Growth Metrics

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

Ares Capital has reported FCF Margin over the past 6 years, most recently at 24.12% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 6496.0% to 24.12% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 40.03% through Mar 2026, up 3962.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 56.26% for FY2025, 1491.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 24.12% for Q1 2026 at Ares Capital, up from 53.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 141.1% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 313.15% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 35.31% (2024), against an average of 37.96%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin skyrocketed 30558bps in 2023 and then tumbled -16700bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 56.25% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 50.78% in 2023, then surged by 30bps to 35.31% in 2024, then crashed by -52bps to 53.85% in 2025, then surged by 145bps to 24.12% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's FCF Margin are 24.12% (Q1 2026), 53.85% (Q4 2025), and 98.85% (Q3 2025).