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Ares Capital (ARCC) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 1.88 for Q1 2026, up 282.02% year-over-year from 0.49 in Q1 2025, and up 350.98% on a QoQ basis from 0.75 in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.88 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 282.02% year-over-year to 1.88 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.05 (down 115.52% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.74, down 37.54% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 1.88 in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from 0.75 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 11.7 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 12.86 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.55 (2024), against an average of 0.32.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 4395.57%; it then jumped 282.02% in 2026.
  • Tracing ARCC's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.69 in 2022, then decreased by 6.77% to 0.73 in 2023, then sank by 54.33% to 1.13 in 2024, then jumped by 33.92% to 0.75 in 2025, then soared by 350.98% to 1.88 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 1.88 (Q1 2026), 0.75 (Q4 2025), and 0.41 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 0.37
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 0.10
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 2.44
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 0.18
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -0.02
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.34
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -0.45
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 0.21
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - 1.88

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.88
Dec 31, 2025 -0.75
Sep 30, 2025 -0.41
Jun 30, 2025 -1.45
Mar 31, 2025 -1.03
Dec 31, 2024 -1.13
Sep 30, 2024 -0.55
Jun 30, 2024 -0.21
Mar 31, 2024 -12.86
Dec 31, 2023 -0.73
Sep 30, 2023 5.52
Jun 30, 2023 -5.27
Mar 31, 2023 0.30
Dec 31, 2022 -0.69
Sep 30, 2022 11.70
Jun 30, 2022 -0.15
Mar 31, 2022 0.43
Dec 31, 2021 -0.10