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Ares Capital (ARCC) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2025)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 5 consecutive years, with -$427.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 59.33% to -$427.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$1.7 billion, a 19.31% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$1.7 billion, up 19.31% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$427.0 million for Q4 2025 at Ares Capital, up from -$773.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $872.0 million in Q1 2023 to a low of -$1.8 billion in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of -$380.0 million and a median of -$299.0 million in 2025 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 130.0% in 2023, then tumbled 2645.83% in 2024.
  • Ares Capital's Free Cash Flow stood at -$1.8 billion in 2021, then surged by 79.63% to -$360.0 million in 2022, then grew by 0.28% to -$359.0 million in 2023, then grew by 25.35% to -$268.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 59.33% to -$427.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's Free Cash Flow are -$427.0 million (Q4 2025), -$773.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$218.0 million (Q2 2025).