Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Investment Income (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported Investment Income of -$306.0 million for Q1 2026, down 146.77% year-over-year from $654.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 297.4% on a QoQ basis from -$77.0 million in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Investment Income data on file, last reported at -$306.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Investment Income fell 146.77% year-over-year to -$306.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$298.0 million (down 86.25% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$116.0 million, down 216.0% from the prior year.
  • Investment Income retreated to -$306.0 million in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from -$77.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Investment Income topped out at $211.0 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$306.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Investment Income is -$5.0 million (2024), against an average of -$29.4 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Investment Income surged 445.0%; it then tumbled 1440.0% in 2025.
  • Tracing ARCC's Investment Income over 5 years: stood at -$175.0 million in 2022, then soared by 143.43% to $76.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 106.58% to -$5.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 1440.0% to -$77.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 297.4% to -$306.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC Investment Income figures stand at -$306.0 million (Q1 2026), -$77.0 million (Q4 2025), and $66.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Inv. Income (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - -
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - -
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn -
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn -
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - -306.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -306.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -77.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 66.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 19.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -124.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -5.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 33.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -64.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 138.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 76.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 211.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 17.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -40.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -175.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -184.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -146.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 61.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 140.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 150.00 Mn