Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) EPS (Basic) (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported EPS (Basic) of $0.13 for Q1 2026, down 63.89% year-over-year from $0.36 in Q1 2025, and down 68.29% on a QoQ basis from $0.41 in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of EPS (Basic) data on file, last reported at $0.13 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EPS (Basic) fell 63.89% year-over-year to $0.13 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.63 (down 20.1% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.86, down 23.77% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) retreated to $0.13 in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EPS (Basic) topped out at $0.89 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $0.13 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $0.52 (2023), against an average of $0.49.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EPS (Basic) sank 71.23%; it then surged 323.81% in 2023.
  • Tracing ARCC's EPS (Basic) over 5 years: stood at $0.35 in 2022, then jumped by 105.71% to $0.72 in 2023, then slipped by 25.0% to $0.54 in 2024, then slipped by 24.07% to $0.41 in 2025, then sank by 68.29% to $0.13 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC EPS (Basic) figures stand at $0.13 (Q1 2026), $0.41 (Q4 2025), and $0.57 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 14.24
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 0.83
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 0.41
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 0.38
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn -3.27
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 2.53
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 9.81
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 2.72
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 0.46
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - 0.13

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.13
Dec 31, 2025 0.41
Sep 30, 2025 0.57
Jun 30, 2025 0.52
Mar 31, 2025 0.36
Dec 31, 2024 0.54
Sep 30, 2024 0.62
Jun 30, 2024 0.52
Mar 31, 2024 0.76
Dec 31, 2023 0.72
Sep 30, 2023 0.89
Jun 30, 2023 0.61
Mar 31, 2023 0.52
Dec 31, 2022 0.35
Sep 30, 2022 0.21
Jun 30, 2022 0.22
Mar 31, 2022 0.44
Dec 31, 2021 0.83
Sep 30, 2021 0.73