29 | Boost Price Target | Credit Suisse | Outperform | $24.00 to $25.00 |
| 2014-06-12 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $22.50 to $24.00 |
| 2014-05-12 | Boost Price Target | Nomura | $23.00 to $24.00 | |
| 2014-05-09 | Boost Price Target | BMO Capital Markets | $17.00 to $18.00 | |
| 2014-04-30 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | $24.00 to $24.50 |
| 2014-04-29 | Reiterated Rating | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $22.75 to $23.25 |
| 2014-04-29 | Boost Price Target | Credit Suisse | $23.00 to $24.00 | |
| 2014-04-16 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $22.50 |
| 2014-04-01 | Boost Price Target | Compass Point | $16.50 to $18.00 | |
| 2014-03-24 | Downgrade | Compass Point | Buy to Neutral | $24.50 to $24.00 |
| 2014-02-05 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $25.50 to $24.00 | |
| 2014-02-05 | Lower Price Target | Barclays | $24.00 to $22.00 | |
| 2014-02-05 | Lower Price Target | Jefferies Group | $23.00 to $22.00 | |
| 2014-02-05 | Upgrade | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Neutral to Overweight | $20.00 to $22.00 |
| 2014-02-04 | Reiterated Rating | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $24.00 to $22.75 |
| 2013-12-23 | Upgrade | Ned Davis Research | Sell to Neutral | |
| 2013-12-19 | Upgrade | Sandler O'Neill | Sell to Hold | |
| 2013-12-05 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs | Sell | $18.50 |
| 2013-11-03 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Hold | $22.00 |
| 2013-10-30 | Lower Price Target | Compass Point | Buy | $28.00 to $26.00 |
| 2013-10-29 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $27.00 to $25.50 | |
| 2013-10-29 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Buy to Neutral | |
| 2013-10-16 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Hold | $22.00 |
| 2013-10-16 | Boost Price Target | Jefferies Group | Hold | $23.00 |
| 2013-09-26 | Initiated Coverage | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Neutral | $22.00 |
| 2013-09-16 | Downgrade | Sandler O'Neill | Hold to Sell | |
| 2013-07-31 | Reiterated | Wunderlich | Hold | $29 to $23.50 |
| 2013-07-30 | Reiterated | Compass Point | Buy | $33.50 to $28 |
| 2013-07-17 | Reiterated | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $26.50 to $23.50 |
| 2013-07-11 | Downgrade | Evercore | Overweight to Equal Weight | |
| 2013-07-10 | Reiterated | Barclays | Equal Weight | $27 to $26 |
| 2013-07-08 | Downgrade | Wunderlich | Buy to Hold | |
| 2013-06-13 | Reiterated | Maxim Group | Buy | $36 to $31 |
| 2013-02-11 | Reiterated | Wunderlich | Buy | $34 to $36 |
| 2013-02-08 | Reiterated | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $33 to $31.50 |
| 2012-11-07 | Reiterated | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | $34.50 to $35 |
| 2012-10-15 | Reiterated | Wunderlich | Hold | $37 to $30 |
| 2012-07-18 | Downgrade | Wunderlich | Buy to Hold | $34 to $34 |
| 2012-06-22 | Initiated | Maxim Group | Buy | $33.50 |
| 2016-07-09 | Downgrade | Nomura Holdings Inc. | Hold | |
| 2016-07-08 | Downgrade | Nomura | Buy to Neutral | $21.00 |
| 2016-06-29 | Upgrade | Bank of America | Underperform to Neutral | |
| 2016-06-29 | Upgrade | Bank of America Corp. | Underperform to Neutral | |
| 2016-05-23 | Upgrade | Wunderlich | Hold to Buy | $19.50 to $23.00 |
There is presents forecasts of rating agencies and recommendations for investors about this ticker
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| Name Relationship | Total Shares | Holding stocks |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD | 0.71% (2500100) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Kain Gary D CIO and SVP | 0.35% (1230417) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Federico Peter J SVP and Chief Risk Officer | 0.10% (357897) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Kuehl Christopher Senior VP | 0.10% (351111) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| HARVEY LARRY K | 0.01% (52717) | AGNC / HST / MTGE / |
| Dobbs Randy E. | 0.01% (39949) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Larocca Prue | 0.01% (37628) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Couch Robert M. | 0.01% (28449) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Davis Morris A. | 0.01% (26454) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| WILKUS MALON CEO | 0.01% (25000) | ACAS / AGNC / MTGE / |
| Pas Aaron Senior Vice President | 0.01% (24010) | AGNC / MTGE / |
| Bell Bernice SVP and Chief Accounting Off. | 0.01% (20078) | AGNC / |
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