Financials / Asset ManagementUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Ares Capital Corporation has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

13.6B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E9.9

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E11.7

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE8.3

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROIC7.2

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All ARCC market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

USD

Showing 245 of 245 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001287750
Company name	Ares Capital Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	04010L103
Employees	4,250
Employees Change	1,050%
Employees Change Percent	32.81
Enterprise value	$29B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Asset Management
IPO Date	2004-10-06
Isin	US04010L1035
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$13.6B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$19.01
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	725,411.76x
Sector	Financials
Symbol	ARCC
Tags	business-development-company
Website	https://www.arescapitalcorp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.43%
EV Earnings	25.2x
EV Sales Forward	8.97x
EV/EBIT	12.54x
EV/Sales	9.4x
Forward P/E	9.93x
P/B ratio	0.97x
P/E ratio	11.73x
P/S ratio	4.43x
PE Ratio10 Y	13.54x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.66x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.53x
PS Forward	4.23x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	74.93%
Gross margin	100%
Gross Profit	$3.1B
Gross Profit Growth	2.05%
Gross Profit Growth Q	4.23%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	10.68%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	15.01%
Net Income	$1.2B
Net Income Growth	-12.48%
Net Income Growth Q	-61.83%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	19.91%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-4.78%
Pretax Margin	40.61%
Profit Margin	37.3%
Profit Per Employee	$270,588
Profitable Years	17
ROA	4.89
Roa5y	4.71
ROCE	8.28
ROE	8.29
Roe5y	12.5
ROIC	7.19
Roic5y	7.49

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	12.46%
Cagr15y	10.8%
Cagr1y	0.45%
Cagr20y	11.89%
Cagr3y	11.45%
Cagr5y	9.56%
Div CAGR10	2.36%
Div CAGR3	-0.17%
Div CAGR5	3.71%
EPS Growth	-20.41
EPS Growth Q	-64.06
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	8.01
EPS Growth5 Y	-14.11
Revenue Growth	2.05x
Revenue Growth Q	4.24x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	10.68x
Revenue Growth5 Y	15.01x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.1
Assets	$30.7B
Cash	$554M
Current Assets	$1B
Current Liabilities	$2.8B
Debt	$15.9B
Debt Equity	$1.13
Equity	$14.1B
Interest Coverage	2.92
Liabilities	$16.6B
Long Term Assets	$29.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$13.8B
Net Cash	$-15.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-112
Net Debt Equity	$1.09
Tangible Book Value	$14.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$19.59
WACC	6.02

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.38
Net Working Capital	$-109M
Quick ratio	0.32
Working Capital	$-1.7B
Working Capital Turnover	$-1.7

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-9.96%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$1.92
Dividend Years	23
Dividend Yield	10.1%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-15
Last Dividend	$0.48
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	118.46%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	223.51%
1Y total return	0.45%
200-day SMA	20.18
3Y total return	38.43%
50-day SMA	18.52
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	57.84%
All Time High	23.84
All Time High Change	-20.26%
All Time High Date	2025-02-03
All Time Low	3.12
All Time Low Change	509.29%
All Time Low Date	2009-03-12
ATR	0.39
Beta	0.63
Beta1y	0.85
Beta2y	0.7
Ch YTD	-6.03
High	19.05
High52	23.42
High52 Date	2025-07-18
High52ch	-18.81%
Low	18.78
Low52	17.4
Low52 Date	2026-03-27
Low52ch	9.25%
Ma50ch	2.63%
Premarket Change Percent	0.21
Premarket Price	$19
Premarket Volume	12,333
Price vs 200-day SMA	-5.78%
RSI	53.7
RSI Monthly	42.12
RSI Weekly	46.15
Sharpe ratio	-0.1x
Sortino ratio	0.16
Total Return	0.14%
Tr YTD	-3.47
Tr15y	365.72%
Tr1m	5.32%
Tr1w	-1.25%
Tr3m	1.13%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	11
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$20.5
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.48
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-4
Earnings Revenue Estimate	774,879,760x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	5.86x
Operating Income	$2.3B
Operating Income Growth	2.3
Operating Income Growth Q	10.57
Operating Income Growth3 Y	9.55
Operating Income Growth5 Y	17.17
Operating margin	74.93
Price target	$21.36
Price Target Change	$12.36
Price Target Change Top	$7.84

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Net Borrowing	1,949,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.5%
Shares Institutions	36.01%
Shares Out	718,022,845
Shares Qo Q	0.28%
Shares Yo Y	9.96%
Short Ratio	5.92
Short Shares	5.95

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	6,069,587.65x
Bv Per Share	19.59
Ch10y	25.31
Ch15y	12.15
Ch1m	5.32
Ch1w	-1.25
Ch1y	-8.54
Ch20y	9.88
Ch3m	-1.55
Ch3y	4.39
Ch5y	-1.2
Ch6m	-5.89
Change	0.26%
Change From Open	0.26
Close	18.96
Days Gap	0
Dollar Volume	90,824,362.2
Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$2.3B
EPS	$1.62
F Score	3
Financing CF	1,147,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	2,004
Graham Number	26.72831
Graham Upside	40.6
Income Tax	$102M
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-04
Lynch Fair Value	$8.1
Lynch Upside	-57.37
Ma150	19.58
Ma150ch	-2.89%
Ma20	18.92
Ma20ch	0.48%
Net CF	-87,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Open	18.96
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-06-30
Position In Range	85.19
Post Close	19.01
Postmarket Change Percent	0.05
Postmarket Price	$19.02
Pre Close	18.96
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	0.97
Relative Volume	0.79x
Revenue	3,083,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	3.31x
Tax Rate	8.15%
Tr20y	846.56%
Tr6m	-1.04%
Us State	California
Views	150
Volume	4,777,715
Z Score	0.84

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Income

ARCC dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+10.1%

$1.92 annual per share

Payout ratio

+118.5%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+3.7%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.1%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-15

Performance

ARCC stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns ARCC?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+36.0%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+0.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

ARCC momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

53.7

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-5.8%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.63

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.10

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

ARCC vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	تخفيض
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	تخفيض
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	تخفيض

Questions

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