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

19.33 0.02 −0.10%
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 equity

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Ares Capital Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.19%, down 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.39%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.51% (fiscal 2022) to 19.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 4.57% and below the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 9.39% (3.01)
FY2024 12.4% (2.27)
FY2023 14.7% 8.16
FY2022 6.51% (13.02)
FY2021 19.5% 12.92
FY2020 6.61% (4.13)
FY2019 10.7% (1.18)
FY2018 11.9% 1.04
FY2017 10.9% 1.71
FY2016 9.17% 1.92

Against its own ten years

Low 6.51% High 19.5%
Ten-year median 10.7%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
SEIC SEI Investments Company compare 28.7%
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. compare 20.6%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 6.94%
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation 6.19%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc compare 5.84%
CG Carlyle Group Inc. compare 5.22%
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. compare 1.63%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. compare −2.81%
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. compare −406.7%
Asset Management industry median 4.57%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

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

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