Growth Metrics

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

Ares Capital has reported Net Margin over the past 6 years, most recently at 24.25% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 21.0% to 24.25% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 20.37% through Mar 2026, down 386.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.38% for FY2025, 373.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 24.25% for Q1 2026 at Ares Capital, up from 20.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 32.57% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 16.5% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 24.25% (2026), against an average of 25.07%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin surged 1092bps in 2022 and then crashed -930bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 32.5% in 2022, then fell by -22bps to 25.46% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 23.06% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 20.18% in 2025, then grew by 20bps to 24.25% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's Net Margin are 24.25% (Q1 2026), 20.18% (Q4 2025), and 16.5% (Q3 2025).