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.

Revenue
−2.43%
EPS
−22.3%
Free cash flow
+236.1%
Total debt
−3.08%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

19.38 0.08 −0.41%
Market cap
$14.0B
P/E
15.8×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
9.91%
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Net margin

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Ares Capital Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 28.3%, down 14.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (42.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28.6% (fiscal 2022) to 86.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 11.9% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 42.6% (8.34)
FY2024 50.9% (7.32)
FY2023 58.2% 29.59
FY2022 28.6% (57.47)
FY2021 86.1% 54.07
FY2020 32.0% (19.87)
FY2019 51.9% (12.27)
FY2018 64.2% 6.67
FY2017 57.5% 10.66
FY2016 46.8% 9.86

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 41.8% 19.54
Jun 2026 22.3% 10.21
Mar 2026 12.1% (24.89)
Dec 2025 37.0% (14.71)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 28.6% High 86.1%
Ten-year median 50.9%
Current reading's percentile 9

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation 28.3%
SEIC SEI Investments Company compare 28.1%
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. compare 11.1%
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. compare 10.5%
CG Carlyle Group Inc. compare 10.1%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc compare 8.14%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 5.32%
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. compare 3.08%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. compare −4.43%
Asset Management industry median 11.9%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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