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ARDC — Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc.

US equity
12.28 -1.29% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 11.84 · high 14.88

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Performance

1 day-1.29%
1 week-1.60%
1 month-0.89%
3 months-3.23%
6 months-5.83%
Year to date-7.67%
1 year-16.01%
3 years-4.44%
5 years-24.94%

Technicals

RSI 1440.2
vs 50-day avg-2.07%
vs 200-day avg-4.51%
Volatility 1y10.1%
Max drawdown 1y-20.43%
Avg volume 30d119.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)10.99%
Paid last 12m1.3500
Payments in 12m12
Paying since2016-01-21

Measured signals that fired on ARDC

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-17Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-14Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-07-14THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
10% owner
Open-market purchase160.0K25.004.0M
2024-05-24Shaw John Joseph
Director
Open-market sale2.1K14.1829.8K
2024-05-24Shaw John Joseph
Director
Open-market sale2.0K14.1828.7K
2024-05-23Shaw John Joseph
Director
Open-market sale8.0K14.09112.4K
2024-05-23Shaw John Joseph
Director
Open-market sale7.9K14.09111.3K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN19.3M1.6M
MORGAN STANLEY6.2M508.9K
AdvisorNet Financial, Inc6.1M503.0K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC5.1M416.4K
Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC4.6M379.6K
United Advisor Group, LLC4.4M358.9K
Invesco Ltd.4.1M335.7K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC4.0M331.2K
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.3.9M324.7K
NewEdge Wealth, LLC3.1M257.2K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
N-23C-22026-08-142026-08-14on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-07-28on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-07-28on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-162026-07-14on EDGAR ↗
N-23C-22026-06-152026-06-15on EDGAR ↗
424B32026-06-11on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-05-262026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-05-14on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d37.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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