Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital has reported Interest Coverage Ratio over the past 6 years, most recently at 1.9 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 5.16% to 1.9 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.82 through Mar 2026, down 11.06% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.84 for FY2025, 10.94% down from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 1.9 for Q1 2026 at Ares Capital, up from 1.84 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 2.64 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 1.67 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 2.09 (2024), against an average of 2.14.
  • Year-over-year, Interest Coverage Ratio increased 25.17% in 2022 and then decreased 19.98% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 2.6 in 2022, then decreased by 13.37% to 2.25 in 2023, then decreased by 11.77% to 1.99 in 2024, then decreased by 7.36% to 1.84 in 2025, then rose by 2.92% to 1.9 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's Interest Coverage Ratio are 1.9 (Q1 2026), 1.84 (Q4 2025), and 1.67 (Q3 2025).