Ares Capital (ARCC) EBT Margin (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 24.25% in Q1 2026, down 116.0% year-on-year from 151.54% in Q1 2025, and up 20.17% on a QoQ basis from 20.18% in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) EBT Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 24.25% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 116.0% year-over-year to 24.25% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 20.37%, a 403.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 20.38%, down 373.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 24.25%, up from 20.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for ARCC reached as high as 34.79% in Q4 2023 and fell as low as 16.5% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 25.39% across 5 years, with a median of 24.25% in 2026.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin surged 1353 bps in 2022 and tumbled 1358 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 32.5% in 2022, then gained by 7 bps to 34.79% in 2023, then plunged by 39 bps to 21.21% in 2024, then slipped by 5 bps to 20.18% in 2025, then gained by 20 bps to 24.25% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent EBT Margin figures were 24.25% in Q1 2026, 20.18% in Q4 2025, and 16.5% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,236.60 Bn 1,311.20 Bn 18.56 Bn 175.98%
2 BlackRock 161.01 Bn 148.08 Bn - 42.43%
3 Blackstone 97.77 Bn 96.72 Bn - 40.22%
4 Apollo Global Management 70.80 Bn 90.38 Bn -409.00 Mn 130.41%
5 State Street 51.30 Bn 51.30 Bn - 25.53%
6 Ameriprise Financial 48.54 Bn 39.27 Bn 4.57 Bn 23.41%
7 Northern Trust 32.93 Bn 32.93 Bn - 52.23%
8 Raymond James Financial 32.59 Bn 17.67 Bn - 19.05%
9 Price T Rowe 24.70 Bn 21.13 Bn - 34.04%
10 Ares Capital 13.36 Bn 12.86 Bn - 24.25%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 24.25%
Dec 31, 2025 20.18%
Sep 30, 2025 16.50%
Jun 30, 2025 20.67%
Mar 31, 2025 25.41%
Dec 31, 2024 21.21%
Sep 30, 2024 22.97%
Jun 30, 2024 28.08%
Mar 31, 2024 21.40%
Dec 31, 2023 34.79%
Sep 30, 2023 21.98%
Jun 30, 2023 27.29%
Mar 31, 2023 27.99%
Dec 31, 2022 32.50%
Sep 30, 2022 33.89%
Jun 30, 2022 32.57%
Mar 31, 2022 20.00%
Dec 31, 2021 37.62%
Sep 30, 2021 20.36%