Ares Capital Corporation

ARCC Financial Asset Management

Ares Capital Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 2.07% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.09%, EPS fell 53.9%, free cash flow grew 254.1% and total debt rose 11.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

18.72 0.20 −1.06%
Market cap
$13.6B
P/E
13.9×
Fwd P/E
12.0×
Dividend yield
10.3%
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 0.59%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 13,580.00
Revenue 3,106.00
Net Income 960.00
Free Cash Flow (680.00)
Net Debt 15,149.00
Current Ratio 1.28
Debt/Equity 1.14
P/E ratio 13.87
Fwd P/E 12.00
P/S ratio 4.33
P/B ratio 0.97
Past 5Y EPS Growth 10.29%
This Y EPS Growth (5.20%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 1.46%
Next Y revenue growth 1.41%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (2.52%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 86.00%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 14.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 27.05%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.42
Annual Dividend Rate 1.92
Annual Dividend Yield 10.26%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
2025 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2024 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2023 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2022 1.78
0.45
0.42
0.43
0.48
2021 1.62
0.40
0.40
0.41
0.41
2020 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2019 1.20
0.40
0.40
0.02
0.40
2018 1.54
0.38
0.38
0.39
0.39
2017 1.52
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2016 1.52
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 564 860 924 624
Receivables 261 516 605 349
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
825 1,376 1,529 973
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 681 1,048 898 763
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
681 1,048 898 763

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 11.53% 15.10% 13.34%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 13.11% 21.83% 29.37%
Book Value 10.72% 14.82% 14.43%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 763 768 — — —
’25 732 745 782 793 3,052
’24 701 755 775 759 2,990
’23 618 634 655 707 2,614
’22 440 479 537 640 2,096
’21 390 459 442 529 1,820
’20 369 350 352 440 1,511
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 184 336 — — —
’25 (299) (218) (773) (427) (1,717)
’24 (21) (1,318) (521) (268) (2,128)
’23 872 (48) 46 (359) 511
’22 481 (1,500) 20 (360) (1,359)
’21 489 (1,186) 5 (1,767) (2,459)
’20 15 153 4 (752) (580)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 184 336 — — —
’25 (299) (218) (773) (427) (1,717)
’24 (21) (1,318) (521) (268) (2,128)
’23 872 (48) 46 (359) 511
’22 481 (1,500) 20 (360) (1,359)
’21 489 (1,186) 5 (1,767) (2,459)
’20 15 153 4 (752) (580)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.13 0.24 — — —
’25 0.36 0.52 0.57 0.41 1.86
’24 0.76 0.52 0.62 0.55 2.44
’23 0.51 0.59 0.87 0.70 2.68
’22 0.43 0.22 0.21 0.34 1.19
’21 0.87 1.09 0.73 0.83 3.51
’20 (1.42) 0.65 1.04 0.89 1.14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 12.31 15.60 14.50 15.28 7.90 16.41 16.53 16.95 19.32 18.26

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 16.91 17.87 17.63 19.28 19.33 21.74 23.00 20.21 22.44 23.84
People
People Employees — — — — — — — — — —
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,012 1,160 1,337 1,528 1,511 1,820 2,096 2,614 2,990 3,052
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 515 530 713 827 813 770 1,147 1,286 1,476 1,458
EBT margin, % 50.89 45.69 53.33 54.12 53.81 42.31 54.72 49.20 49.36 47.77
Net income 474 667 858 793 484 1,567 600 1,522 1,522 1,299
Depreciation 14 24 23 26 31 31 26 26 27 34
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 3.22 2.73 3.14 3.58 3.56 4.08 4.21 4.72 4.79 4.37
Earnings 1.51 1.57 2.01 1.86 1.14 3.51 1.21 2.75 2.44 1.86
Cash flow 2.25 (4.82) 0.71 (2.89) (1.37) (5.51) (2.73) 0.92 (3.41) (2.46)
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Free cash flow 2.25 (4.82) 0.71 (2.89) (1.37) (5.51) (2.73) 0.92 (3.41) (2.46)
Book value 16.45 16.70 17.14 17.49 16.92 19.88 19.19 20.22 21.40 20.48
Shares, m 314 425 426 427 424 446 498 554 624 699
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.87 10.14 7.71 10.03 14.56 6.02 15.35 7.31 8.93 10.88
P/S 5.09 5.83 4.96 5.21 4.74 5.19 4.41 4.25 4.57 4.63
P/B 1.00 0.95 0.91 1.07 1.00 1.07 0.97 0.99 1.02 0.99
EV/Sales 8.70 9.74 8.64 9.66 10.16 11.02 10.11 8.59 8.88 9.57
EV/FCF 12.46 (5.52) 38.01 (11.95) (26.46) (8.16) (15.60) 43.93 (12.48) (17.01)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 707 (2,048) 304 (1,235) (580) (2,459) (1,359) 511 (2,128) (1,717)
Capex — — — — — — — — — —
Free cash flow 707 (2,048) 304 (1,235) (580) (2,459) (1,359) 511 (2,128) (1,717)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 158 15 51 (39) 102 (130) (6) 144 328 631
Total debt 3,874 4,854 5,214 6,971 8,514 11,094 12,289 11,918 13,759 15,991
Net debt 3,651 4,538 4,918 6,795 8,188 10,608 11,952 11,354 12,899 15,067
Shareholders’ equity 5,165 7,098 7,300 7,467 7,176 8,868 9,555 11,201 13,355 14,318
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.06 6.18 6.80 5.71 3.11 8.46 2.78 6.59 5.85 4.37
ROIC 3.65 2.85 3.65 3.62 3.31 2.47 3.33 3.56 3.51 3.10
ROE 9.17 10.88 11.92 10.74 6.61 19.53 6.51 14.67 12.40 9.39
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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Ares Capital Corporation vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
TPG TPG Inc. $16.7B 36.0× 14.3× +100.04% (above 0%: growing) n/m −14.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 20.65% Compare
BEN Franklin Resources Inc $15.9B 21.1× 18.2× +14.26% (above 0%: growing) +106.67% (above 0%: growing) −55.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 9.15% Compare
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. $15.4B 20.1× 7.5× +43.58% (above 0%: growing) n/m +83.01% (above 0%: growing) 31.27% 4.68% Compare
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. $14.6B — (loss-making) 6.8× −29.81% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +89.52% (above 0%: growing) 50.84% (26.36%) Compare
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. $14.0B 73.8× 28.8× +7.10% (above 0%: growing) −33.33% (below 0%: shrinking) +9.82% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 15.46% Compare
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation $13.6B 13.9× 12.0× +3.09% (above 0%: growing) −53.85% (below 0%: shrinking) +254.13% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 75.65%
CG Carlyle Group Inc. $13.1B 36.0× 11.9× −28.57% (below 0%: shrinking) −57.30% (below 0%: shrinking) +82.56% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 39.97% Compare
IVZ Invesco Ltd. $12.7B — (loss-making) 11.1× +20.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +32.67% (above 0%: growing) 65.65% 19.95% Compare
SEIC SEI Investments Company $12.6B 18.0× 15.6× +14.66% (above 0%: growing) −10.44% (below 0%: shrinking) +30.30% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 30.71% Compare
Median of peers $14.3B 28.5× 13.1× +14.46% −21.88% +31.48% 100.00% 17.70%

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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $1.3 billion, or $1.86 per share (basic), a net margin of 42.6%.
  • Strength: Ares Capital Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 2.07% from fiscal 2024.
  • Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ARCC traded at $18.72, a market capitalization of $13.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 13.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 86% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Ares Capital Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share, a yield of 10.3%, with a payout ratio of 142.2%.
  • Return on equity was 9.39% and debt-to-equity 1.14.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 2 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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