Ares Capital Corp
ARCC Nasdaq·
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$18.64
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Ares Capital Corp had $3.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +15.1% a year on average.
- Ares Capital Corp made $1.3B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2020 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 10.3% a year.
- Ares Capital Corp returned $1.3B to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 12.0%.
- Ares Capital Corp owes $15.4B more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$13.4B
P/E
13.8x
Revenue
$3.1B
Net income
$1.3B
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
—
Ares Capital Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+2.1%
Only a little. Sales grew 2.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
42.6%
Yes. It keeps 42.6% of every sale as profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
1 / 7
Weak. It passes 1 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
13.8x
One share costs 13.8 times its yearly profit per share.
What Ares Capital Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 4, 2026
- Legal name
- ARES CAPITAL CORP
- CIK
- 0001287750
Ares Capital Corp · ARCC
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.8B | $2.1B | $2.6B | $3.0B | $3.1B |
| Revenue growth | 20.5% | 15.2% | 24.7% | 14.4% | 2.1% |
| Net income | $1.6B | $600M | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.3B |
| Net margin | 86.1% | 28.6% | 58.2% | 50.9% | 42.6% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.51 | $1.19 | $2.68 | $2.44 | $1.86 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | −$2.5B | −$1.4B | $511M | −$2.1B | −$1.7B |
| Dividends paid | $694M | $912M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.3B |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | — | — | — |
| Share count change | 5.2% | 16.1% | 11.0% | 8.5% | 12.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $372M | $303M | $535M | $635M | $638M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $11.0B | $12.2B | $11.9B | $13.7B | $16.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $8.9B | $9.6B | $11.2B | $13.4B | $14.3B |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 19.5% | 6.5% | 14.7% | 12.4% | 9.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | 17.7% | 6.3% | 13.6% | 11.4% | 9.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$1.0M
4 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Ares Capital Corp · ARCC
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $18.64 a share, the company is worth $13.4B: 13.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001287750). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.