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

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Net Margin for 6 consecutive years, with 18.88% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Net Margin fell 179.0% year-over-year to 18.88% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 19.93%, a 246.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 20.38%, down 373.0% from the prior year.
• Net Margin was 18.88% for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, down from 24.25% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 32.57% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 16.5% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 24.73% and a median of 24.06% in 2022 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Net Margin jumped 1092 bps in 2022 and sank 930 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 32.5% in 2022, then declined by 22 bps to 25.46% in 2023, then declined by 9 bps to 23.06% in 2024, then retreated by 12 bps to 20.18% in 2025, then declined by 6 bps to 18.88% in 2026.
• The last three Net Margin figures came in at 18.88% (Q2 2026), 24.25% (Q1 2026), and 20.18% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.