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) Return on assets

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Ares Capital Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.85%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.37%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.78% (fiscal 2022) to 8.46% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 1.40% and above the Financial sector median of 1.15%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 4.37% (1.48)
FY2024 5.85% (0.74)
FY2023 6.59% 3.81
FY2022 2.78% (5.68)
FY2021 8.46% 5.35
FY2020 3.11% (2.60)
FY2019 5.71% (1.09)
FY2018 6.80% 0.62
FY2017 6.18% 1.12
FY2016 5.06% 1.07

Against its own ten years

Low 2.78% High 8.46%
Ten-year median 5.71%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
SEIC SEI Investments Company compare 22.6%
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation 2.85%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc compare 2.21%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 1.94%
CG Carlyle Group Inc. compare 1.37%
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. compare 0.77%
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. compare 0.54%
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. compare 0.45%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. compare −1.13%
Asset Management industry median 1.40%
Financial sector median 1.15%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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