Ares Capital (ARCC) Debt Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.52 in Q1 2026, up 5.07% year-on-year from 0.49 in Q1 2025, and up 0.9% on a QoQ basis from 0.51 in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) Debt Ratio (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.52 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 5.07% year-over-year to 0.52 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.52, a 5.07% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.51, up 5.13% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.52, up from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for ARCC reached as high as 0.55 in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 0.48 in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.51 across 5 years, with a median of 0.5 in 2023.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio slipped 8.73% in 2023 and increased 5.13% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.55 in 2022, then slipped by 8.73% to 0.5 in 2023, then retreated by 2.75% to 0.49 in 2024, then grew by 5.13% to 0.51 in 2025, then rose by 0.9% to 0.52 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Debt Ratio figures were 0.52 in Q1 2026, 0.51 in Q4 2025, and 0.51 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,236.60 Bn 1,311.20 Bn 18.56 Bn -
2 BlackRock 161.01 Bn 148.08 Bn - 0.12
3 Blackstone 97.77 Bn 96.72 Bn - 0.27
4 Apollo Global Management 70.80 Bn 90.38 Bn -409.00 Mn 0.03
5 State Street 51.30 Bn 51.30 Bn - -
6 Ameriprise Financial 48.54 Bn 39.27 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.00
7 Northern Trust 32.93 Bn 32.93 Bn - 0.04
8 Raymond James Financial 32.59 Bn 17.67 Bn - 0.05
9 Price T Rowe 24.70 Bn 21.13 Bn - -
10 Ares Capital 13.36 Bn 12.86 Bn - 0.52

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.52
Dec 31, 2025 0.51
Sep 30, 2025 0.51
Jun 30, 2025 0.49
Mar 31, 2025 0.49
Dec 31, 2024 0.49
Sep 30, 2024 0.50
Jun 30, 2024 0.50
Mar 31, 2024 0.48
Dec 31, 2023 0.50
Sep 30, 2023 0.50
Jun 30, 2023 0.51
Mar 31, 2023 0.52
Dec 31, 2022 0.55
Sep 30, 2022 0.54
Dec 31, 2021 0.53